【求职秘籍】外企HR现身说法面试经验（三）

Hello! My name is Jacqueline and I am working as HR manager for a not-for-profit organisation and this organisation has a focus on education and arts.

你好！我叫杰奎琳，是一个主要运营教育与艺术的非盈利机构的人资经理

1 Q:能否告诉我们哪位应聘者给您留下深刻的印象？为什么？

I just had an interview yesterday morning. It's a candidate, Malaysian Chinese, male, and I was really impressed by him. He interviewed for an audit position and he was very sincere. He was very open about his motivation about his goals in life with his career. And he had a very down-to-earth approach which really always impresses me.

我刚刚昨天早上才面试过。应聘者是一名男性马来西亚华裔，他给我留下非常深刻的印象。他所应聘的职位是审计部门的，他本人也非常真诚。他个人职业生涯中的目标与动机都非常开诚布公地告诉了我们。而最让我印象深刻的是他脚踏实地的做事方法。

2 Q: 您能否给我们举一个应聘者搞砸了面试的例子？他应该怎么做？

Yes, that happens, obviously also as well that some candidates don't always perform very well. Maybe in general I can say that candidates who come in and they do not know exactly what job they are applying for. So that they err they haven't done the background checking on the organisation they want to work with so they haven't bothered to check the website of the company or read some additional material. So that's not something that I'm impressed them with. So we've this... for example... come in err... "so what is the... the job description look like", "what does your company do"... unfortunately those things happen all too often. And when we advertise we always put the job... a copy of the job description and also the link to our company... err with the job adverts. So I expect a candidate, who has been shortlisted... hasn't been invited to an interview so they obviously have time to be invited to the actual interview, to prepare themselves.

是的，这种事的确会发生，很明显，有时候一些应聘者的确表现不太好。大体上来说，我可以说那些进来的应聘者并不太清楚他们申请的职位到底是什么。所以他们会支吾，因为没有想要加入的组织做足背景调查或进行相关材料阅读。在这一点上，他们没有打动我。很不幸，我们经常会遇到应聘者问我们“这个工作是做什么的？”“你们公司是做什么的？”我们登出招聘启事时，通常都会把工作描述一同登出，也会附加我们公司的链接。所以我希望直接列在最后候选名单中的应聘者都能好好地做功课，因为他们不必像其他人一样参与其他面试。

3 Q: 除了前面提到的，你最看重应聘者所展现出来的什么部分？

I am looking for someone who is... except of having the skill, the educational background that is necessary and the professional experience that is necessary for a particular post... I look for someone who is a team player, for someone who is really determined, for someone who is motivated, and someone who is honest, honest and solid err.. personality. And err... someone who is open, who manages to express him or herself well.

除了必须的技能、教育背景以及专业经验外，我最看重有团队精神，有决心，有企图心，很坦诚，够坚定的性格，也看重思想包容、表达能力好的人。

4 Q: 在面试中有哪些忌讳？

I think it is... there're different areas. One thing is the appearance. The other thing is your posture. And then the third area is what you say.

我觉得这有不同的方面。一个是外貌，另一个是姿态，再一个是语言。

If we start with the appearance... I think it's always good not to dress up too ... not to put on too much colour on err... or makeup because this distracts from actually the person so I think that's not a very good thing to do to sort of dress up too much.

先讲讲外貌。我觉得别过分打扮比较好，颜色不要太多，化妆也别太显眼，因为这会让人对你的外貌而不是本人更感兴趣。所以我觉得还是简单打扮为好。

And in terms of posture, the body... obviously there is what you say but there's also the body language. So someone sits here.. it's... the legs cross three times and the arms crossed. Erm... that's a very... sort of... defensive approach and I think the interviewers might not... err appreciate that too much. On the other hand if someone is too relaxed, and sort of slopping back in the chair and leaning his one hand on the table, that's also not very good. So I think it's... in terms of posture, it's good to come in, greet the people in the room, introduce him or herself and then sit down and erm... sort of maybe have both feet on the... underground, maybe the hands on the table or in... in your lap, and not playing around with a cell phone or with a pen. There's... the other thing also good too, to shut down or shut off all electronic devices so that you don't receive your texts or your calls during the interview. That can be very distracting.

至于姿态，很显然，肢体语言和口头语言是不一样的。所以有人坐在那儿，双腿不停地换着翘二郎腿，手臂也交叉着，这是一种非常自卫的动作，我觉得面试官不大喜欢这种肢体语言。另一方面，如果应聘者太放松，随随便便地坐在椅子上，手也搭在桌子上，我觉得这种也不大好。所以我认为，进门，和房间里的人问好，自我介绍，坐好，双脚平放于地，手比较正式地放在桌上或膝上，不要玩手机，不要转笔，这样会比较好。还有一点注意下也比较好，就是关闭或切断所有电子设备，这样你在面试过程中不会收到所有信息及电话，因为这二者非常分散人的注意力。

Then in terms of what you say, I think it's good to listen well to the erm... to the questions, to be also prepared in advance. And to prepare some questions to ask after the interview. So if you really have an interest in the company, so that you... that you have some valid questions coming up.

然后，关于口头语言，我觉得好好听问题非常重要，同时也应预先准备好自己的答案，还得准备一些面试过后想要问的问题。如果你真的对某间公司感兴趣，你就必须问一些实实在在的问题。

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？

I think it's always a good thing to give an example. Everyone knows sort of the... err... the answer that "I'm too impatient" or "I'm too eager", "I'm too competitive" - these are sort of the standard answers people give so I think it's maybe a good thing to give an example of a weakness when one can describe a situation in his current job. And be honest. I think everyone has a weakness and I also don't think that the interviewers nowadays are focusing too much on those areas. So if you can come up with an honest answer and they.... erm.... if you can describe a situation from your daily life, I think that will... that will be good.

我觉得举例子是很好的办法。每个人都知道诸如“我没什么耐心”“我很有企图心”“我很有竞争力”之类的答案，这些都是应聘者会给出的标准答案。所以我觉得如果有人能举出在他目前的工作中碰到的问题或发现的弱点的例子，那么会很好。同时一定要诚实。我觉得每个人都有其弱点，我也不觉得现在的面试官会非常在意一个人的弱点。所以如果你能够诚实地回答问题，并且从日常生活中举出实例，我觉得是非常好的。

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