面临毕业,择业难题已经摆在了我们面前。面试也成了通向成功就业的一道关键关闸,那么要如何备战,才能顺利通关呢?相信下面来自专家Keith Dugdale(现就职于毕马威人力资源部门)的现身说法多少能给您一些启示!

Tip 6 如何谈及失败的经历

面试时可以谈及自己失败的经历,但要强调自己从中学到的所得,并如何学以致用。

It's ok to admit to failures in interview. The key here is to talk about what you learned from that experience and how you'd do it differently next time. So if you...if you led a project, for example, and actually the project fell to pieces, clearly that's bad news - you don't want that to happen. But if you can say "but the next project I was involved in, I did this and that really made a difference and it just shows I learned", then that's fantastic because actually that's waht an employer is looking for: somebody who can learn from their experiences and next time round, avoid those mistakes and in fact, really capitalise on that learning.

Tip 7 如何更好得讲述你的项目实践

最好用专业商务术语描述自己参加过的项目,强调所取得的项目成果。

You know, if you're thinking about a project you can describe it in lots of different ways. You can talk about "I did this, I did that" but a much better approach is to use business language and to talk about how you set objectives, how you prioritised your time, how you focused on outcomes. You're saying exactly the same thing, but you're using business language and business terminology to express it and as an interviewer. I'm sitting here thinking, "Fantasitc! This is a great candidate - this is the person we want to recruit."

Tip 8 回答问题时如何组织你的语言

建议利用“三点原则”,列出三点,再进行扩充。但注意不要对所有的问题都千篇一律得使用“三点原则”。

I think a really key point of advice is to think about how you can structure an answer. and my advice is to think about the 'rule of three'- and I always kind of say, "there are three points to this answer" and actually put some structure around it, so simply say "Well the first point is…", "The second point is…", "And finally the third point is…" because then, if I'm interviewing you I know there are going to be three points and I can follow it very very clearly and it's logical. But just one piece of advice: don't do that to every question, you know, because there's nothing worse than just repeating the same old kind of model, so vary it slightly, but it's a great way of getting the points across – three points, fantastic!

Tip 9 如何有效地运用肢体语言

恰当地运用肢体语言能非常有效地表达你的观点,首先要在面试开始时放松,另外一点是注意眼神交流,此外微笑也能为你的面试加分。

What can you do with your body language to really be effective? I think the first thing to say is, just make sure you're sitting comfortably and relaxed in your chair at the start of the interview. Just the way you sit can convey the fact that you're confident and relaxed. The second thing is, try to use your hands a bit during the interview. You actually use gestures because that's a really – I'm doing it now – you know, it's a really effective way to convey a particular message and give some emphasis. And the other thing is eye contact. You know, try to make eye contact with the individual, not in a fixed stare so that you frighten them to death but actually in a kind of really gentle way. Smiling is fantastic
because if you smile during an interview – just try it! – the interviewer will smile as well. It’s a fantastic way of building rapport. So I think those are the key points about body language and how to make an impact in a different way at an interview.

Tip 10 面试是双方的交流平台

好的面试官会尽量让你在面试时感到轻松自在,希望你能发挥自己的最佳状态,以便他们做出合理的选择。所以面试是个双方选择双方交流的平台,但你要懂得如何把自己“卖出去”。

A good interviewer will make you feel at ease, will make you feel relaxed, will want you to give your best. If I have a candidate who's really struggling I try to help them as much as possible. I really do want the candidate to be able to tell me something about themselves and something about their skills so that I can make a reasonable judgement about them. And I think it's really awful when somebody leaves an interview and I thought, "What a shame, there's somebody who I know could do a really good job in this organisation but they just haven't sold themselves". And I suppose that's a really important message – that in the final analysis, it's a two-way conversation but you've got to sell yourself.