面試時(shí)怎樣用英文談缺點(diǎn)

Worldwide Panel LLC, a small market-research firm, is getting flooded with resumes for four vacancies in sales and information technology.

小型市場(chǎng)研究公司W(wǎng)orldwide Panel LLC準(zhǔn)備招聘4名銷售和IT技術(shù)人員，結(jié)果收到了大量簡(jiǎn)歷。

However, officials expect to reject numerous applicants after asking them： ’What is your greatest weakness?’ Candidates often respond ’with something that is not a weakness,’ say Christopher Morrow, senior vice president of the Calabasas, Calif., concern. ’It is a deal breaker.’

不過(guò)，招聘人員預(yù)計(jì)，在向應(yīng)聘者發(fā)問(wèn)“你最大的缺點(diǎn)是什么?”之后，會(huì)有很多人被淘汰。Worldwide高級(jí)副總裁莫羅(Christopher Morrow)說(shuō)，對(duì)這個(gè)問(wèn)題，應(yīng)聘者的回答往往并非缺點(diǎn)，他們因此過(guò)不了關(guān)。

The weakness question represents the most common and most stressful one posed during interviews. Yet in today’s weak job market, the wrong answer weakens your chances of winning employment.

“缺點(diǎn)”問(wèn)題是求職面試中最常見(jiàn)也最讓人頭痛的一個(gè)問(wèn)題。而在眼下就業(yè)市場(chǎng)疲軟的情況下，不恰當(dāng)?shù)幕卮饘⒔档湍阙A得工作的機(jī)會(huì)。

Some people offer replies they mistakenly assume that bosses love, such as ’I am a perfectionist.’ That response ’will be used against you’ because you appear incapable of delegating, warns Joshua Ehrlich, dean of a master’s program in executive coaching sponsored by BeamPines Inc., a New York coaching firm and Middlesex University in London.

一些應(yīng)聘者會(huì)給出誤以為老板會(huì)喜歡的答案，比如，“我的缺點(diǎn)是過(guò)于追求完美”。對(duì)此埃里奇(Joshua Ehrlich)提醒說(shuō)，這個(gè)回答會(huì)對(duì)你求職不利，因?yàn)樗@得你似乎沒(méi)有能力授權(quán)給他人。埃里奇是一個(gè)由紐約職業(yè)培訓(xùn)機(jī)構(gòu)BeamPines Inc.和倫敦米德塞克斯大學(xué)(Middlesex University)合辦的經(jīng)理人碩士班培訓(xùn)項(xiàng)目的負(fù)責(zé)人。

A careful game plan could help you cope with the shortcoming query in a way that highlights your fit for a desired position. Job seekers who field the question well demonstrate that they can ’take initiative and improve themselves,’ Mr. Morrow says.

為對(duì)付這個(gè)問(wèn)題，可事先精心設(shè)計(jì)好一個(gè)答案，以凸顯你適合所申請(qǐng)的這個(gè)職位。莫羅說(shuō)，出色回答這個(gè)問(wèn)題的求職者表現(xiàn)出他們能夠“主動(dòng)行動(dòng)，改善自己”。

The key? Thorough preparation. Career specialists suggest you take stock of your weaknesses, focusing on job-related ones that won’t impede your ability to perform your duties. Tony Santora, an executive vice president for Right Management, a major outplacement firm in Philadelphia, says an information-technology manager flubbed a 2007 interview by choosing a personal foible as his reply： ’My true weakness is that I am a terrible cook.’

關(guān)鍵在哪里?那就是充分的準(zhǔn)備。職場(chǎng)專家建議，你可以　　Worldwide Panel LLC, a small market-research firm, is getting flooded with resumes for four vacancies in sales and information technology.

小型市場(chǎng)研究公司W(wǎng)orldwide Panel LLC準(zhǔn)備招聘4名銷售和IT技術(shù)人員，結(jié)果收到了大量簡(jiǎn)歷。

However, officials expect to reject numerous applicants after asking them： ’What is your greatest weakness?’ Candidates often respond ’with something that is not a weakness,’ say Christopher Morrow, senior vice president of the Calabasas, Calif., concern. ’It is a deal breaker.’

不過(guò)，招聘人員預(yù)計(jì)，在向應(yīng)聘者發(fā)問(wèn)“你最大的缺點(diǎn)是什么?”之后，會(huì)有很多人被淘汰。Worldwide高級(jí)副總裁莫羅(Christopher Morrow)說(shuō)，對(duì)這個(gè)問(wèn)題，應(yīng)聘者的回答往往并非缺點(diǎn)，他們因此過(guò)不了關(guān)。

The weakness question represents the most common and most stressful one posed during interviews. Yet in today’s weak job market, the wrong answer weakens your chances of winning employment.

“缺點(diǎn)”問(wèn)題是求職面試中最常見(jiàn)也最讓人頭痛的一個(gè)問(wèn)題。而在眼下就業(yè)市場(chǎng)疲軟的情況下，不恰當(dāng)?shù)幕卮饘⒔档湍阙A得工作的機(jī)會(huì)。

Some people offer replies they mistakenly assume that bosses love, such as ’I am a perfectionist.’ That response ’will be used against you’ because you appear incapable of delegating, warns Joshua Ehrlich, dean of a master’s program in executive coaching sponsored by BeamPines Inc., a New York coaching firm and Middlesex University in London.

一些應(yīng)聘者會(huì)給出誤以為老板會(huì)喜歡的答案，比如，“我的缺點(diǎn)是過(guò)于追求完美”。對(duì)此埃里奇(Joshua Ehrlich)提醒說(shuō)，這個(gè)回答會(huì)對(duì)你求職不利，因?yàn)樗@得你似乎沒(méi)有能力授權(quán)給他人。埃里奇是一個(gè)由紐約職業(yè)培訓(xùn)機(jī)構(gòu)BeamPines Inc.和倫敦米德塞克斯大學(xué)(Middlesex University)合辦的經(jīng)理人碩士班培訓(xùn)項(xiàng)目的負(fù)責(zé)人。

A careful game plan could help you cope with the shortcoming query in a way that highlights your fit for a desired position. Job seekers who field the question well demonstrate that they can ’take initiative and improve themselves,’ Mr. Morrow says.

為對(duì)付這個(gè)問(wèn)題，可事先精心設(shè)計(jì)好一個(gè)答案，以凸顯你適合所申請(qǐng)的這個(gè)職位。莫羅說(shuō)，出色回答這個(gè)問(wèn)題的求職者表現(xiàn)出他們能夠“主動(dòng)行動(dòng)，改善自己”。

The key? Thorough preparation. Career specialists suggest you take stock of your weaknesses, focusing on job-related ones that won’t impede your ability to perform your duties. Tony Santora, an executive vice president for Right Management, a major outplacement firm in Philadelphia, says an information-technology manager flubbed a 2007 interview by choosing a personal foible as his reply： ’My true weakness is that I am a terrible cook.’

關(guān)鍵在哪里?那就是充分的準(zhǔn)備。職場(chǎng)專家建議，你可以整理一下自己的缺點(diǎn)，挑出其中跟工作有關(guān)、但又不會(huì)妨礙你行使工作職責(zé)的方面。費(fèi)城大型職業(yè)介紹機(jī)構(gòu)Right Management執(zhí)行副總裁桑特拉(Tony Santora)說(shuō)，2007年一位IT經(jīng)理在參加面試時(shí)，在有關(guān)缺點(diǎn)的問(wèn)題上敗下陣來(lái)：他的回答居然是，“我真正的缺點(diǎn)是，我的烹飪技術(shù)很糟糕。”