1、How does your mother describe you? 你的母親認爲你是個怎樣的人?
問題分析： 只有外國面試官會這樣提問， 因爲他不瞭解中國的國情。在中國， 有兩類母親， 一類母親是傳統型的中國婦女， 從來不會誇獎自己的孩子; 另一類母親是80後的現代母親， 因爲只有一個孩子而看不到孩子任何的缺點。在面試中， 你不妨把中國的這種“文化”傳遞給面試官， 以使面試氣氛更加輕鬆有趣。
回答示範1： Well, it’s an interesting question. It reminds me of a Chinese saying, the best child is your own child, and the best wife are others’ wives. It means a man or woman is always satisfied with his/her own child, but not with the spouse, hehe. My mother is just like this. She tells everybody that I am hard working, more hard working than I should be. She says I am trustworthy and independent, never giving her troubles. You know, she sent me to boarding school at 14.
點評1： 這個回答很好， 它有兩個優點： 第一， 比較有趣， 輕鬆地傳播了一點中國文化; 第二， 以事實說明了自己的刻苦與自立的特徵。
回答示範2： Most Chinese parents are not quite as expressive as western parents. My mother has never told me what kind of person she thinks I am, but I feel if you ask her, she would say that I’m a good kid. I never give her trouble. You know, as a kid, I was healthy, seldom went to hospital. As a student, I never needed her to push me to study. As a son, I give her a call several times a week to ask how she is doing and to tell her about myself.
點評2： 很詼諧很感人的回答!
回答示範3： Well, I think my mother would describe me as hard working, independent, but too independent, “stubborn” is her very word, hehe. My mother says I’m hard working because it’s true, I am a bit of a workaholic. She says I am independent because she sent me to boarding school at 14 and I took very good care of myself. But maybe because she sent me away at a young age, I’ve learnt to make my own decisions instead of consulting her, so she feels I am stubborn, hehe.
點評3： 有優點， 有缺點， 非常真實。
2、What do you consider your strengths as an employee? 作爲一名公司職員， 你覺得自己有什麼優點?
問題分析： 請大家注意， 這個問題的前提是“作爲一名員工的優點”， 它和單純的“你有什麼優點”是有區別的。你必須列舉自己在工作場合的優點。
回答示範1： I am keen on making improvements. I can find problems and like to find ways to solve the problems. Our company has a Suggestion Scheme, that is, every employee is encouraged to offer suggestions on improvements to technology and management. I have offered more than sixty suggestions in two years, 80% of which have been adopted, which makes me rank number 3 in our department of 533 employees. Besides technical suggestions I have also given some advice on management, though it seems unimportant to some people. For example, I have suggested that music be played in the workplace, and that one light is good enough in toilets instead of three lights.
點評1： “善於提出建議”， 這的確是個很大的優點。
回答示範2： I have good time management skills. As an assistant I often have several things in my hands at the same time so I have to manage my time well to work effectively. I paste a very big Monthly Schedule on the walls at the office and at home, adding arrangements like sales meetings or friends’ birthday parties anytime they are scheduled. So I am very organized both at work and in personal life, never missing important events and deadlines.
點評2： “善於管理時間”， 是祕書和助理等職位必須具備的優秀素質。
回答示範3： I am very organized. While studying, other students like to borrow my class notes. My personal items and paperwork are sorted nicely. My colleagues can easily find the document they want from my desk or my computer. I believe being organized is a habit which everyone can have if he/she persists.
點評3： “有條理”， 是祕書和助理等職位必須具備的優秀素質。
回答示範4： I am a planner and my motto is “If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.” I plan everything. I plan my work, the first thing I do in the morning is to make a Must-Do list and Waiting-To-Do list. I plan shopping, I always make a shopping list so I never wander in the supermarket wondering what is needed—it’s the best way to save time and money! I plan my career too. Since sophomore year I have planned to work as a marketing representative after graduating. So I began to undertake more elective courses in marketing and find related part-time jobs, as you can see on my resume.
點評4： “計劃性強”， 是所有職位都必須具備的優秀素質。
回答示範5： I do my job whole-heartedly to achieve good results. As my friends say, I am a workaholic. I always give 100% to my work. In university I worked overnight for experiments. Last month I spent the whole month in the city of Liuzhou, all-day work, no rest, to finish a project before the deadline.