2023年外企英文面試

最全的英文面試問題加答案。不要再看只有分析沒有答案的版本了^_^EnｇlishｊｏbｉnterｖiewQuestiｏnｓanｄＡnswｅrｓ"Wｈａt(yī)arｅyｏurgｏaｌsfoｒtｈｅfuｔure?"or"Wｈeｒeｄｏｙoｕseeyourselfiｎfiveｙｅａrs?＂

Ｄon'tdiｓcｕｓsyouｒｇoalsforreｔuｒninｇtｏｓchoolｏrｈavingafamilｙ,tｈeyａｒeｎoｔrelｅvaｎtａndcｏuldknockyoｕｏｕtofconｔentionforｔheｊob.Ｒatｈeｒ，yoｕwaｎtｔｏcｏnnecｔｙｏｕranｓwertｏthｅjoｂｙouareａppｌｙｉngfｏr.

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*Myｌoｎg-teｒｍgoaｌsinvolｖegrowinｇｗitｈacomｐａnywｈerｅIｃancoｎtinueｔｏｌeaｒn,takeｏnaddiｔionａｌｒesponsibiｌitｉes,andcontriｂuteasmuｃｈofｖａｌueａsIcan.

＊Iseemyｓｅlfasaｔｏｐperfｏｒｍiｎgemｐlｏｙeeｉnａweｌｌ-establｉsｈedｏrgaｎizａｔion，lｉkｅｔhｉsone.Ｉpｌａｎoneｎhａncingmｙskiｌlsandcontinｕingmyｉnｖoｌvementiｎ(relaｔed)pｒoｆessionalassoｃｉatiｏnｓ.

*OnceIgaｉｎａdditioｎａlexperience,Ｉwouldｌｉｋeｔｏmoveonfrｏmatechnicａlｐoｓitiontomanagｅｍｅnt.

*IntheXYZCorporaｔion,ｗhatｉsatypicalcaｒｅｅｒpathforsｏmｅonewｉｔhmyｓｋｉlｌsａｎｄexｐerｉences?

第一個問題一般都是這個Tｅｌlmeaboｕtｙourｓelf/Howwoｕldｙoudeｓcｒｉbeｙourｓeｌf?

Youｗaｌkinｔotheinteｒviewroom,ｓhａkｅhandｓwithｙoｕｒinteｒviewerａnｄsitdｏwnwithｙourbestinteｒｖiewinｇｓｍileｏn．Gueｓｓwｈａt(yī)tｈeirfｉｒstqｕeｓtionｉs?"Tellmｅaboｕｔyourseｌf．"Ｙouriｎｔervieｗerｉsnｏtlookiｎgｆora10-minuteｄissｅｒtationhｅre．Insteaｄ,offｅrarazorshａｒpsｅntenceｏｒｔwothatseｔstｈestagｅfｏｒfurｔｈerdiscusｓionanｄsｅｔsyouaｐarｔfroｍyouｒcompetiｔors．

YourUｎｉqueＳellingＰropositioｎ（ＵSP)說出你的賣點

Givｅtｈem"yoｕrsｙｎｏpｓiｓaboutｙou"aｎｓwer,sｐecｉficaｌlyｙourUｎiｑｕeSellingPrｏposｉｔion.Kｎownasaｐersonalbrandｉｎgorａｖalue－aｄdedstａt(yī)emenｔ，thｅＵＳPisasuｃcinct,ｏne-sｅntencｅdescriptionofwhｏyoｕarｅ,yoｕｒｂｉｇgeststｒengｔhanｄtheｍajorbenefiｔtｈaｔａcｏmpanywillderｉｖeｆromtｈissｔrｅnｇth.HｅreisanｅxａｍpleoｆaＵｎiqueSellingProposiｔion："I'maseasonedRetailManageｒstrongｉnｄeveｌｏpingtrainingprogramsaｎdlｏsｓpreventiontechnｉqueｓtｈatｈａｖeresultedinｒeｖenuesavinｇsｏfoｖer＄2.3Ｍｉllioｎfｏr(ｅmｐloyｅr'ｓnamｅ)duriｎgtheｐasｔ11years．"

Whatadｉfｆeｒencｅyoｕ'veｍadｅwiththisstａｔeｍｅnt.Ｙourinｔeｒvieweriｓnowsittingforwardinheｒcｈａiｒgivingyouherfullaｔteｎｔioｎ.Atthispoint,youmigｈtaddthefollowｉnｇsｅｎtence:"I'dliketodiscusshｏwＩmightbeａbｌeｔodosomeｔhiｎｇlikethａt(yī)foryｏu."Theｂalｌisnowｂacｋiｎheｒcourtａｎｄyouhavｅthebeginninｇsofareａldiｓｃussionａndnotaｎinｔerrogａｔionprocesｓ.

“MybackgrｏｕnｄｔodatehasbeｅnｃｅｎteredarounｄprｅpaｒｉngmｙｓelftobecomeｔhevｅｒyｂestfinancialcoｎｓultantIcａnbecｏｍe．LetmetellyousｐeciｆicａllｙhoｗI'ｖepｒeｐarｅdmyselｆ．Ｉaｍaｎuｎdｅｒgｒaduateｓtudｅnｔinfinanceａndaｃcountingat____＿＿___Universｉty.Mypastexｐerieｎceｓhasbeeｎinｒetaiｌanｄｈiｇherｅｄｕcａt(yī)ioｎ．Ｂｏｔhaspｅctshaveｐreｐarｅdmewellfortｈiscaｒeer.”

一方面要明確他們想了解的是哪方面的內容Dothｅywａnｔｔokｎｏwabouｔyouｒcａreerｓofaｒ,abouｔyｏurｈobbiesorｆaｍilyliｆe?Iｆｉndoｕｂｔ,ASKthｅｍtoｃｌａrifywhatthｅywisｈyoutotaｌkabout.Tｈeｎgivｅａｓｈortfａｃtualansｗｅr,eｎdingｗｉth"isthereanythiｎgｅｌseyｏu'ｄｌiｋeｔoknｏwaｂoutme?"

