65 Job Interview III

A:Very good. Now, I have a couple of final questions.                                                                               
1494B:I hope they’re not too hard!                                                                                                      
1495A:Well, why should we hire you?                                                                                                     
1496B:I think that I would be a perfect fit in this company. I have a unique combination of strong technical acumen, and outstanding    
    soft skills; you know, I excel at building  strong, long-term customer relationships.For example, when I headed the customer        
    support department in my previous company, our team solved about seventy percent of our customers’ problems.I decided that we       
    needed better information and technical preparation on our products,so after I implemented a series of training sessions in         
    coordination with our technical department,we were able to solve ninety percent of our customers’ issues. Given the opportunity, I  
    could bring this kind of success to this company.                                                                                   
1497A:Impressive! So, what would you consider to be your greatest weakness?                                                             
1498B:To be honest, I struggle with organization and time management. Punctuality has never been a strength of mine.                    
1499I find it hard to organize my time efficiently. I have actually addressed this weakness recently, by attending a workshop on        
    efficient time management. It helped me a lot, by providing me with great insights on how to get organized and use my time          
    efficiently, so I think I’m getting better now.                                                                                     
1500A:Great... Well, let me tell you that I am very pleased with this interview.We are short-listing our candidates this week,and next  
    week we will inform our short listed candidates of the day and time for a second interview with our CEO.                            
1501B:Great, thanks a lot! I hope to hear from you! Good bye.

implement    美: [ˈɪmpləmənt]    v.实施；执行                                                                                       
1504strength    美: [streŋθ]    n.强度                                                                                                  
1505workshop [ˈwɜːrkʃɑːp]    n. 车间，工场，作坊；研讨会，讲习班                                                                        
1506efficiently 英 [ɪˈfɪʃ(ə)ntli]     adv. 高效地                                                                                       
1507short-list 美 [ˈʃɔːrt lɪst]     v. 将（某人）列入决选（或入围）名单，使通过初审                                                     
1508 candidate    美: [ˈkændiˌdeɪt]    n.候选人；理想对象；                                                                             
1509controversy    美: [ˈkɑntrəˌvɜrsi]    n.争议                                                                                        
1510acumen    美: [ˈækjəmən]    n.精明；敏锐                                                                                            
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1512I was the main person in charge. [NOTE: in charge = responsible; “call the shots”]                                                  
1513E: Yeah, the manager.                                                                                                               
1514Okay, and now I struggle with Chinese.                                                                                              
1515M: Hehe. Exactly, so, to have a hard time.                                                                                          
1516fart    美: [fɑrt]    n.傻老头；屁    v.放(屁)                                                                                      
1517he stress on the second syllable.                                                                                                   
1518Given the opportunity, I could bring this kind of success to this company                                                           
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