Interview Questions Answered -- Part I 译文

E****.com presents "Interview Questions Answered," episode one.

E****.com 推出的 "面试问题解答"，第一集。

Hello, I"m your host, Dr. Jeff McQuillan, coming to you from the Center for Educational Development in beautiful Los Angeles, California.

大家好，我是主持人杰夫-麦奎伦，从美丽的加利福尼亚洛杉矶教育发展中林来到这里。

This series is designed to teach you the English you need to know to have a successful interview. The questions from this series are the most common questions asked at US business interviews. Each episode has two parts. First, we give you some important tips on how to answer the interview question. Second, we provide you with two sample answers that use these tips in answering the question and that you might hear in a typical business interview.

本系列皆在教你成功面试所需的英语。本系列的问题是美国商业面试中最常见的问题。每集有两部分。首先，我们给你一些关于如何回答面试问题的重要提示。其次，我们为您提供了两个示例答案，这些答案使用这些提示来回答问题，并且你可能会在典型的商业面试中听到。

You will hear each sample answer read slowly, then you will hear an explanation of the vocabulary and expressions we used in the answers. Finally, you"ll hear the answers read at a normal speed.

你会听到每个样例答案的慢读，然后你会听到对我们在答案使用的词汇和表达方式的解释。最后你将听到以正常速语速读出的答案。

All the episodes come with a written Learning Guide that contains all of the tips we discuss, definitions and sample sentences for each of the vocabulary words we use, and a complete transcript of the episode.

所有章节都有一份书面的学习指南，其中包括我们讨论的所有提示，我们使用的每个词汇的定义和例句，以及该章节的完整记录。

Let"s begin with question number one: "Tell me about yourself?"

让们从第一个问题开始：”谈谈你自己吧？“

The question, "Tell me about yourself," is usually the first question that you will hear in a business interview. Your goal, in answering this question, is to prove to the interviewer - to show the interviewer - that you have the skills and experience to be the ideal or perfect candidate for the job.

”谈谈你自己“ 这个问题，通常是你在商业面试中听到的第一问题。在回答这个问题时，你的目标是向面试官证明--向面试官展示--你具有成为该工作的理想或则完美候选人的技能和经验。

Here are some tips in answering this question: Keep your answer short, at about two minutes. The person interviewing you wants you to give them an overview - a general idea of your skills and qualifications. You don"t want to talk too much on this first question; two, maybe three minutes is all you will really need. Since you can expect that this question will be asked in the interview, you should prepare something that you can tell the person - the general qualifications that you have - in that short amount of time.

以下是回答这个问题的一些技巧：回答简短，大约两分钟。面试你的人希望你给他们一个概述-你技能和资格的大致了解。你不想在第一个问题上说太多；第二，三分钟是你真正需要的。既然你可以预料到这个问题会在面试中问到，你应该准备一些你可以告诉对方的东西--你拥有的一般资格--在很短的时间内。

Our second tip is to focus on work-related skills and accomplishments, not personal information. When the interviewer asks you to tell him or her about yourself, they"re interested in things that are related to the job. You may have some personal accomplishments or personal information, but what you want to do mostly here is to talk about why you are good person for the job. So, don"t talk about your family, or a good vacation you went on, or something that you have done that is not related to the job in some way.

我们的第二个建议是关注与工作相关的技能和成就，而不是个人信息。当面试官要求你告诉他或她你的情况时，他们感兴趣的是与工作相关的事情。你可能有一些个人成就或个人信息，但你在这里你最想做的是谈论为什么你是这份工作的好人选。因此，不要讨论你的家庭或则你过去美好的假期，或你做过与工作无关的事情。

Our third tip is to tell the interviewer why you think your work-related skills and accomplishments would be an asset to the company. An asset is a positive contribution to the company. You want to tell the person interviewing you not just what your skills are - the things that you can do, and the things that you have done - your accomplishments - you also want to tell them why these are related - why they are important for the company - why you would be able to give something to the company it doesn"t have right now because of your skills and accomplishments.