*Howｗouldｙoudｅｓｃriｂeyouｒｓelｆ？這個問題的答案應當是和他們的招聘廣告上對于雇員的規(guī)定的基本一致，所以，看看你有哪些特質滿足了他們的規(guī)定吧

Trytothiｎｋaｂｏutwhａt(yī)ｔheintｅrviewｅｒｓaｒelｏoｋingforandkeeptｈisｉnmindasｙｏuansｗerinｔeｒviｅｗqｕestｉonｓ．Ｒemeｍberｔhejobadvert?Ｗｅｒｅtheｙlookingforinitiａt(yī)ive,agoｏdcommunicaｔｏr,ｓoｍeonｅwｉthｇoodaｔtentionｔodetaｉl?Ｄescriｂｅyourｓeｌfinｔhｅｓeterms．Starｔwｉth"Ｉam.."anｄnotｗiｔh"Itｈink.．."ｏｒ＂Ibelieve.."ｓothatyousoundselfaｗａreandｃonfidenｔ.---－---－--－----－－－---------－－---－-－－------－-－－--－-－-－－－--－－Ｗｈｅnyou'reinｔervieｗingforaninternａlpoｓiｔionwithｉnｙourcompaｎy,yoｕmayｂeａskｅdwhatyoｕwilｌdoifyoudｏn＇ｔgeｔｔhejoｂ.Theiｎｔｅｒviewerwａntstoknowwhethｅryouaｒeｃoｎcerｎeｄaboutjusｔtｈeaｄvancemｅnｔopｐoｒtunityoｒthｅcｏｍpany.內部職位競聘常會被問到假如你沒有得到這份工作的話你將會怎么辦的問題。

最佳答案Iａmcｏmmitteｄｔothiｓcｏmpanyａndｉtsaｄvanｃｅmentso,ｓhoｕldInotbｅｓelｅｃｔed,Ｉwilｌｗoｒkｗｉｔhandsuｐｐorｔwhoeveｒmightgetselectｅd．Ｈｏwever,Idofeeｌtｈatmyｅxｐeｒｉenceiｎthedepartmｅｎtaｎdwiｔhtｈｅｔeａmｗouldmａｋｅmethebestｃａndidate

Howｗoulｄyourbossdescribeyｏu?

Iｆｙｏuｇｅtthｅjｏb,yoｕrintervieｗｅrmaｙbｅyourfｕtｕreｂosssｏyouneedtoanｓｗerthisquｅstｉoncarｅfuｌｌy.Ｄｅｓcribｅyourselfａｓａnyboｓｓwouldwaｎttoｓeｅyou.Ｙouｍiｇｈtｓay:

＂Ｍｙbｏsswoulddeｓcriｂemｅａsｈａrdworking,loｙａｌ,ｆrｉendlｙandcｏｍｍitteｄ.HewouldｓaythａｔIｗoｒkｗellｏnmyowninｉｔiａｔiveandｄeｌiｖｅｒwhathewantsontimeａndtoahｉghｓtandard＂．

Agａin,ｄoｎ’ｔusetheterm“Ｉthinkmybosｓwｏuldsay..”asitｇｉvｅsaｎｅleｍentofdouｂt.Ｂeposiｔivｅaｎdcertainｗiththeｉnｔerｖiｅwaｎsｗeryｏugｉve．

＊Ｗhａt(yī)motivateｓyou?Iammｏtivatｅｄｂybeｉｎｇaｒoundｏtherｐosiｔiｖｅpｅｏpｌe,wｅｍiｇhtquesｔioniｆwoｒｋingalonewouｌdsuitｔhem.Iammotｉvateｄbytargetｓ.

＊Whatdoyoｕｌookfoｒｉnajob？

Ｔhisiｓreallyaｑｕesｔionaboutｓuitaｂiｌity，ｔｈoughｗe'veinｃludedithｅre.Rｅmｅmbeｒtheａdvｅrt?Focusoｎtheadverｔｃriterｉａaｎｄｙｏuｗoｎ＇tgｏfarwrong.Fｏrｅxample,ifthｅａｄvｅrｔcalledｆorsomeonetoleａdotheｒs，youmiｇhtsay:

"IlikeａｊobwhereIｃａｎｌｅadaｎｄｍotivatｅoｔｈersanｄenjoｙｓeeingiｍprｏveｍｅnｔsintｅamperｆｏｒmance".

Iftheａdvｅｒtcalｌｅdfｏｒatarｇｅt－focusedindividual,youｍightｓａy:

"Iｌikehaｖｉnｇｔargets.Ｔhｅｙｅncoｕｒagemetｏｓtrｅtcｈmyｓｅlfandbｅatthem！"

*Ｗｈaｔisyoｕrpｅrsｏnalｍissｉonstａt(yī)ementoｒmotｔo?

Noｔeｖeryｏnehasone,butbｅｃaｕｓeyｏuｍｉghtbeaｓｋed，thinkｗhatyoursｗouldbe.

＂Ｊｕstdoiｔ!"

"Rightｆｉrsttｉme,everｙtｉｍe"．

"Leｓsｔaｌk,ｍorｅactiｏｎ"．

"Tｒeatotheｒsasyou'dwｉshtｏbetreaｔed＂.

"Fortｕｎeｆaｖouｒsthｅbrave".

＂Ｑuality,ｑualiｔｙ,quａｌity..．＂.

Ouraｄvｉｃｅ:Thisｉsonｅｏfthosｅtimeｓwheｎｗeaｓkcandｉdatestoexplaintｈeiｒaｎsweｒstoouｒinteｒｖieｗqueｓtｉoｎs.So,whatｅvｅryｏusay,ｉt'ｓlikelyyou'llbeaskedtｏgiveaｒeasｏｎoｒexamplesohaveｏｎeiｎmiｎｄ．Foｒmｏstｊobｓ，yｏuwanttosｏundｐosｉtiｖeandｍotｉvated，butpｏｓsiblynotrｕthlesｓoｒｉｎcｏnsidｅrａt(yī)e.

*Whatdoyｏｕeｎｊoymostaｂoutwｈaｔyouｄonｏw？

"Irｅallyｅｎjｏｙtheｔｅchniｃａlnaｔureoftｈejｏbａndtｈespeｅdａt(yī)whｉcｈI'mａbｌetofixfａuｌts.Ｉgetａlotoｆsatisfactionfｒoｍgeｔtiｎgｐeopｌebacｋｔowoｒkassoonａｓｐosｓiblｅ".

Iｆworkｉngaspaｒtofatｅamisｍenｔｉｏneｄａｓarequiｒemenｔofｔhejob,ｙoumｉｇhｔanswer:

＂Irｅallyｅnｊoybｅｉngpａｒｔｏfateam．Ｉlｉkeitwheｎtｈeｔeampullｓtogetｈerｔｏachiｅvesomeｔhiｎganｄｅｖeryonecａntakesomecredｉｔ＂.

*Whａt(yī)dｏyouenjoｙｌｅａstaｂoutyｏurｃurreｎｔrｏle?

Agｏodintervｉewａｎｓｗeｒmigｈｔgoｓｏｍｅthingｌikeｔhｉs:

＂Ａctually，IenjoyｅvｅrythingaｂｏｕtwhａｔIdo.IsuｐposeｉfＩhａdtogivｅsoｍethinguｐ,itｗouｌdbｅ..."

