實用商務情景口語:面試結果

今天我們來看看PH和MB到底會僱傭哪位求職者。

PH: did you think?
MB: Well... between Sarah Timms and Daniel Watson – I think the choice is pretty obvious!
PH: Yes – so do I. Watson looked so good on paper...
MB: He seemed very good when I first spoke to him too..
PH: First impressions often lie! MB: Indeed...I think a lot of his CV was – how shall we say? “Counterfactual”
PH: Yes – it just wasn’t true! You should never lie on your CV...
MB: He had very good references, though – very strange.
PH: I guess some people just like that sort of style, but he wouldn’t fit in with us...I mean, it’s important to be confident – but he was overconfident.
MB: I couldn’t agree more. His body language was all came across as arrogant.
PH: Then he gave very vague answers – no specific details of what exactly he’d done in his job...
MB: Whereas Sarah Timms...
PH: exactly what she was talking about.
MB: Yes, she was very convincing, self-assured, but not arrogant.
PH: She’d clearly done some research on the company, and knew what she was talking about.
MB: I thought her presentation was excellent.
PH: Yes, it was, but I am a little worried about how much experience she has...
MB: Yes, true, but she seems very ready to take on the challenges the role would offer her.
PH: So? Who do we give the job to?
MB: Sarah!
PH: Yes, I agree entirely!
MB: Great! I’ll phone her straight away offering the I’ll write a rejection to Mr. Watson!
PH: Ok.


PH: 那麼你覺得怎麼樣呢？
MB: 嗯，在Sarah Timms和Daniel Watson之間，我相信答案已經很明顯了。
PH: 嗯，我也覺得是這樣。Watson的履歷相當不錯。
MB: 我一開始和他談話的時候他表現也不錯。
PH: 第一印象通常是靠不住的！
MB: 的確如此。我覺得他的履歷上的很多東西都是…怎麼說，僞造的。
PH：是啊！很多都不是事實！你不應該在履歷上作假的!
MB: 他有很多好的推薦信，儘管很奇怪。
PH: 我猜有些人大概就是喜歡那樣的風格，但他不是我們要的合適人選，我的意思是，自信很重要，但是他太自信了。
MB: 我完全同意你的觀點。他的肢體語言完全錯誤，讓人感覺很傲慢。
PH: 而且他的答案模棱兩可。沒有說明白他到底幹了什麼…
MB: 換句話說，Sarah Timms就…
PH: 完全知道自己在說什麼.
MB: 她很有說服力，很自信，而且一點都不驕傲。
PH: 很明顯她對公司做了一些調查，知道自己在說什麼。
MB:我覺得她的演講很精彩。
PH: 是的，但是對她的經驗我有點擔心。
MB: 恩，是的。但她似乎準備好迎接這份工作會帶來的挑戰。
PH: 所以，我們的決定是?
MB: Sarah!
PH: 恩，我完全同意！
MB: 我會馬上打電話給她，告訴她她被錄用了！並給Mr. Watson寫封回絕信！
PH: 好的。

good on paper – qualifications and experience that are impressive on a CV 履歷看起來很好

counterfactual - not reflecting or considering the facts 虛假的

references - a statement concerning somebody's character or qualifications, usually given to a potential employer證明;推薦;證明人,推薦人;推薦函
My professor gave me a good reference.
我的教授給我寫了很好的推薦信。

body language - bodily mannerisms, postures, and facial expressions that can be interpreted as communicating somebody's feelings or psychological state 身體語言

arrogant - feeling or showing self-importance and contempt or disregard for others傲慢的;自大的;自負的
John is so arrogant that he thinks he is better than everyone else.
約翰太驕傲自大,以爲比誰都強。

vague - not clear in meaning or intention (想法等)不明確的;曖昧的,含糊的
I'm quite vague about what happened.
我對發生的事很不瞭解。
You should not make vague promises.
你不該作含糊不清的承諾。

convincing - able to persuade somebody to believe that something is true有說服力的;令人信服的
a convincing argument
富有說服力的論點
self-assured - behaving in a relaxed manner that displays confidence that your views and abilities are of value 有自信的

a rejection – a letter to tell a candidate that they have not received the job. 回絕信

In the seventh video in the series Marcia and Philip discuss and compare the two interviewees before making the decision about who to give the job to. In doing this they use a number of adjectives to describe the characters of Daniel and Sarah, such as convincing and arrogant. Adjectives can often have a positive or negative connotation – here are a few more adjectives that could be used to describe someone in an interview situation:

在這幾中，兩位”主考官”用了很多形容詞來形容Sarah和 Daniel，我們今天就來着重學習下在面試時可以用到的用來形容人的一些形容詞。

Positive
Convincing 有說服力的;令人信服的
Self-assured 有自信的
Confident 有自信的
Overconfident過於自信的
Well-prepared 做好準備的
Sincere 忠實的,誠實的,正直的
Ambitious 雄心壯志的、野心勃勃的

Negative
Unconvincing不令人信服的;難以置信的
Arrogant傲慢的;自大的;自負的
Overconfident過於自信的
Insincere不誠實的;無誠意的
Over-ambitious 抱負過大的，野心過重的