1. What’s the meaning of your English name? 你的英文名字有哪些含义么?
问题剖析: 有的申请人的英文名字不合常规, 譬如叫King, Sushi, Monk等。面试官询问这类申请人名字的意思, 有几个目的: 一, 缓解面试的紧张氛围; 二, 面试官也有一点点好奇心; 三, 给申请人一个展示自己独特个性的机会, 由于敢于给自己起独特名字的人总是具备非常独特的个性, 这类人期望引起其他人的注意。
普通回答:Actually, Sushi is my nickname. My friends gave me this name because I like to eat the Japanese food sushi.
点评: 这个回答体现出你是个哪种人呢?在中国吃寿司价格不菲, 假如吃寿司吃到了朋友给你起了“寿司”这个外号的地步, 这个申请人肯定不会是囊中羞怯的人。想一下, 大家在面试的时候, 是把自己伪装成“艰苦朴素”, 还是“锦衣玉食”呢?比较一下以下这个回答, 你就了解什么更胜一筹了。
回答示范1: As a matter of fact, Sushi is a nickname my friends gave me, because I like sushi and like to make sushi. I can make about ten different kinds of sushi! My friends say that my personality is a bit like sushi, simple but good, hehe.
点评1: 与刚刚的回答相比, 这个回答体现出你是个哪种人呢?一个善于制作寿司的女生肯定是动手能力比较强的, 而且喜欢做一些琐碎小事的人。同时, 把寿司的优点引申成我们的个性优点: 简单而美好, 真是一个很好的比喻。
回答示范2:The name King may sound a bit aggressive, I hope it won’t make you feel uncomfortable. As a matter of fact, I chose the name King simply because it sounds like my Chinese name Jing. But, there is also a hidden meaning in it, that is, I wish to conquer diseases like a King!
点评2: 假如你给自己起了一个类似“国王”如此比较aggressive的名字, 就得想好如何讲解才能让面试官了解你并非一个过分aggressive的人。这个回答体现了该申请人热爱自己大夫职业的特征。
回答示范3:My given name in Chinese is Meng, so I chose Monk to be my English name. I admire the spirit of monks, you know, abstinence and tolerance.
点评3: 不只真实, 而且展示了我们的独特个性, 告诉面试官自己身上有和尚般的出色品质: 克制欲望、 容忍。面试官只须不想嫁给你, 就必然会喜欢如此的回答。
2. What’s the meaning of your email address? 你的邮件地址有哪些含义么?
问题剖析: 当代年轻人男女个性张扬, 所以连email地址也颇为独特。令笔者或迷惑或微笑的email 地址有不少, 譬如neverlazy, bighead, lazyfish, 52n52n, yulovehong等等。与上一个问题一样, 擅长交流的面试官总是乐于给你一个机会展示我们的个性。
较差回答:Lazyfish? Oh, I admire the goldfish for living an easy life. Compared to goldfish, human beings live a fast|paced life. So I chose this email address to make me feel a bit relaxed.
点评: 个性倾向于过慵懒的生活, 唉!
较差回答:52n52n? oh, it means “I love you, I love you,”because 5 sounds like “I”in Chinese, and 2 for “love”, n for “you”. I registered this address to please my girlfriend, hehe.
点评: 公开示爱?啧啧, 除去他的女友会感觉甜蜜蜜, 别的人一律会露出特虚伪的笑容或胃里泛酸。
回答示范:Neverlazy? Oh, I want to encourage myself never to be lazy! You know I am a hardworking person. So, it’s my slogan!
点评: 在email地址中都要给自己励志的女子, 肯定是个超级工作狂, 好呀!
3. Where are you from? Where is your hometown? 你是哪儿人?家乡在什么地方?
问题剖析: 不少老外在中国工作居住多年, 甚至自诩为中国通, 他们或许会顺便问问你是哪儿人, 拉近和你的距离。
回答示范1:I was born and raised in the city of Wuhan. As far as I know, our company has a branch office near Hanzheng Street, and it’s quite a big office.
点评1: 这个回答说出了该公司在武汉的地址, 展示了一下自己提前所做的功课。
回答示范2:Well, my hometown is a small town which you probably have never heard of. The name of the town is Dehui, which means “good moral”in Chinese. The town is located in the middle of China’s Northeast. When you look at the map, it looks like the eye of the rooster. You know, China looks like a rooster on the map, and the Northeast region looks just like the head of the rooster. My hometown “Good Moral Town” is unknown to most people because it’s quite poor. The average income for a family is less than one thousand RMB per month.
点评2: 绝妙的回答!一方面生动地告诉外国面试官, 你的家乡是东北这个鸡头上双眼部位的一个小县城, 其次, 让他了解你家乡的大家平均一个月才不到1,000元的收入, 令日入斗金的老外颇为欷觑。让他欷觑了, 你就被记住了。被记住, 是被录取的首要条件。
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