Tｈｅ'sometｈinｇ'depｅｎdsoｎyoｕ,ｂutit＇ｓbesttｏｍeｎtionsｏｍeｔhinｇincidentaltoｙｏｕrｊob，liｋeadｍinorpapｅrwｏｒk.Soyoｕｍightsaｙ:

"I＇mnｏtsｕｒe(pａuse)．ＩsｕppｏseifIhadｔｏpicksｏmethingtｏgiveupitwｏuldbｅｐaperwork.Ikｎoｗit'simｐorｔａnt,anｄＩdｏiｔweｌl，ｂutiｆｓomeoｎｅeｌseｄidiffｏrme，thatwouldbeｇreａt(yī)!"

*Ｗhyｄoyouwaｎttoｌｅaveyouｒcurrentjob/cｏmｐaｎy?

Ifyou'reａpｐｌｙingforamoreｓeniorｊob,youmightanswer:

"ＩrｅａllyeｎjoｙwhaｔIdｏ,ｂutＩ＇ｍreａｄyfoｒmorerespoｎsibｉｌitｙandcｈaｌlengｅｗｈichyourｊoｂoffers.Ｕnｆｏｒtunatｅly,ｍyｃurｒenｔjoｂ/eｍploｙercan'ｔgivｅmethis．"

Iftｈｉsisn＇tthｅreason,useｙourｓｉnsteaｄ,ｂutａlwaysbepｏsiｔiｖeinyｏuｒanswerstotoｕghinｔｅrviewquesｔion

*Whatdｏyouｔhｉnkｏfyｏurcurrentbｏss？

"Myｃｕrrentboｓｓisgreａt(yī)．Hesetstheteamcｈalｌｅｎgｉngｂutreaｌiｓticｔargetsanｄmoｔivatｅsｕstoachｉeveｔhem．．."

＂Ｍycurrenｔboｓｓisｖｅrygｏod.Sｈedeaｌｓwiｔｈherteamfiｒmlｙbｕtｆaiｒlｙａndenjoｙsｏｕrreｓpectｂecauｓeoｆtｈis．．.＂

Ｉｆyourcuｒreｎtbossisnotgreat,ａndyoｕarepreｐaredtoanswｅrｍoreｉnteｒｖiewquｅsｔｉonsabouｔthis,ｓayｓo，bｕtｄobalancｅeacｈcｒiｔiｃｉsmｗithapositivepoint．Rｅｍembｅrtheneedtｏaｐpearpositｉｖeinyｏuｒａnsｗerstoｉnterｖiewｑuｅｓｔions．Ｙoｕmiｇｈtsaｙ：

"Mycurrentbosｓhaｓstrenｇｔhｓandwｅａｋneｓseｓ.Hｅisverygｏoｄatliｓtenｉｎｇtoｐeｏplｅbｕtsｏmｅtimｅs,ｉnｍｙvｉｅw,dｏeｓn＇tdｅａlwithｕnｄerｐｅrformeｒsfｉrmlyenough．Ｔｈisafｆｅctsteaｍｍoraleｓｏmeｔｉmes．．."

*Whatwillyoumissabouｔyourｐresentjob?

Ｐｅｏpleｉsthebestinteｒｖｉewanswerherｅ.Sayanythinｇelｓeanｄyｏu＇ｒesuggｅstｉngthejobyｏu'ｒeaｐpｌyingfoｒwon'ｔｇｉvｅyoueｖerｙthiｎgyｏｕhaｄａndmoｒｅ，aｎdmigｈtevenleaveyoｕwantｉng!Asｙｏutｈiｎｋaboutanswｅｒsｔoiｎterviewｑuｅstioｎs,aｌwaｙsｈａveinmiｎdthｅnｅeｄtocrｅateapositｉvｅｉｍｐｒeｓsioｎ.

"WellI'mconfidenｔthａt(yī)theｊｏbyou＇ｒeoｆｆｅｒｉngwilｌｇiｖemeeverｙthingIhavenowandmｏresoＩdon'tｔhiｎkI'llmissanythiｎgaｂoutthｅjobｉｔself.ＢｕtＩ'lｌmｉssｓｏmeofthepeopｌｅofcourｓｅ...＂

*WｈatｃａnyｏuｔellmeabouｔXYZCｏｍpany?

Ｉfｙouneedtｏ,sｔartbysａyiｎg"IsitoｋiｆIreｆｅrtoｍyｎoteｓ?＂.Wｈenyｏugeｔｔhenoｄ,offｙｏugｏ．

Agooｄinｔerｖiewaｎswerｓhｏuldiｎcｌｕdeｓhoｒtfａｃtuaｌstａt(yī)ｅmentsｃｏveriｎｇsｕcｈthinｇsaｓtheCompaｎy＇sｈistoｒy，ｉtｓproｄucts,staffｎumbers,ｔuｒｎoverａnｄfｕtｕｒeｂuｓinessｏｂjecｔives.Sometｈinｇlｉkｅthｉｓｉsfine:

"IbｅlievetｈeCoｍpanybｅganiｎ１967，ｗithjustｏｎeoutlet，ｂｕtnoｗhas25.FromwｈatI'ｖereａd，youseｌlA,ＢａndCproducｔsacrosｓＥｕropｅanｄtheStatesandｈaveaturnoｖｅrｉnexcessｏｆ＄5mｉllｉoｎ.Ｙｏuｅmploｙ12５staｆf.ＩｂeｌeiveyoｕhopｅtoenterthｅAsｉanｍaｒｋeｔby20２3"．

"I＇ｖｅdonｅｓomerｅsearcｈａndｃantellyoｕmoreifyｏｕlikｅ＂.

Ｙｏuｗilllikeｌyhｅａr＂Ｎo,thaｔ'sｆine．Ｔｈａnkyou．＂

Ｙｏurinterviewｅrswｉｌｌbeimpｒessedthａt(yī)youpｒｅparｅｄandmａdenotesaｎｄyou＇rｅofftoａgｏoｄｓtart．

*WｈatｄoｙoｕthinkXYZＣompanycanofｆeｒｙou?

Thereaｒetwｏｂitstothisiｎｔeｒviewｑueｓtion,tｈｅrｏleandtｈｅCompany．Ｍｅnｔｉonboth．Youmighｔsａy:

"I'ｍｔoｌdｔhｅCompanyhasafirmcommitｍenｔtoindｉvｉdｕaltrａiningａnｄｄevelｏpmｅｎｔ.ThiｓiｓｇreatｎewsformｅbecaｕseＩ'mkeeｎtoｌeａrｎandadvancｅintheCompany.ThｅｒｏｌeitseｌfappeaｒｓchaｌlｅｎgingandrewａrdiｎｇwhichＩ'llfindvｅｒｙmoｔivatｉｎg".

*Ifyｏu'resｕccessfｕl，ｗｈatdoyouthｉnｋｙou'lｌbｅdoｉnｇdａy－to-dａy?

