How to Interview for a Job in American English, part 3/5

如何用美式英語面試工作？(3/5)

You’re hired! Two words everyone loves to hear. But before we hear those words comes

你被錄取了！每個人都愛聽到這兩個字。 但是在聽到這些字之前……

(dun dun duuuuhn!) the interview. Today’s video is part three in a series that’s all

（驚訝音效）面試。

今天的影片是工作面試準備系列之三。

about preparing for a job interview.

This is part three of a five-part series on preparing for an interview. Interviewing for

這是面試準備系列五之三。

面試一個新工作可以是壓力和緊張的巨大來源。

a new job can be a huge source of stress and anxiety. If you’re interviewing for a job

如果你正在用非母語的語言面試工作，壓力會更大。

in a non-native language, the stress can be even higher. In this video you will see me

在這部影片，你會看到我去面試工作。

interview for a job. Throughout the interview, we’ll discuss some of the most common interview

在面試過程中，我們會討論常見的面試問題以及如何回應。

questions and how to answer them. You’ll also learn some basic information to get you

你也會學習基本的資訊來讓你根據這些問題，著手創造屬於自己的回答。

started creating your own answers to these questions. Let’s pick up where we left off

讓我們從上部影片結束處繼續吧。

in the previous video.

TK: Can you tell me about a time where you suffered a setback and had to maintain your

TK：妳可以告訴我一個妳遭遇挫折仍得保持熱情的例子嗎？

enthusiasm?

常見問題： 你可以告訴我一個你遭遇挫折仍得保持熱情的例子嗎？

Common Question: Can you tell me about a time when you suffered a setback and had to maintain

your enthusiasm? The interviewer may ask questions like this to get a better sense of how you

面試官可能會問像這樣的問題， 以更理解你在某種壓力狀況下如何行為及表現。

behave and perform in certain stressful situations. The question may be about your actual past

這個問題可能是關於你的實際過去經驗， 或是在假設情況下看你會怎麼反映。

experiences, or a hypothetical situation, to see how you would respond. Here are examples

以下是其他與此問題類似的例子：

of other questions that are similar to this one:

告訴我一個你必須處理難以應付的顧客或合作夥伴的例子。

Tell me about a time when you had to deal with a difficult client or coworker.

Tell me about a time when you had to respond to a crisis.

告訴我一個你必須應對危機的例子。

Tell me about a time when you had to give difficult feedback.

告訴我一個你不得不給出負面回饋的例子。

How would you handle a situation where you and your supervisor disagreed about an issue

若你和你的主管對重大議題或行為作法的意見分歧時， 你會怎麼處理？

or course of action?

You can see, there’s a lot of variety in the kind of way question is asked, so it’s

你可以看到問題能以多種樣貌呈現， 所以不可能確切知道你要說什麼。

impossible to know exactly what you might need to say. In the days leading up to your

在你面試前幾天，每天練習此問題的不同版本。

interview, practice responding to several different versions of this question every

day. This will help build important vocabulary you might need in the interview, and will

這將有助於你建立在面試中可能需要的重要字詞， 也會幫助你準備好回答這些問題。

also help you feel ready to answer questions like these.

TK: Can you tell me about a time where you suffered a setback and had to maintain your

TK：妳可以告訴我一個妳遭遇挫折仍得保持熱情的例子嗎？

enthusiasm? RS: Sure. One definitely comes to mind. Last

RS：當然。我想到一個。

year a project for a new toy was in its final stages after two years of work. As we were

去年，經過兩年努力，一個新玩具的企劃已經進入最後階段。

looking at the branding and working up a final marketing plan, a competitor launched a version

當我們正在思索品牌建立及制定銷售計劃時， 有個競爭對手發表了與我們正要推出的玩具完全相同的版本。

of the exact same toy that we were launching. As the leader of the project, I knew that

我知道我的反應會影響團隊氣氛。 我承認這是個挫折，但我要求大家將之視為因禍得福。

my reaction would set the tone for the group. I acknowledged that it was a setback, but

challenged the group to think of this as a blessing in disguise. I asked them to go out

我要他們去買競爭對手的的產品， 並且列出他們希望這玩具能做但沒做到的事。

and buy the competitor’s product and make a list of anything they wished the toy could

do that it didn’t. It turned out that the list was pretty long. We added these items

結果這份清單相當長。

我們將這些項目加入我們的玩具， 並在六個月後發表了更好的產品。

to our toy, and launched a far superior product 6 months later. So, in many ways, the competitor’s

所以在各方面來說，對手的產品成為我們成功的關鍵。

product became the key to our success. TK: That sounds like a great victory. Now.

