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大家都知道第一印象很重要。老外人虽然很讲效益，但和人第一次见面时，往往会先问一些无关紧要的问题。这叫做“Breaking the ice"（establish a rapport ）。工作面试时也一样。一见面：
The interviewer might ask you something like:
"How are you today?"
"Did you have any trouble finding this place?"
"How did you get here?"...
你不要为"interviewer" 那么友好的问话和语调感到吃惊。The interviewer wants to put you at ease (help you relax).
So you just answer the question without going into too much detail.
The most important part最重要的:
面试时，最重要的部分是谈你的"experience and qualifications". 所以当interviewer和你寒暄时，你可不要扯远了。
Qualifications： include your education from High School on and any special training you may have done in the past.
Experience is any work that you have done that is directly or indirectly related to the job you are applying for.
Talk about your education谈你接受的教育:
因为你要谈的教育发生在过去，所以记住了要use past tenses.
For example:
"I attended the University of New York from 1992 to 1996."
"I graduated with a degree in social science"...
如果你目前还是个学生，那么应该使用present tenses:
For example:
"I am currently studying at the University of New York and will graduate with a degree in computer science in this fall."
or "I am studying English at City College of New York."...
当谈你受的教育时，可别忘了提起你参加过的培训，得到过的证书和选过的一些和这份工作有关的课程。譬如computer training, correspondence courses, CCNP Certificate等等。
因为英语不是你的母语，而你的工作要求你会英语，那么你还得特别提到你的英语娴熟程度或告诉对方你是如何在这方面做努力的。
Talk about your working Experience and Qualifications淡淡你的工作经历和资格:
工作经历这个话题在工作面试中占最主要的地位。所以你要详细地谈。通常interviewer会很想了解你以前做过些什么和你是怎么做的。
记住这个时候你可不要谦虚。你要很自信地，很流畅地谈你在以前和现在的工作中做了些什么和怎么做的。
谈时要注意时态。提到目前还在做的工作的时，要用present perfect or present perfect continuous，这样对方才能知道你如今还在为这家公司服务。
For example:
"Learn-American-English have employed me for the last 2 years as a bookkeeper."
or "I have been creating customer accounts for 6 months."...
当提起过去的工作经历时，要使用past tenses。 这样对方就能领会你已经离开那家公司。
For example:
"I was employed by Learn-American-English from 1996 to 1999 as a bookkeeper."
or "I worked as a receptionist at the learn-American-English while I was living in New York."...
Talking about qualifications谈你的资格:
交谈中，你需要向对方展示你有技术和资格胜任你如今申请的这份工作。因为过去的经历并不一定正好完全适合于当今申请的这份工作，所以向对方展示你的能力非常重要。
虽然过去的工作和如今申请的工作不一样， 但如果你能显示自己的"adapting skills", 那么通常情况下你也会有很大的机会得到这份工作。 |