Yｏuｍiｇhｔsｔaｒｔｂyｓａyiｎg"IuｎderstandｔhatI'ｌｌbe．.．".Ｔheｎyｏucouldtalkabouttｈeｍainroｌe,ａnｙoｔhｅraｃｔivitiｅsandaｎytargetsyouexｐecｔtoｂegｉven.

Whaｔareｙoｕrｓtｒengｔhs/weakneｓses？

IＭＰOＲTＡNT--tｈisｃommonｊoｂintｅrvieｗquｅｓtiｏｎｃａｎbeaｓkediｎmanｙdifｆeｒentｗays,sｕchas"Ｗhaｔｑuaｌiｔieｓdoyｏuadｍireinotherｓｔhaｔyｏuwouldｌikeｔodevelｏpｉｎｙourself?"

Stｒｅnｇthsshouldbｅeasｙenoughtothinkａbout（ｋeepthepositioｎinmind).

Taｌｋｉngaboutweaknesｓｅscaｎｂeｈardｅｒｂutgｏｏdintervｉewａｎｓwersａrｅstｉlｌpossible．Ｍanｙｐeoplechoｏsetoｍｅnｔioｎsoｍetｈingｗｈｉchthey＇ｖeｒｅcｏgnizedaｓbeingaweaknｅsｓbuthaｖeovercoｍe.

"Ｉ'dｌiketobｅmoreｏrgａnized,likeoｎeofmycolleagｕeｓ．Shedoeｓn'tｈaveｔotｒｙ.ButbecａuｓeIｄon'tfiｎｄitaseasｙashｅr,Ｉｕsｅｔｏ-ｄoliｓｔsａndadiarytoｈeｌｐmesuｃcｅssfuｌlymaｎaｇemyｗork".

Oｎaｆinaｌnote,ｉt'ｓmuchsafｅrｔoｈighliｇhtyｏuｒlackofeｘperienｃeorknowｌedｇeasａweakｎessthaｎaｆａuｌtinｙourｐｅrsonaliｔy．Emｐloyerｓcanalwaｙsgiｖeｙouexpeｒiｅncｅｂutfeｗwanttohelpyｏuｏverｃoｍｅshoｒtcomingsiｎyoｕrpｅrsonality！Soavoidtellｉngintervｉｅweｒｓtｈatｙｏu"ｇetbored"or"tｏoｉｎvｏｌｖed＂oｒ＂fｒustｒatｅd"！

Whydidyoutｈｉｎkｙouaｒｅｓuitedｔoｔｈisjoｂ?

Whattheｙarereallyasｋingｉs"Yoｕknowwhatｗeareloｏkingｆorsocanｙｏｕｔelluswｈatyouhaｖｅdｏneｏrwhatyｏuｈａvｅ,thaｔｉｓｒｅleｖant."

Ｗhｙsｈoulｄｗeｇｉveｔheｊobtoyouabｏｖｅotheraｐplicａｎts?

Thisｉsoftｅnｏｕrclosｉngqｕesｔｉon.Wｅwａnｔｔｏｋnow，inanuｔshell,whｙyouaｒｅthｅbestcandidateｆｏrthejｏb．Tｈisisaｃｈaｎcｅtolｉｓｔｙｏuｒbeｓtattributesａstheyrelateｔoｔｈｅvacａncy．Ｄon'tbeｃocky,ｂｕtdoｎ'ｔbesｈy.\

*Ｈowwｅlldｏｙouwｏrｋｕnｄerpｒｅssuｒｅ?

“Ｉknoｗtｈatalｌｊobｓinvolveｓomesortofpreｓｓuｒｅatsomｅtｉme.

IcａｎｗorｋasｗellunｄerpresｓureasIdoaｔanyotｈerｔimebutｗhenIambuｓy,Iprｉoritｉｚeaｃtivitiｅssotｈａｔmywｏrｋloａｄismａnageabｌe.”

Ｉftｈeinｔerｖieｗeｒsfocuｓonotheｒprｅssure，sｕchａsｐresｓurｅｔomeettargeｔs,dｅalingwiｔhdiｆficｕltcｕｓtomｅrsetｃ,gｉvｅanapｐropｒiatereply,mentioｎingpastｓｉｔｕationswｈerｅyｏuhａvecopedundersuchｐressurｅ.

*Wｈａt(yī)ｓortofpeopleｄoyoufindiｔdｉｆｆiculttｏｗorｋｗｉtｈ?

“Iaｍaneasygｏｉｎｇpeｒｓonｗhｏｓｅeｍstoｇetonwitheveｒyoｎe.ＩfIhavｅtopｉｃｋaｔypeofpersｏnｔｈａｔbｏtｈersme,ｉt'ｓｔhｅonewhoｄoｅsn＇tｐulltheiｒwｅiｇhtｏrisｎ'twｏrrｉedabｏuｔthestandardofthｅirworkbecauseiｔｒeｆlectsbadlyontｈｅresｔoftheteam.”

*Seｌlmｅthisｐｅｎ！

Iｎintｅｒviｅwsforsaleｓｊob，yoｕmaｙhearthis,beliｅｖeｕs!Ｉnfact，oneofushadａnｏn-saleｓiｎtｅrviewandwasasｋedthiｓ,ｕｎexpｅcteｄly．Tｈｅｏbjeｃtyｏuareaskｅdtosｅllcoｕldinfaｃtbｅaｎything.Someｉｎterｖieweｒsliｋetoｓeeｗhetheｒｙｏuｆocusｏnthebｅnｅfiｔsｏftheoｂjecｔoritsｆeａt(yī)urｅs.Ｔhefeaturesoｆtｈepenmightbｅｔｈａｔｉｔ＇sｂluｅ,ｗitharolｌeｒbａllandplasticｃｏating.Ｔhebeｎefitsｍighｔbｅthaｔｉt＇ｓreｌiaｂle,ｅａsyｔohｏｌdａnｄlｅaｋprooｆ.

＊Wｈaｔkｅyskillｓdoyoｕthiｎkyouneｅｄtobesuccessfulinｔhｉｓｒole?

ＹoｕｇottｈiｓfarbｅｃauseyｏｕrｊobapｐｌicatｉonformoｒresumｅoｒＣVmatｃheｄthｅintervｉｅｗｅrs'crｉｔeriaasspecｉｆiedｉｎthejｏbaｄveｒｔ.Juｓtexｐａｎdonｔhisinｙｏｕrｊobiｎtervieｗaｎsｗｅrｓ．Listthesｋｉｌlsｙｏuthinｋarerｅｑuiｒed,gｉvingaｌittlｅｅxplanatiｏnａｓtowhyｅaｃhisneｅdｅd.

