应聘面试中常用的英语对话(5)

本文要点：应聘,面试,英语,对话,中英对照

　　Q:Tell me about the most difficult problem you've ever dealt with.

　　A:I was promoted to manage a new department.A coworker in that group resented me from the beginning.I soon learned that her best friend had been turned down for the position.I actually confronted her about it;I explained that I had once put a friendship to the test because Id worked too closely with someone and we found that we spent our leisure time talking about work.A few weeks after our talk,she admitted that shed never thought about the potential results of working too closely with a personal friend.Our working relationship was fine after that. 　

　　问：描述你对问题的处理不满意的一次经历。

　　答：我想起因为我们曾因没有迅速答复顾客而令他失望。假期中我们的生产能力满足不了客户提出的发送全部定货的要求。最后那位客户要求打折。我觉得我方应该先提出给予折扣，不应等顾客提出。如果我方先提出的话，这件事处理得会好一些。

　　这个问题集中在应试者的素质水平上。描述你从一个处理不好的问题中看到长期隐患的情形。你有没有采取措施来处理这个问题？

　　Qescribe a time when a problem wasnt resolved to your satisfaction.

　　A:I thought once that wed let a customer down by not responding quickly enough to resolve a problem;our production capacity wasnt sufficient to deliver the customers complete order during the holiday season.That customer ended up asking for a discount,and I thought we should have offered the discount first,without waiting to be asked.The sense of goodwill would have been stronger. 　

　问：谈谈你在没有规则及先例可循的情况下处理问题的经历。

　　答：我所担任的职务是最近才设置的。我用了一周时间弄清楚创设这个职位的原由。惟有这样，为该工作设立优先权的方法才能更清楚。

　　没有指导的情况下你能处理问题吗？描述你解决问题的过程，尤其是你采取的步骤和在特定尝试环境下使用的方法。表现出你面对挑战的信心和意志。

　Q:Tell me about a time when there was no rule or precedent to help you attack a problem.

　　A:I was the first employee in a newly created position.I spent the first week developing an understanding of the history that had led to creation of the position.Only then did a method for setting priorities on the job become clear.

第九部分：解决问题的能力(16～20问)

　　问：什么情况下你对作出抉择感到困难？

　　答：我特别不太擅长解说调查数据，我尽量与调查人员和图书管理员沟通，我需要他们的帮助，而我也在公司副总面前郑重地感谢他们。我们确实是同一个团队的，而且我很谨慎，并没有把公司在太平洋地区出版工业报告归功于自己？

　　一定要坦诚，什么样的情况会令你难以处理？你会召集哪些人，收集哪些材料来帮助自己作出抉择？