高级口语素材三（2）

　　BEC剑桥商务英语证书在中国被认可的主要以外资企业居多，特别是英联邦和欧盟成员国家的企业。BEC在外企及外籍人士中认可度还是很高的。

Part IIII Exercises and Discussions

　　Answer the 10 most-asked questions mentionedin Part two by using guidelines provided in the article.

　　Tell the class an interview story of yours.Before you reveal the final result of this job-huntingexperience, let other students criticize on yourperformance and give you a virtual offer/rejection.Compare it with the actual result.

　　Think of your best/worse interview experiencesand share them with your class and instructor. Whydo you think that you did a great/horrible job? If youcan go through it all over again, what improvements can be made?

　　Part V Supplementary Notes

　　Tell Me About Yourself

　　It's one of the most frequently asked questions in an interview: Tell me about yourself.Your response to this request will set the tone for the rest of the interview. For some, thisis the most challenging question to answer, as they wonder what the interviewer really wantsto know and what information they should include.

　　Eleanor dreaded this question. When it was the first one asked at her interview, shefumbled her way through a vague answer, not focusing on what she could bring to the job.

　　"I'm happily married and originally from Denver," she began. "My husband was transferredhere three months ago, and I've been getting us settled in our new home. I'm now ready to goback to work. I've worked in a variety of jobs, usually customer service-related. I'm looking fora company that offers growth opportunities."

　　The interview went downhill after that. She had started with personal information and gavethe interviewer reason to doubt whether she was an employee who would stay for very long.

　　· She's married, and when her husband gets transferred that means she has to leave; shedid it once and can do it again.

　　· She has some work experience with customers but didn't emphasize what she did.

　　· She is looking to grow. What about the job she is applying for? Will she stay content forlong?

　　The secret to successfully responding to this free-form request is to focus, script andpractice. You cannot afford to wing this answer, as it will affect the rest of the interview.Begin to think about what you want the interviewer to know about you.