Yoｕmighttｈeｎbeaskｅdｔogiｖeeｘamｐleswｈeｒｅyoｕ＇veｕseｄoneorｍoreoftｈｅsｅsｋills.Theseａrｅbeｈaｖｉourａlinteｒvieｗｑｕesｔions.

*Wheｒedｏyｏｕsｅeｙoｕrｓelfｉnfiｖｅyeａrstiｍe？

Tｈiｓｃａｎbeadifficultjobｉntｅrvｉewquestioｎｔoanswｅr,ｅｓｐecｉaｌlyifyou'ｖeｎotｔhｏughｔbeyondgettingｔｈisjｏb!

Whｅnyoｕanswer,yoｕwanttoｓｏunｄａmbiｔiousenoｕghｔobｅmotivａt(yī)eｄtｏdoagoodjｏｂ,bｕｔnｏttooaｍbiｔｉｏusiｎｃaｓeyｏuriｎｔｅrvｉewerｓthiｎkｙoｕ'reonｌyusｉnｇthiｓjｏｂａsasｔｅｐｐｉngｓtoｎetosoｍetｈｉnｇｂeｔｔer．

Iｃanbｅsuccessfuｌｉnthisjobandtaｋｅnonａｄditionalｒesponsibｉlｉtiｅsａｎdｂｅconｓidｅredsｕitableforproｍotｉon.

*Howdoeｓtｈisｊobｆｉtiｎｔoyouｒcaｒeerplaｎs?

Thｉｓisasｉmｉlａｒjｏbｉｎtervieｗｑuestｉontotheoneａboverealｌy,exceptthatitlｏoｋｓbeyｏndfiveyears.Berealisｔic.Yoｕmｉghtsａyｓomｅtｈinｇliketｈisｉｆｙoｕ＇regoinｇｆoramiddle－managemｅntpoｓition：

"Myaｍbitiｏnｉｓtoleａdadｅｐaｒtmentandbeinｖolｖｅｄｉnsｔrategicdeｃｉｓiｏn-ｍaｋingataseｎiｏrleｖｅl.IexpｅctthｅroleI'mapplyingｆorｔogivｅmemoreｅxperiencｅoｆlｅadｉngandsomeinｔｒoｄuctioｎtostrａt(yī)egysoｔhatI＇mreａdｙfoｒaseniorroleｉnａfｅwyearstime".

*Ｗherｅdidyoｕtｈinkyou'dbｅatthisstageinyourliｆｅ？

Avoidsayingｆｕｒthertｈanyｏｕａrｅnoｗ！It＇sｂeｔｔertｏshowyou'vemetoｒexceedeｄyourambitｉonsthanｆａｌlｅｎshorｔoｆｔｈem.Tｅlｌｔｈeintｅrｖiewersthatyouａreｈappyｗithｙoｕrlｉｆeandcａｒｅeｒ,butaｒelookingｆormorechａlleｎｇｅasyｏulｉkｅtosｔretchｙｏuｒseｌfｔoacｈievemore.

*Iｆyoｕcouldstaｒtagain,wｈaｔcａreｅｒdeciｓｉonｓwouｌdyｏumaｋedｉｆｆeｒentlｙ?

Ｙoｕ＇reoｎsｔickygrｏunｄifyｏusｔarttｒyiｎgtotｈinkofｈypothetiｃalcareercｈanｇｅstｈaｔｍｉｇhthaveservedyｏubetteriｎtheｐａst.Yoｕranswｅrstoｉnterviｅwquｅstｉｏｎswｉlｌsuggestyou＇renothappyｗiｔhthewａythｉnｇsareandnｏ-oneｗantstｏhireanunhappypersｏn.

“Ｉwouldｎ'tchaｎｇｅanｙthｉng.Ｉaｍhappywithｍｙcarｅerasitiｓnｏwｂｕtwanｔｆreｓｈｃhallenges.”

"I'mｎotthｅkindofpｅrsonwhｏｌooksbackwithregretｓ.Iｐreｆeｒｔoinvestmｙenergylooｋｉｎｇforward"．

*Hｏwwouｌｄyouapproacｈaｔypiｃalprｏject?

Ｉfｙoｕ'rｅapplyiｎgfoｒａｐrojectbａsedjob，suｃhasaprojｅcｔmanager,youｗillｂeaskeｄtｈisjobintervieｗqｕestiｏn.Doｎ＇tgｉｖeaｌongwiｎdedａnｓweｒ,buttrytodemonsｔraｔethatyouｗouｌdtakeiｎtｏａccouｎtthemaincomponeｎｔｓofefｆectivｅｐrｏjectpｌanningｓｕcｈａs:

-Ｐl(wèi)anｎingthescｈedｕleｂaｃkwardsfｒomcoｍｐlｅtioｎ

-Wｏrkｉngoｕtｗhatyouneeｄtogeｔtｈejobｄoneｅfｆeｃtivelyandonｔimｅ

－Buｄgetiｎg--ｃosts，ｔimeandrｅsourcｅs

-Allowinｇaconｔingenｃy

*Ｈoｗwouldｙougeｔthebestｆｒompeople?

Ifyｏuａreapplｙinｇfｏraｎyｍａｎageｍｅntｒolｅ,itishigｈlｙlikeｌyyｏu＇ｌｌbｅaｓkｅdｔhiｓjobinterviewｑuestion.Ｔhekｉndofｓkilｌsthaｔwe'dbeloｏkｉnｇforinagooｄappｌicａntaｒｅ:

－Goｏdcｏｍmunｉcation

-Teａmwoｒksｋills

－Rｅcｏgnizｉngwhａt(yī)eachｐｅrsoncanbriｎg

－Ｓettingagoodexample

-Ｐrａiｓｉngｇｏodpeｒｆｏｒmances

＊Gｉvｅｕsaneｘaｍpleofhｏwｙouhavｅｒｅsoｌvedcoｎflict.

Asthisiｓａｂehaviourａliｎtｅrvｉｅwquestion,ｙouneｅｄtoｆｉｎdａnexａmpleoｆconｆｌictthatｙouｈavｅresolveｄ.Tｈesortofskillsyoｕneeｄtodｅmｏnｓtraｔeiｎyoｕrintｅrvｉeｗanｓwerare:

-Fairness

-Ｄiscuｓｓiｎgｐｒoｂｌeｍswithiｎdiｖidｕａlsｉnprivatｅ

-Ｍakｉｎｇｓuｒeyougettothｅrｏotofthepｒoblem

－Ｆiｎdiｎgａｓolｕtionthateveｒyｏnewｉllaccept

*Whatｄiｄyoｕｌｏokforwhenyouhiredpeopｌｅinthepａｓt?

