求職英語(yǔ)：面試要避免無(wú)的放矢

　　by Penelope Trunk

　　很多人都曾擔心過(guò)面試時(shí)會(huì )碰到什么樣的問(wèn)題。未知的恐懼讓他們忐忑不安。但事實(shí)上，面試的問(wèn)題是可以預測的，意思就是說(shuō)你完全可以就面試可能問(wèn)到的問(wèn)題準備好答案，但重點(diǎn)并不是讓你去猜問(wèn)題，而是要將自己的資料總結成幾個(gè)談話(huà)點(diǎn)，當你聽(tīng)到一個(gè)問(wèn)題時(shí)，就可以選擇用哪個(gè)談話(huà)點(diǎn)來(lái)回答。

　　Neglecting talking points
　　無(wú)的放矢

　　When President Bush walks into a press conference, he doesn\t worry what journalists are going to ask him because he already has the answers he\s going to provide —— no matter what the questions are. Such answers are called talking points. 當布什總統來(lái)到新聞發(fā)布會(huì )上，他不會(huì )擔心記者們會(huì )問(wèn)什么樣的問(wèn)題，因為對這些問(wèn)題，因為不管是什么問(wèn)題他心中都已有了答案。 這樣的回答稱(chēng)之為“談話(huà)點(diǎn)”。

　　Politicians want to frame an issue, so they listen to a question and then decide which of their talking points they\ll use to answer that question. In this way, each question they\re asked is an opportunity to get their own points across. 政治家們喜歡給問(wèn)題定“框框”，這樣當聽(tīng)到了一個(gè)問(wèn)題時(shí)，他們就選擇一個(gè)“談話(huà)點(diǎn)”來(lái)回答這個(gè)問(wèn)題。每個(gè)問(wèn)題都是一個(gè)表達自己觀(guān)點(diǎn)的機會(huì )。

　　I once had a media trainer teach me how to stick to talking points, and it works for a wide range of situations —— including job interviews. 曾經(jīng)有一位媒體培訓老師教過(guò)我如何圍繞談話(huà)點(diǎn)談話(huà)，這個(gè)辦法在很多場(chǎng)合都管用——包括面試。

　　You control what five topics you want to discuss, so you should pick five things about yourself that you want to get across in an interview, and each point should come with some sort of story or example. You listen to each question and then figure out which point fits in well for a particular question. 你需要控制自己想討論的五點(diǎn)主題。為此你要選擇你想在面試中展示的關(guān)于自己的五個(gè)點(diǎn)，每個(gè)點(diǎn)都要配合一個(gè)故事或例子。 每次被問(wèn)到一個(gè)問(wèn)題時(shí)，都要想想那一點(diǎn)最適合用來(lái)回答。

　　You\re not George W. Bush, though, so you can\t totally ignore questions that don\t have pat answers. But you\d be surprised how often you can answer an interview question with one of the five answers about yourself that you\ve prepared. This is a way to control an interview and make sure the focus is on your strengths. 不過(guò)，你可不是總統，所以，對于沒(méi)準備過(guò)的問(wèn)題，你不能避而不談。但是，你至少會(huì )碰到五個(gè)點(diǎn)中的一個(gè)，這個(gè)幾率會(huì )大大出乎你的預料。 這就是控制面試，確保面試集中在你的強項上的方法。

　　A great resource for helping you understand how to frame your answer for any question is the "The Complete Q & A Job Interview Book" by Jeffrey Allen. Jeffrey Allen寫(xiě)的《"The Complete Q & A Job Interview Book"》一書(shū)是教人們如何準備面試問(wèn)題的好資料。（to be continued）

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