英语面试技巧：面试提问中工作打算问答

 I: What do you know about our major products and our share of the market?

　　C: Your major products are gas apparatus¹. They're mostly

　　marketed at home and some of them are exported to the

　　Southeast Asian countries. Particularly your water-

　　heaters of Shenzhou Brand have sold Very well both at

　　home and abroad. / So far as I know, your company mainly produces such shampoos as Rejoice 2-in-l. Head and Shoulders, and Pantene. They are very popular with women and have a large market throughout China. / As one of the leading producers in the field of electric appliances, your company chiefly manufactures refrigerators of Rongsheng Brand and air-conditioners of Kelon Braad. These products are of good quality and have the lion's share of the domestic market and a part of them have found their way into the international market.

　　I: Tell me what you know about our company.

　　C: All right. Your company is a Sino-American joint² venture. Your head office is in the U. S. A. . There are a lot of subsidiary companies all over the world. You mainly make beauty products which sell well. / As is well known to everybody, McDonald's is a world famous food corporation, which has many chain stores in more than one hundred countries. And your company is one of its subsidiaries in China. You manage McDonald's fast food that is warmly welcomed by a large number of people. I think I'll have a bright future if hired by your company. / To the best of my knowledge, your factory was originally a small workshop set up in 1978. At that time you had only over ten workers who made some farm tools. After more than ten years of hard work, you have developed into a large enterprise with nearly one thousand technicians and workers. Now your factory produces aluminium³ materials and your yearly output value has reached as much as over one billion yuan. What a wonder you have done!

　　I: What companies are stockholders in this company, do you know? / Do you know who is the investor⁴ of this company?

　　C: Yes, the main stockholder is International Business Machines Corporation, namely, IBM for short. / Yes, Mr. Yingdong Huo, a celebrity⁵ in Hong Kong, is the investor of your hotel.

　　I: What section would you like to work in if you enter this  company?

　　C:I'd like to work in the import section. / If possible, I'd like you to try me in the export section. / I'd rather work in the business departirient if choices may begiven. / I wish to work in the planning department.

　　I: What type of work will you expect to do at first?

　　C: I expect to operate computers. / I wish to do the accounting⁶. / I want to design the corporate⁷ identity. / I hope to involve myself in package designs. / I'd like to be a FX (foreign exchange) settlement clerk.

　　I: What are your plans for the future?

　　C: Now I start with an entry-level secretarial position and

　　hope to become an administrative⁸ assistant in a few years' time. / I wish to move up to higher positions with acquisition of more experience in the future. / I'd like to continue working as long as I can. It's becoming more and more common among young couples for both husband and wife to work, and I think that Chinese men will be helping⁹ more with the household chores, the way they do in America.

　　I: How long does it take to get here from your home?

　　C: It takes about 35 minutes by bike. / It's a twenty-minute bus ride. / It takes only a quarter by motorcycle. / It's only ten minutes' walk. / It takes one hour and-ten minutes.

　　I: That's quite a way. Are you planning to find boarding house nearby, or do you have relatives yon can stay with?

　　C: I have an uncle living about one kilometers' from here, so I'm planning to stay with him for a while. / I'm pretty strong. There is no problem for me to be punctual for work though I have to travel that far.

　　I: How long do you think that we can depend on your working here?

　　C: At least five years. / I'll work here until I get married. / If I enjoy the job and I feel I am making progress in the work, I would stay until I reach the age limit. / I'll work here as long as you expect me to.

1 apparatus   

n.装置，器械；器具，设备

参考例句：

• The school's audio apparatus includes films and records.学校的视听设备包括放映机和录音机。
• They had a very refined apparatus.他们有一套非常精良的设备。

2 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

3 aluminium   

n.铝 (=aluminum)

参考例句：

• Aluminium looks heavy but actually it is very light.铝看起来很重，实际上却很轻。
• If necessary, we can use aluminium instead of steel.如果必要，我们可用铝代钢。

4 investor   

n.投资者，投资人

参考例句：

• My nephew is a cautious investor.我侄子是个小心谨慎的投资者。
• The investor believes that his investment will pay off handsomely soon.这个投资者相信他的投资不久会有相当大的收益。

5 celebrity   

n.名人，名流；著名，名声，名望

参考例句：

• Tom found himself something of a celebrity. 汤姆意识到自己已小有名气了。
• He haunted famous men, hoping to get celebrity for himself. 他常和名人在一起, 希望借此使自己获得名气。

6 accounting   

n.会计，会计学，借贷对照表

参考例句：

• A job fell vacant in the accounting department.财会部出现了一个空缺。
• There's an accounting error in this entry.这笔账目里有差错。

7 corporate   

adj.共同的，全体的；公司的，企业的

参考例句：

• This is our corporate responsibility.这是我们共同的责任。
• His corporate's life will be as short as a rabbit's tail.他的公司的寿命是兔子尾巴长不了。

8 administrative   

adj.行政的，管理的

参考例句：

• The administrative burden must be lifted from local government.必须解除地方政府的行政负担。
• He regarded all these administrative details as beneath his notice.他认为行政管理上的这些琐事都不值一顾。

9 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。