Thisisａgenｅraｌquestion.Dｏn＇tthinkabｏｕtｓpecｉfｉｃｓkillｓｏｆｔhejｏbyouaｒeappｌyiｎｇｆor.Thiｎkgenｅraｌlyaboutthekeyatｔｒibｕteｓeveｒyoneloｏksforinagooｄapｐlicａnt.Aｍongotｈｅrs，ｔheseｉnｃluｄe:

-Ａptiｔude

－Skilｌs

-Inｉtiａｔiｖe

－Flexibility

-Cｏｍｍiｔmeｎt

Ｄoyoｕwｏrｋbestbｙyourseｌforaｓpaｒtofａt(yī)ｅam?

Mostｊobsｒequireboｔh，tovaryinｇdegｒｅes．

Ａswithａｌlanswerstojoｂiｎteｒvｉeｗｑｕestｉons,ｔhinｋabｏuttｈｅpositionｙouareapplyｉngfor.Ａrｅtｈeiｎterviｅwerｓloｏkingforatｅamｗorkeｒ？Dｉｄtheyｍentiｏｎtｈisintheａdvertoriｓｉtｉｍplicitiｎtｈejobdesｃription？

Ifatｅampｌａｙeriｓrequired，telｌtｈｅinteｒviｅｗersthatyouｗorｋwellinateａｍ.Giveanｅxamｐｌeifyｏucａn.Youmigｈtsay：

"Ipreｆertoworkinteams．Ｉｆindthatｂｅtterdeciｓｉonsarereachｅｄｗhｅnpeoｐlewｏrktogetheranｄｓhａrｅideas.OfcｏursｅI'ｍhappytowｏｒkaｌonｅwhenｒｅquiredtoo.＂

Iftheｊobisｍｏsｔlydonealｏｎe,ｙoumiｇhtsａy:

"IｗoｒkverywｅllｂｙmｙsｅlｆbecauｓeＩ'mselｆmoｔiｖａｔed,orgaｎizedaｎdconｓｃｉentｉous.I'ｍｃｏmfｏrtablｅworkingｉnｔeａmsｔhoｕgｈandrｅcoｇniｚｅthatthisｉsbｅtterｉnsomeｓiｔuａt(yī)ｉons＂.

*Ｗhａt(yī)ｋindｏfpｅrsoｎａlitｙｄｏyouwoｒkｂｅｓtwithaｎｄwhy?

Yoｕｗiｌldealｗithｍanypersonalitｉesinａnｙjob.Iftheｉnｔｅｒｖｉeｗeｒsknｏwtheｐeopleyou'llbeworkingｗｉth,tｈeymｉgｈthａｖｅaｐｅrｓｏnalitｙinmind！It'ｓｈardfoｒyｏutoｋnowthisｈoweversoｓtｉｃktｏａsａfｅaｎｓwer.Youmｉghｔsａｙ：

"ＩfindIworkｗellwiｔｈaｌmｏｓteveｒyoｎebutｗhoIｗoｒｋｂesｔwithmiｇhtｄeｐｅｎｄonｔheａctivitｙ.Ｉfｉｔ'saｐｒoｊecｔ,Ｉprefｅｒｔowoｒkｗｉｔhｓomeonｅwho'ｓｐrａctｉcalandorgａｎizedbecausｅtｈisｉsimpｏrtant.Ifit'sｌｅadingaｄiscuｓsion,workingｗithsomeoｎｅwho＇sａｇoodfacilitatorhｅｌps."

*Howwoｕldyoｕgｏaboutestablisｈingyoｕｒcrｅdiｂilｉtyｑuicklyｗitｈintｈeteam?

Gａｉｎingｃredibilitｙqｕiｃklyｉsimpoｒtanｔ.Makesｕｒｅyouliｓteｎ，ｌeaｒn，qｕestｉon,undｅｒstanｄ.Yoｕｍightｓay:"Ｔhat'sａgooｄquestiｏnandIｒealizｅｉt'simportanttｏgainｃrｅｄibｉliｔyquiｃkly.Ｉbeｌｉevetｈebeｓtwaｙｉstoshｏwyourcoｌleagｕｅｓthatyoｕrespｅctthｅireｘｐerienceandwaｎｔtolearnｆrｏmthemａswelｌasaboｕtthem．Youｎｅedｔoｌisｔeｎ，ａsｋtheriｇｈtｑuesｔｉonsａnｄmakｅsureyｏuunderstand．Ifｔｈｅyｃanseeyoｕ'ｌｌｆitｉnearlyｏn,ｉthｅlｐs＂．

*Tellmｅabouｔaｔimｅwhereｙｏuｈadtｏdｅaｌwiｔhｃoｎｆlicｔonｔhejob．

Thiｓiｓａｂｅｈaｖiｏuralinteｒviｅwqueｓtｉon.

Ｉfyｏucaｎ＇ttｈｉnkoｆaneｘａmple，it'soktｏsaｙｓo.Ｉfthat'stｈecaｓｅ,ｅiｔherｓａｙhowｙｏuwｏulddeａlｗｉｔhiｔ,oruｓeanexamｐlｅwheｒesoｍeoneｙｏuknowdealtｗiｔhconfｌiｃtwell.

Ｍoｓtinｔeｒvｉewerswouldｌookfor:

oGettingbｏｔｈsｉdesoｆtheargｕmeｎt

oSuｇｇｅstingandagreeｉngcomｐromｉse

oSｈowinｇtactｆulnesｓ

oShｏwingempａt(yī)hy

*Whａt(yī)irrｉｔateｓyouaboutｏthｅrpｅopｌe，andhowdoyoudｅalwitｈit?

Perｓｏnａlｃｏnflictisinevitableiｎｔhewoｒkplａcｅ

ＴｒｙnoｔtｏsａythatAorＢirritateｓyou.Insｔeａｄ,taｌkaboｕttｈechａｒacteristicｓwhicｈyouｆindhard,notthepｅopｌｅ.Youmightsay:

＂IfiｎdIgetonwithｍostpeｏｐlesｏit'snotｎoｒｍaｌlyaprｏblem.It'srathｅrdisaｐpｏinｔingwhenpeoｐledｏn'tｐｕｌｌtheiｒweｉghtIsupposｅandthisｈａsｈappenｅd．IｎthatｉｎstanceIsｐoketoｔheｐersｏｎｉｎｐriｖatｅ,explａｉnedtｈatｔhｅyｗerelettｉｎgｔｈetｅamｄoｗnandaskedｔｈemｔomakemoreofaneffｏrｔ.Ｔｈｅｙdid.＂

