[00:00.00] Unit 3 An Interview
[00:30.90]Integrated Skills Development
[00:35.66]Dialogues
[00:39.81]A.Tang Bin goes for an Interview
[00:46.47]Tang Bin goes for an interview at AM-ADMEL,
[00:53.52]a foreign company in China and sees Mr.Preston,the Sales Manager.
[01:01.47]Preston: Mr.Tang,how do you do? Please take a seat.
[01:07.63]Tang: Thank you.
[01:10.58]Preston: I have your application letter here.
[01:15.23]I can see you've had some experience in sales.
[01:20.69]Tang: Yes,I was a salesman for BSB before.
[01:26.94]Preston: Oh yes. I know the company. Any special reasons for wanting to leave?
[01:34.69]Tang: Practical reasons really.
[01:39.13]The company is based in the city center,
[01:43.89]and to commute every day is too much for me.
[01:48.85]Preston: Yes,I see.
[01:52.40]So from your point of view,a job in AM-ADMEL would be ideal,I sup-pose?
[02:00.76]Tang: Yes.
[02:04.00]Preston: Well,we are looking for someone who is good at dealing with people
[02:10.35]and who is able to make new contracts faster than our competitors.
[02:16.52]Tang: Yes,I understand that.
[02:20.67]Preston: Though the hours may not be fixed,
[02:25.71]you really have to be prepared to work hard,perhaps harder than you imagine.
[02:32.66]Tang: Well,I am quite prepared to do that.
[02:37.70]Preston: Good.
[02:40.76]B. What Are the Hours?
[02:47.92]Ma Li has applied for a job as a receptionist in a foreign hotel in China.
[02:56.77]Now Mr.Waters,the Personnel Manager in the hotel,
[03:04.22]is giving her some information about the job.
[03:09.65]Waters: Do you have any questions?
[03:14.38]Ma: Yes,what are the hours?
[03:19.13]Waters: 7:30,a.m. to 5:00 p.m. One hour for lunch and two 15-minute breaks.
[03:28.40]If we needed you overtime or Saturdays,would you be willing to come in?
[03:35.67]Ma: What special arrangements do you have for overtime?
[03:41.31]Water: The pay is the same,but we bring in meals for you,
[03:47.08]and you get half a day off for every 40 hours over.
[03:52.93]Ma: That sounds okay.
[03:56.30]Waters: We're interviewing twenty applicants for this position.
[04:01.95]Can you think of any special reasons why we should hire you?
[04:07.51]Ma: Well,I have been a receptionist before.
[04:13.15]I enjoyed it,did it well,and have good recommendations.
[04:20.52]Waters: We'll contact your references next week,
[04:26.08]and should make our deci-sion and contact all the applicants by Friday.
[04:32.56]Do you have any more questions?
[04:36.82]Ma: No.
[04:39.88]Waters: Thank you for coming in. Nice meeting you.
[04:44.73]Ma: Thank you. Nice meeting you.
[04:49.31]Passage An Interview
[04:55.84]Mr.Raymond Lee,Director of Personnel at the Dallas Electric Company,
[05:04.17]gives some advice on how to be successful in a job interview:
[05:10.94]First,plan well.
[05:15.79]One type of planning is to list all paid or volunteer work you have done,
[05:23.34]where you did it,who your boss was,exactly what you did,
[05:30.32]and what you have learned there,that is,
[05:35.36]how the experience has helped you grow profes-sionally.
[05:41.13]You also need to think about what kind of person you are.
[05:47.30]What you like to do and why.
[05:51.66]If you haven't thought about that ahead of time,you're asking for trouble.
[05:59.24]Second,be yourself.It's really important for the interviewer to like you
[06:08.38]and want to give you a chance.
[06:12.32]Show enthusiasm for hard work,
[06:17.29]talk about how you have handled daily problems well,
[06:22.85]show that you want to succeed in what you do.
[06:28.81]This is very important if there is more than one applicant,
[06:35.26]who has the basic quali-fications.
[06:39.91]Third,relax and have a conversation with the interviewer.
[06:48.37]Fourth,give no simple yes-no answers. Always give examples.
[06:58.35]Talk about yourself and what you've done enthusiastically and in detail.
[07:06.61]Lastly,be sure you know what kind of business a company or organization does.
[07:15.96]And be sure you dress for business,not for a sporting event.
