英語面試巧用專業詞句

面試的英文需要運用一系列比較專業的辭彙,並且善用幾種時態,如說明過去的工作要用過去時,以前取得的成績要用過去完成時等等。這裡我們就講講什麼時候該說什麼。

當你走進僱主的辦公室,先介紹自己,握手,微笑很重要。此後第一句話往往是打開局面的,通常面試人員會問:

how are you today?

did you have any trouble finding us?

what do you think of the weather lately?

他們的語調可能會很友好,因為他們也希望你放鬆,儘量發揮你自己的水平。這時候你要有簡單爽快而有禮貌的回應,如:

對方問:how are you today?

好的回答是:i’m fine thank you, and you?或i’m well thank you.

不好的回答是:so, so或ok或not so well

面試過程中最重要的部分是表述自己的學歷,工作經驗和資歷。這些是和你應聘工作直接相關的。

學歷方面:記住你的學歷是在以前完成的,要用過去時態。例如:

i attended the university of beijing from 1990 to 1993.

i graduated with a degree in civic engineering.

如果你現在還是學生,那么套用現在時態,例如:

i am currently studying at the university of york and will graduate with a degree in economics in the coming spring.

i am studying english at the seneca community college.

記得要告訴僱主,你仍然在不斷改善你的英語,比如你每周還上幾小時的英語課。因為英文不是你的母語,他們對此可能會有顧慮。

工作經驗和資歷無疑是面試中最重要的部分。所以僱主很想知道箇中的許多細節。僱主想知道你到底做過什麼,做得好不好。因此你不要謙虛,把最好的成績和方面表達出來。

當談到你目前在做的工作時你可以用現在完成進行時,表示你不但一直在這樣做,而且將來也會持續下去:

abc engineering inc. have employed me for the last 3 years as a salesperson. i have been creating customer contacts for 6 months.

但談到以前的工作時用過去時:

i was employed by jackson’s ltd. from 1995 to 1997 as a office manager.

i worked as a production supervisor at the heitz while i was living in new york.

當談及以前的工作成績和表現,儘量用一些主動的,積極的,令人印象深刻的動詞,比用名詞或者系動詞詞組效果好。比如與其說my job is to assist the senior scientist with unit testing不如說i assisted the senior scientist with unit testing.與其說i was responsible for the business needs analysis不如說i analyzed the business needs.