"Caｎyoｕgｉｖｅｍeｓoｍeｉdeaofthｅsalａryyou'rｅexｐectiｎg?＂iｓoneｏftｈｏsｅjobiｎterviｅwｑuestiｏnsthatcａnrｅallｙgetyｏuｔongｕe-ｔｉed.Ｗhａt(yī)doyousaｙ?Usuａｌｌy，ｍｏmeｎｔslaｔｅr,ｙoureａlizeyou'ｖｅacceｐｔｅdasalａｒｙfarlowerthａnｙｏuwanted．Altｈoｕgｈｙouwerepｒepaｒedｔonegotiaｔeyoｕrｓalaｒy,youｐanｉckｅdatthelａｓｔminuｔeandｌostｙｏurnerve.Ａsyoｕleａveｔheiｎtｅrviｅｗroom,ｙoｕrexｃiｔｅmentａt(yī)gettｉngｔhｅjobｉｓtaiｎtｅｄ.Yｏucan＇thelpfeelｉｎgｕndervalｕed,ｅvenalｉtｔleduped.Askfortoomuｃhandyｏurｉsｋlｏokingunrｅaｌｉstic,overcoｎfiｄenｔ,maybeevengrｅedｙ.Aｓｋforｔoolｉttleandyouriｓｋｕndeｒvａluingyｏｕrselfａndyoｕrｃonｔribution,andultｉmateｌｙｂeingunderｐaiｄ.Formanyoｆus,ｓalaryｉｓoneｏfthｅｍostimporｔantfactｏrｓintａkｉnｇajob,ｂutiｔ'ｓｏftenthehaｒdｅsttodealｗith.

Nｅrvesｇotｔhebetteroｆｈerａnｄwｏrrｉｅdabｏutsoundinggｒeedy，shｅsｕggesｔedalｏwerａmouｎt.Wｈensｈewａsｏffｅredｔheｊoｂ,ｔhｅｒewastｈeｓalａryshｅsuggeｓted,rightatthestartoｆtheoffeｒleｔｔer.Shewａsn'tsｕｒpｒｉsedbｕtshewａｓｄiｓappoiｎｔed．Soｈowcanyouavoidtｈishａppｅｎｉngtｏyoｕ?

＊Rｅsearchisessentiａlwhenｉtcomestosuggｅsｔingａreａｓoｎablesaｌａrｙ．Ｔａｋetimeｔolooｋthouｇhjobadverｔisementｓforsiｍilaｒpositions．ResearchthｅWＷWorpostaqueｓtiｏninaｆorumoronYａhoo!Ａnswｅrs

ResearchｔheComｐａnytoo.AlaｒｇeCoｍpany，ifａsked,ｗillｐrobaｂlyhａvｅmｏrescopeｔoｏfｆerｙouａbｅtｔeｒbｅｎeｆitｓpackagethaｎａsmａlleｒｏnｅ

＊Don＇ｔinｉtiatesａlarｙdisｃussionsｏｒsayanythingａboutpａydurｉngyouｒjobｉｎtervｉewunleｓsaskeｄ

*Ｉfyou'ｒeasｋedforafiguｒe,suggesｔａrangｅraｔherｔhananａctuａlfiguｒe．Thisｇivesｒoomtoｎegoｔiaｔeifafirmｊobofferismａｄeduringthejｏｂｉntｅrviｅw*Ifyou'reofferｅdtheｊoｂanｄｒeaｃhａgreeｍｅntonasalary，mａkesｕrｅthewrittenjobｏfferstatｅｓｔhisaｍoｕntcleaｒly*Ａｎdｗｈｅｎｉtｃomestothｅactuａlsalarynegotｉationhｅreare6ｅsｓｅnｔialｓalaｒｙ

*Themｏｓtimportanttｈｉngｔoｒeｍｅmｂerwｈendｉｓcusｓｉngyoursａlaryiｓthatiｔisａneｇoｔiaｔion.Ｌｉkeanｙｆoｒmoｆbarｔeｒｉｎg,tｈｅfｉrstｆｉgureyoumentｉonｉnthｅjoｂｉnterviewprobablywｏn'tbeｔhｅｆigｕｒｅyouaｇreeon.Ｂutiｔ'saｐlａcｅtｏｓtart.*Bｅconｆideｎｔaｂoｕtｗｈaｔyou'ｒeｗｏrｔh.Reｃoｇnisetｈａｔyoｕ'rebringiｎgsoｍｅｔhinguniquｅｔotheCｏｍpany，andthａt(yī)you'rｅｗorththewagｅyou'rerequestiｎg.Eveniｆyou'vｅoｎlyjusｔfｉｎishedschooｌorcoｌｌege,youstｉlｌhavesｏmｅtｈiｎguｎiquetoofｆerandit'sｉmportanｔｔobeaｒthatｉnｍinｄasyoｕｔhｉnkaｂouｔｓalarｙnegｏtiation.*Rｅｍembeｒａlsotｈatiｔ＇ｓnotｅａsyfindiｎgtherｉgｈtｐersonfoｒａjob.Ifｙou'veｉmpresｓeｄtheinｔerviewｅrsenouｇhｔoemployyou，youhaveｔheupperhandandpａyiｎｇalitｔleｍoretokeeｐyouiｓn'ｔtooｂiｇadeａl．Soaｓkｆorasｌigｈｔlyhigｈｅｒsaｌａｒｙthａnyｏuexｐect．*Ifｔhejobａdvertisemeｎtmentｉonsａｓalaｒyrange,emｐlｏyeｒswillbepｒｅparedtopaymorｅfortherｉｇhtcanｄidate．Ifｙou'ｒealittleｕncｏmｆｏrtableaskingｆorthｅtopfigure,chooｓeｏnejuｓtaｂoveｔhemiｄ-range.Thisgiｖｅstheｉmpressioｎthａt(yī)yoｕarewoｒｔhaｇｏｏdｗaｇeａndisａgreatplａcｅtosｔart.

Ａｓｓｕminganadvertiｓedsａlaryrａｎgeｏｆ$３0，０00to$42,00０,yｏuｍightsaｙthｉｓ:

"I'mexpｅｃtinｇasａｌaｒyｉnｔhereｇiｏnof$3８,000,basｅdonmykｎowlｅｄgeａndexperienｃe".*Remembeｒthａt(yī)sａlaryiｓｎｏteｖerythinｇ．IftｈesalａｒyisｌessthanyouhｏｐedandthｅＣｏmpａnywｏｎ＇tｏrcan'tｇｏａｎyhｉgheｒ，askaboutoｔherｂenｅfitｓｗｈichａｒeimpｏｒtanttoｙoｕliｋetrainiｎgｃｏurｓeｓ,finａｎcｉaｌhelpwithfurtherｓｔuｄyanｄｓooｎ.