TK：聽起來是很大的勝利。

那妳認為妳最大的缺點是什麼？

What would you consider your greatest weakness?

Common Question: What do you consider to be your greatest weakness? This question can

常見問題：你認為你最大的缺點是什麼？

這會是個困難的問題。 你想要盡量誠實回答這個問題。

be a tough one. You want to be as honest as possible when answering this question. This

is an opportunity to show a future employer that you know yourself, and are willing to

這是個機會，讓未來雇主看到你了解自己，而且願意改進。

work to improve yourself. Share a weakness, like public speaking, or attention to detail,

分享你的缺點，像是演講、關注細節、害怕失敗。 並說說你在那方面的改進。

fear of failure. And then talk about ways you’ve worked on improvement in that area.

Here is a way to start a response:

以下是回答的一些方式：

我最大的缺點是 ___。

My greatest weakness is ___.

It shows up in my work when __.

當 ___ 時，它出現在我工作中。

The ways I’ve worked to improve in this area are __.

我在這方面改善的方式是 __ 。

花點時間想想你在工作中曾掙扎過的事。

Take a moment to think about something you’ve struggled with in your work life. Think of

ways that you’ve worked to improve, any books that you’ve read, classes you’ve

想想你嘗試過的改進方法、你讀過的書、你上過的課，等等。

taken, and so on. These are the things you want to share with the interviewer when answering

這些事是你在回答問題時想跟面試官分享的。

this question. Remember, the important thing is to show that you are aware of your weak

記住，重要的是要表明你有意識到自己的缺點， 並且有在這方面努力改進了。

spots – and that you are already working at improving in these areas.

TK: Now, what do you consider to be your biggest weakness?

TK：那妳認為妳最大的缺點是什麼？

RS: Chocolate. Just kidding! No, my biggest weakness is public speaking. It’s something

RS：巧克力。開玩笑的！不是這樣的， 我最大的缺點是演講。

我花很多時間在這上面， 並且在這方面已經有很大的進步。

that I’ve spent a lot of time working on and in which I’ve improved a great deal.

我和我的團隊開小型會議時很自在。 但當我向更多的觀眾介紹想法或概念時，我仍會有些怯場。

I’m very comfortable in smaller meetings with my teams. But when I present an idea

or concept to a larger audience, I still experience some stage fright. At this point, I can handle

在這點上，我可以專業地處理這些情況，但我想在這些時刻感到更自在，這樣我才能真正享受演講過程，而不只是撐過去。

these situations professionally, but I would like to be more comfort in these moments so

I can really enjoy the experience of presenting, rather than just survive it.

害怕演講是很常見的，我也面臨同樣的困境。

TK: Fear of public speaking is a very common fear; I’m in the same boat on that one!

未完待續！我們在此系列的下部影片中會從此處繼續， 談論未來計畫以及面試結尾。

To be continued! We’ll pick it up from here in the next video in this series where we’ll

discuss talking about the future and wrapping up the interview.

我希望這部關於工作面試的影片有幫助。

I hope this video on job interviews has been helpful. There’s nothing better than walking

沒什麼事能比面試完後你感到已經準備周全了還要棒！

out of an interview feeling that you were well prepared!

若你有關於面試的問題或故事，請在留言欄貼文。 我會很樂意知道。

If you have interview-related questions or stories, please post them in the comments

below. I’d love to hear them.

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That’s it, and thanks so much for using Rachel’s English.

就這樣，感謝使用Rachel’s English。