【外企面试小诀窍】如何答复:what is your biggest weakness (or strength)?
咱们在上一课谈过如何答复“为啥你是最适合的?”,这个疑问的类似疑问就是“你的最大利益是啥?”。这个疑问我不再赘述。可是,关于如何答复自个“最大的缺陷是啥?”就比照费事了。这个疑问不能揄扬,太多时分咱们甚至避忌谈论自个的疑问。
job interview: the second round.
【audio transcript】
mr. parsons: come in.
rebecca carlyle: mr. parsons?
mr. parsons: ah, you must be rebecca. please do come in.
rebecca carlyle: thank you for making some time to see me, mr. parsons. it’s a pleasure to meet you finally.
mr. parsons: the pleasure’s all mine, rebecca. have a seat please. now would you like any refreshments? tea or coffee?
rebecca carlyle: a coffee would be lovely. thank you. black, no sugar.
mr. parsons: no problem. sally, can we
have two coffees please? one, no milk or sugar.
sally: certainly mr. parsons.
mr. parsons: so rebecca, i understand you had a first interview with miss childs last week.
rebecca carlyle: yes that’s correct. she filled me in on the details of the job on the telephone.
mr. parsons: great. well, i’m glad to say she recommended you for a 2nd interview, and here we are. perhaps we can start by discussing your background and resume details a little?
rebecca carlyle: yes, of course.
interview part 2 - discussing your background
mr. parsons: now, miss childs passed on your resume to me and i’ve had the chance to look it over and i must say i’m quite impressed.
rebecca: thank you very much. i’ve tried to keep it short and clear. if there’s any questions please feel free to ask me.
mr. parsons: well yes, i do have a number of questions, but perhaps first you could give me a brief overview. i’d like to get a little bit of an idea of your background.
rebecca: yes of course. well as you can see from the resume i’m 27 and grew up in brooklyn, new york, although our family moved to london when i was quite young, at around 16.
mr. parsons: ah i see, so you were actually educated in europe?
rebecca: yes precisely. although i was born in the us, i would definitely call london home. but as you see i’ve actually spent a lot of my life moving from country to country.
my father was in the oil business before he retired so we also spent a number of years in saudi arabia, too.
mr. parsons: very interesting. so it seems you had quite an adventurous childhood.
rebecca: absolutely! we were never still for too long. but now i’m really looking to settle down.
mr. parsons: i see. okay, well let’s move on to discuss your education shall we?
rebecca: sure.
【interview part 3 - education background】
mr. parsons: now, if i look here i see that you completed a ba in english?
rebecca: yes, that’s right. after graduating from high school in new york i attended york university in the uk. my major was english, and my minor was business. i completed my ba in 2004.
mr. parsons: yes, i’m pleased to see that you also got a distinction.
rebecca: yes that’s right. i’ve always enjoyed studying. my friends say i’m a bit of a bookworm, but my father always pushed us to succeed at school.
mr. parsons: well, it looks like his encouragement paid off rebecca. so how about extracurricular activities at university?
rebecca: well i’ve always been keen on writing, so i became the editor for the university student newspaper, which i really loved. also i volunteered for a group called shelter, to help the homeless in york.
mr. parsons: what did that involve?
rebecca: providing warm meals and shelter, especially in the winter months. i found it really fulfilling to be part of that group.
mr. parsons: i’m sure. okay, now let’s move on to your work experience, shall we?
rebecca: yes, okay.
【interview part 4 - talking about work experience】
mr. parsons: right rebecca. now i see that after graduating from university your first job was.......
rebecca: for a local paper in york called the york herald. actually, i started with them as an intern. i was really keen on getting some experience in journalism, and this seemed like a good first step.
mr. parsons: certainly. and after your internship…
rebecca: they seemed impressed, and offered me a position as a junior local news reporter. i ended up staying two years there actually. i was in charge of the sports news section of the newspaper. i really enjoyed it there, and it really helped me build my skills.
mr. parsons: yes i see. but you decided to leave them in 2006 right?
rebecca: yes, that’s right. my husband and i moved to london, and so i managed to find a position with a national newspaper based in london.
mr. parsons: the london weekly, right?
rebecca: yes, in some ways it was a step down from my previous job but it did offer me much better prospects for the future.
【interview 5 - discussing reasons for leaving previous position】
mr. parsons: okay, now i’d like to find out more about your last job. i see you spent almost four years at the london weekly, is that right?
rebecca: yes, that’s right. to be honest, the first year was quite tough for me. i was really just treated more like an intern. i didn’t have many responsibilities and i found it quite frustrating.
mr. parsons: so, what changed?
rebecca: well slowly but surely i proved myself, and the new editor liked me so he promoted me to features writer.
mr. parsons: wow, a real step up!
rebecca: yes i was responsible for restaurant and food reviews mostly. i spent three years in that position, but to be honest it wasn’t an area of journalism i wanted to stay in long-term.
mr. parsons: i see, so why did you decide to leave finally?
rebecca: i just felt that the paper couldn’t offer me any new opportunities. i really needed a more challenging role to be honest.