Whａｔspecificgoａlｓ，ｉncｌudingthosereｌatedｔｏyouｒocｃupation,havｅyouesｔablishｅdfｏryoｕｒlife？

IwａｎｔtｏbｅwoｒkingｆoranｅｘｃellｅｎtｃomｐanｙｌikeyouｒsiｎaｊobｉnwｈichＩammanagiｎginfoｒｍation．Ｉplanｔocontributemylｅａｄership,iｎteｒperｓonal,andtechｎｉcaｌｓkills.Myｌong-rangecarｅergoaｌistobｅthebestinforｍａt(yī)iｏｎsystｅmstechnicｉａｎIcanfoｒthecｏmpａnyIworkfｏr．

3．Hoｗｈaｓyourｃollｅgｅeｘperｉencepreparedyouｆoraｂｕsiｎesｓｃarｅer？

Ihavｅｐrepaｒｅｄmyｓeｌftotｒansitioniｎｔotｈeworkforｃetｈｒoughｒeal－worlｄexｐerieｎcｅｉｎvolvingtravelabroａd,inｔernｓhip,andenｔｒepｒeneｕriaｌoppｏrtunｉties.WhileinｔernｉｎgwｉthａｐｒivateｏrganizaｔｉｏninEcuador,Idｅvelopeｄa1５-pａgemａrkeｔinｇpｌancｏｍposedinSpａniｓhthａt(yī)ｒecommendｅdmｏrｅeffeｃｔｉvｅwaysthecｏｍpaｎｙcｏｕldpromoteｉｔsseｒvｉcｅs．ＩalsotraveleｄａｂrｏａｄontwootherｏｃcasiｏnsinwhｉchIreｓeａrchedtheiｎdiｇeｎouscultuｒeoftheMayanInｄｉansｉnTodｏｓSanｔos,Ｇuateｍala,andpaｒticipaｔｅdinａt(yī)otａｌlａnguagｅimmeｒsionprogramiｎCoｓtaＲicａ.Asyｏｕｃａnseeｆromｍyacadeｍic,extｒacuｒｒｉcｕlar,aｎｄexperiｅntiaｌｂackgｒoｕnd，Ihaveunconditｉonallycommittedｍyｓeｌfｔosｕｃｃessａsamａrｋetｉｎｇpｒofessioｎａl．

4.Ｐl(wèi)eaｓeｄesｃrｉbeｔheidealjoｂfoｒyｏuｆollｏwｉnggraduatiｏn.

Ｍyideaｌjｏbｉsonethａt(yī)incorporａｔeｓbｏｔhmyｅｄucａt(yī)ｉonandｐraｃtｉcalworｋskiｌlsｔｏbetｈｅbesｔＩcanbe.Namelycombiｎinｇmyeducationｉnfinancewithｍyｗorｋingkｎowlｅdgｅofｃｕstｏmersｅｒviceｏperations,entrepreneuriaｌabilitｉes,cｏmpｕterｓkills,aｎｄａｄminｉstraｔｉveskｉlｌs.Iwａnｔｔｏutilｉzemyanaｌyticａlｅxpertisｅtohelｐｐｅoplｅmeettｈeiｒfinancialｇoａlｓ.TｈisiｓexaｃｔlywhyIaｍｃｏｎｖｉｎｃeｄｔhatIｗouldbeaveryｖaｌuablemeｍｂｅrｏftheMerrilｌＬｙnｃhteam.

Whatiｎfluenｃedｙoutocｈｏｏsetｈiscareer？

ＭｙpaｓｔexｐerｉenｃeshavesｈｏｗnmｅthatIenjｏyfａcingａndoｖercomｉngtｈｅchalｌｅnｇeofmakingaｓale.Wｉthoｕｔadoｕｂｔ,oｎcｅＩhａｖｅpｒａcticedmyｐresentatioｎaｎｄpreｐａｒedmyｓelfforobｊectioｎs,ＩfeｅlveｒyconfｉdｅntaｐproaｃhiｎgpeopleIdon'tkｎowandconvincｉngthｅmthaｔthｅynｅedmyprodｕct.Lastly，IliｋｅsalesbｅcausemypotentialfｏrsucｃessｉslimiｔeｄｏnｌｙbyhowｍuｃｈofmyｓｅｌfIdｅdｉcaｔetowａｒdｍygｏal．Ｉｆaｎyｐrofesｓionisfoundedonsｅlf－dｅｔｅrmiｎisｍ,itsurelymusｔbｅsａｌes.

Atwhatpoiｎtdｉｄｙoucｈooｓethｉscarｅｅr?

IknewthatIwantedｔopurｓuｅｉnfｏrｍatiｏnsysｔｅmsｔｅcｈnoｌogyａboutmｙsopｈｏmｏｒeｙearｉncolｌｅgｅ.ItｗasｔheｎthaｔIrealizｅｄtｈａｔmyhobby(cｏmputers)wａstａkinguｐmｏsｔｏｆmytime.ＭyｆａｖoritecourｓeswerｅITcｏuｒseｓ.ＩaｌsorｅalｉzｅdthatＩwasdoingcompｕter－orienｔedwork－stｕdytｈatIenjoｙedsｏｍｕchＩwouldhavedｏnｅitfoｒfreｅ.

Whａt(yī)spｅcifiｃgoaｌsｈaveyouｅstablｉshedｆｏryｏurcaｒeer?

ＭygoａlsinclｕdｅbecomingaＣerｔifiedFiｎａncialAｄviｓorsoIcanoｂｔａｉnabetteｒwoｒｋinｇkｎowｌｅdｇeoffinancialresearchanaｌysｉs,whicｈwouｌdalｌowmecoｎtrｉbｕtetｏｍｙcｌientbaseasabｅtｔerfinancialcoｎsｕltaｎtsinceIwouｌdhavethａｔextrａiｎｓightｉntotｈecｏmpａniesｔheyareseekingtｏinｖestin.Alｓotｈｉsisthefounｄａt(yī)ｉonblocｋtｏａｄvanｃiｎgmycaｒｅｅｒｔoｐortｆoliomａnaｇerorevenbranchoｆficeｍanａger.

Whatwilｌｉｔｔaketｏatｔainｙoｕrｇｏaｌs,ａndwhatsteｐshaｖeyｏutａkentｏｗａｒdatｔaiｎingthｅm?

I'vealｒeａdｙｄｏnｅｓｏmeｒｅsearchonoｔherwoｒkeｒsａｔMerrillLynchｔoｓeehowtheｙachievedsimｉlargoalｓ.ＩknｏｗthatMeｒrｉllLｙｎchencouragｅsthepuｒsuitａndｗiｌｌｒeimburｓefｏｒtuitiｏnｏfagraduａt(yī)edegree.ＩplanｏnpurｓuingaＭＢAｔogiｖemeａnevenmｏreextensｉｖeｋnｏwleｄgeofbusinesｓａｎdfinaｎciaｌanalｙｓis.

Howdidyouhanｄleａｃｈallｅnge？

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