4 Q: 在面试中有哪些忌讳?

Oh... OK. Well, the first one I'd say is - don't lie. If you tell a lie in interview, it would probably come out at some other point... erm... if you say you've done something and you haven't and you then find yourself in a job when you're expected to do it, you're probably gonna be a very unhappy person and there's a high possibility that you'll fail in that job. So, tell the truth. Be yourself. Erm... I also think, it's very important when you're in an interview, or after the interview process to think very carefully whether this is the correct job for you. I think people often go for a job without really really thinking about what it is that their own erm... personal goals are and their own skills are. I'd say use that interview to find out whether this job is also the job that you really want because if you're gonna be in this job for five years, you'd better make sure that this company is going to be the company that you want to join. So this interview process is also for you to gauge whether you want to work for us, not just whether we want you to work for us.

好的,我想说的第一点是不要撒谎。如果你在面试中撒了一个谎,也许在另外一个问题上它就会暴露出来。如果你谎称自己做过某件事,但事实上又没做过,也许你就会发现你最后找到的工作是你根本不愿意做的,这样你会变得非常不开心,不成功的几率也会相应变高。所以,请讲真话,请做你自己。我认为在面试中或面试后,认真思考应聘职位是否适合你也是非常重要的,我觉得很多人找工作的时候并没有仔细想清楚那份工作是否符合他们的个人目标、以他们的技能能否完成工作。我之所以说要通过面试来掂量这份工作是不是你想要的,是因为如果你连续五年都做这份工作,你最好考虑清楚,你是不是真的想要进入这个公司。因此面试过程也是给你判断你是否愿意给我们工作的过程,并不是仅仅给我们提供判断的标准,评判我们是不是想要让你替我们工作。

5 Q: 通常应聘者都会被问到自己的强项与弱项,谈论自己弱点的最好方式是什么?

Um.... I'd say if you... eh... in a situation where somebody asks you about a skill or strength or experience and you don't have it, it's OK to say "I haven't done that direct thing before", however I would try and make a weakness... erm... something that you feel is a weakness, a learning opportunity. So erm... for example, I could say “I haven't done X however, a similar thing that I have done is Y.” So try and.... don't talk about yourself negatively, that's not necessary. You could talk about what you would do in order to gain the experience needed for X, maybe what reading or what kind of job shadowing or what you feel that you could do for yourself or within the company in order to get around this lack of experience or lack of confidence in some area. Yeh... I think you have to look at yourself... erm... positively as having strengths.

如果你在一个地方,所有人都像你询问关于某一项技能、或强项、或经验,但你三者皆无,此时说“我并不具备”是完全可以的,但如果是我的话,我会选择让我觉得是弱点的地方变成一个学习机会。比如,我可以说“我以前从来没做过XXX,但是我做过类似的YYY。”然后开始努力尝试,完全没有必要给你自己负面的评价。你可以说为了得到能够做XXX的经验,你会做什么,比如阅读某些材料,向别人学习,或者做任何你觉得你可以为自己所做、或在公司内可以取长补短、借鉴经验、补充信心的事。我觉得你必须对自我持积极肯定的态度。


p.s. 最后给出job shadowing的英文解释

job shadowing(noun) - an experience that takes place at a work site in which an individual observes and interacts with an employee to learn about a specific job.

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