It worked！ The
cover letter， the resume， the research， the prayers - it's all come
together， you've got the interview。 Not the job， just the interview。
兴奋吗？紧张吗？还是心里没底、忐忑不安？Now all you have to do is go face-to-face with some
super-important suit and persuade him that you're the most desirable thing he's
clapped eyes on (看见，遇到) since he met his executive parking
space。 很多人对面试都怀有恐惧心理，结果导致在面试的时候紧张不安、语无伦次，甚至闹出笑话。其实，面试并不可怕，而是应试者对面试的看法出了问题。下面就教您轻松应对面试的技巧，你一定会做好的！
What is an interview？
The best way to look at an interview is as a conversation rather than
an interrogation。 In a conversation， information flows both ways and after
all， you want to learn about the company you may be working for as much as they
want to learn about you。 You want to make sure the job fits you no less then
they want to be sure you fit the job。 If you can think of the interview as an
opportunity to check them out， you'll show that you're interested in the
company， you'll feel more relaxed， you'll perform better and you'll increase
your chances of getting an offer。
What kind of interview are you in for？
There are a number of different approaches an interviewer can take。
Perhaps the most common is the clarification interview， in which the interviewer
asks general questions about points on your resume that he'd like to know more
about。 You may get asked what your career goals are， or what you think you can
bring to the job。 Know your resume， know how to make it fit the job and
interviews like this should be a walk in the park。
An interviewer may also throw in some doubt-resolving questions： “Why
did you leave your last job？ ”，“Are you always this late？ ”，“Where it says on
your resume， ”manufacturing mailbags for the government“， where exactly was
that？ ”Be aware of the weaknesses on your resume and prepare some nice flowery
words to cover any career cracks and flatten the interviewer's unfounded fears。
Increasingly popular are behavioral interviews， an approach which
consultants claim is used by a quarter of interviewers。 You may be asked to
describe an incident in which you had to use your initiative under
pressure， deal with a difficult worker or work as part of a small team。 The idea
is that your past behavior will predict your future actions in similar
situations and the questions the interviewers ask will highlight skills they
believe are important to the job。
To handle questions like these， think about your work experiences， and
retell them in STAR order： Situation/Task， Action and Result。 Identify the
situation or task you were dealing with， explain the action you took and
describe the results。
Preparation is the best way to beat behavioral interviews。
来源 洋话连篇（J-07）