我们的第三个建议是告诉面试官为什么你的工作相关技能和成就会成为公司的资产。资产是对公司的积极贡献。你不仅告诉面试者你的技能是什么--你能做什么事，以及你已经做过的事情--你的成就--你还要告诉他们为什么这些事相关的--为什么对公司很重要--为什么你能给公司带来一些它现在没有得东西，因为你的技能成就。

Fourth, you want to describe your education or work history very briefly. Normally, if you"re going on an interview, you would talk about, very briefly, what you studied in college, for example, what degrees you have. Do you have a bachelor"s degree, do you have a master"s degree, do you have a Ph.D., a doctorate? You want to tell them where you went to school, what you studied at the school, and then you want to say a little bit about companies you"ve worked with or worked for and what positions you have had in those companies. So, you want to give them some information so they know, in general, what you"ve been doing before you came to this interview. You don"t normally want to talk about your high school or grade school; most employers are not interested in that, unless you only graduated from high school - that you haven"t gone to college yet - then you might mention your high school degree - your high school diploma.

第四，你要非常简要地描述你的教育或工作经历。通常情况下，如果你要去面试，你会非常简要谈一谈，你在大学里学了什么，比如说，你有什么学位。你是否有学士学位，你说否有硕士学位，你是否有Ph.D.，博士学位？你要告诉他们你在哪里上学，你在学校学到了什么，然后你要说一下你曾经工作过的公司或为止工作过的公司，以及你在这些公司担任过什么职位。因此，你想给他们一些信息，让他们知道在你来参加面试之前，你一般都在做什么。你通常不想讨论你的高中或则小学；大多数雇主对这些不感兴趣，除非你只是高中毕业--你没有上大学--那么你可以提到你的高中学位--高中文凭。

Fifth, you want to tell the interviewer about things you have done and jobs you have had that are related to the position you are interviewing for. You want to tell them about your skills and accomplishments, but you also want to tell the interviewer or interviewers about specific things you have done - specific jobs that you have had that are somehow related to the position that you are interviewing for now.

第五，你要告诉面试官你所做的事情和你所从事的工作与你所面试的职位相关。你要告诉他们你的技能和成就，但你也要告诉面试官你所做的具体事情--你所做的具体工作与你现在面试的职位有一定的关系。

Finally, you want to mention one, maybe two personal characteristics that have helped you accomplish your goals, and give a short example to illustrate. We said earlier that you don"t want to talk about your personal life in this question, but personal characteristics are a little different. Personal characteristics are things that you have that would be related to the job, things such as being able to get a job done on time, being able to focus and concentrate your attention on the job.

最后，你要提到一个，也可以提两个帮助你完成目标的个人特性，并举一个简短的例子来说明。我们之前说过，你不想在这个问题上谈论你的个人生活，但个人特性有点不同。个人特性是指你所拥有的与工作相关的东西，例如能够按时完成工作，能够集中精力和注意力在工作上。

You might say, for example, that you have good attention to detail - you can look at all the little things in an issue or a project and make sure that you are taking care of them. That would be a personal characteristic, and then you could give an example of why that was important in a job that you"ve already done. You may say, "I had a project where I had many different parts that I had to take care of, and I was able to do them all." That way, you"re showing the person - you"re telling the interviewer how your personal characteristics will be able to help you do your job better.

例如，你可以说，你非常注重细节--你可以查看问题或则项目中的所有小事情，并确保你正在处理它们。这将是一个个人特征，然后你可以举例说明为什么这对你已经完成的工作很重要。你可能会说：“我有一个项目，其中有许多不同的部分需要我处理，而我能够全部完成。” 这样，你就是向这个人展示--你是在告诉面试官你的个人特征将如何帮助你更好地完成工作。

An interview, in general, particularly for US businesses, is sort of like an opportunity to sell yourself. You have to be able to show to the person that you are the best man or woman for the job.

一般来说，面试，特别是对美国企业来说，有点像推销自己的机会，你必须能够向对方证明你是这份工作的最佳人选。

To summarize then: In answering the question, "Tell me about yourself," you want to keep the answer short, two to three minutes. You want to focus on work- related skills and accomplishments, not your personal information. You want to tell the interviewer why you think your work-related skills and accomplishments would be a positive thing for the company. You want to talk about your education and where you worked before you came to the interview. You also want to tell the interviewer the kinds of jobs you have done, and how they"re related to the position you"re interviewing for. Finally, you can mention some personal characteristics that would be important in doing the job that you are interviewing for.

总结一下：在回答”谈谈你自己“的问题时，你要保持简短的回答，两到三分钟。你要把重点放在与工作有关的技能和成就上，而不是你的个人信息。你要告诉面试官，为什么你认为你的工作相关技能和成就对公司产生积极的影响。你要谈一谈你的教育，以及你在参加面试之前在哪里工作。你还有告诉面试官你做过哪些工作，以及这些工作与你所面试的职位有什么关系。最后，你可以提到一些对做你面试的工作很重要的个人特征。