考研面试：如何应对英语面试

孟春丽

英语从小开始学，可学了10来年，有的人还是“哑巴英语”。到了要找饭碗的紧要关头，则对一些“成功英语面试培训”饥不择食。其实，冰冻三尺，非一日之寒，速成是不可能的，只能在平时积累的基础上，注意一些细节，运用一些技巧，给自己加上几个成功的筹码。

　　首先，平时要注意训练听力，至少要听得懂考官的问题，如果考官一个问题出来，你却听得云里雾里，然后来两三个“Pardon”，那现场气氛定会急转直下。说话要流利，思维要连贯，层次要清晰，不要夹杂中文，可以用“well”、“however”这样的过渡词来给自己停顿和思考，同时，也使得自己的表述显得口语化一些。

　　其次，发音要标准。在与外国boss面谈的过程中，发音的正确清晰与否是最为重要的。不要因为害怕犯语法错误而不敢说，大多数时候一些细小的语法错误并不影响交际的进行，老外们也不会特别在意。如果要说某个词却一时想不起来，那就换种说法，尽量避免卡壳，卡壳会导致冷场。总之不管怎么样，都要自信满满地，把英文说得让人听上去像那么回事。

　　■先期准备

　　主要是个人情况和业务方面。专业英语的准备要充足，有时会被要求用英语解释一个专业术语或解答一个技术问题。还可去公司的英文网站了解一下企业文化，这在与bigboss面谈的中会有帮助的。

　　面试英语自我介绍的常用词汇Words & Expressions:

part-time job: 兼职工作
full-time: 全职
position / vacancy: 职位，空缺
manager: 经理
director: 主任
president: 董事长，总经理
General Manager: 总经理
saleperson: 推销员
engineer: 工程师
accountant: 会计
degree: 学位
introduce:（动词） 介绍  introduction: （名词）介绍
Let me introduce myself. / Let me do some introduction. 让我来介绍一下自己。
Which aspect do you want to know about me?
或者 What do you want to know about myself? 您想知道我哪方面的情况？

　　面试英语自我介绍的常用基本的句子：

１. I noticed that you advertised a job in this morning’s paper.　我看到你们在今早的报纸上刊登的招聘广告。

２. I’m coming for your advertisement for …. 我是来应聘你们广告上的……职位的。

３. I have applied for the position of ….　我申请了贵公司的……职位。

４. 　 Do you have any job for a part-timer?　你们需要兼职吗？

５. 　I’d like to know if you need any full-time secretary.　我想知道你们是否需要全职秘书？

６. 　 I’m looking for a job. Are there any vacancies?　我在找工作，请问你们有空缺吗？

　　面试英语自我介绍的常用句型：

1. I got a degree in Literature and took a course in typing. 我获得了文学学士学位，还学过打字。
2. I haven’t done anything like that before. 我以前没有做过这种工作。
3. I think I’m quite fit for assistant’s job. 我觉得我很适合做助理的工作。
4. I used to work as a sale’s manager. 我以前做销售经理。
5. I’m quite familiar with editing. 我做过很多编辑工作。
6. I want a job with a vacation every year. 我想找个每年都能度假的工作。
7. I was thinking of a job in a school. 我打算到学校找份工作。
8. I worked in the accounting section of a manufacturer of electrical products. 我曾在电子产品制造商的会计组工作。
9. I love playing tennis. 我喜欢打网球。
　面试英语自我介绍
General Introduction* I am a third year master major in automation at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, P. R. China. With tremendous interest in Industrial Engineering, I am writing to apply for acceptance into your Ph.D. graduate program. Education background In 1995, I entered the Nanjing University of Science & Technology (NUST) -- widely considered one of the China’s best engineering schools. During the following undergraduate study, my academic records kept distinguished among the whole department. I was granted First Class Prize every semester, and my overall GPA(89.5/100) ranked No.1 among 113 students. In 1999, I got the privilege to enter the graduate program waived of the admission test. I selected the Shanghai Jiao Tong University to continue my study for its best reputation on Combinatorial Optimization and Network Scheduling where my research interest lies. At the period of my graduate study, my overall GPA(3.77/4.0) ranked top 5% in the department. In the second semester, I became teacher assistant that is given to talented and matured students only. This year, I won the Acer Scholarship as the one and only candidate in my department, which is the ultimate accolade for distinguished students endowed by my university. Presently, I am preparing my graduation thesis and trying for the honor of Excellent Graduation Thesis. Research experience and academic activity When a sophomore, I joined the Association of AI Enthusiast and began to narrow down my interest for my future research. In 1997, I participated in simulation tool development for the scheduling system in Prof. Wang’s lab. With the tool of OpenGL and Matlab, I designed a simulation program for transportation scheduling system. It is now widely used by different research groups in NUST. In 1998, I assumed and fulfilled a sewage analysis & dispose project for Nanjing sewage treatment plant. This was my first practice to convert a laboratory idea to a commercial product. In 1999, I joined the distinguished Professor Yu-Geng Xis research group aiming at Network flow problem solving and Heuristic algorithm research. Soon I was engaged in the FuDan Gene Database Design. My duty was to pick up the useful information among different kinds of gene matching format. Through the comparison and analysis for many heuristic algorithms, I introduced an improved evolutionary algorithm -- Multi-population Genetic Algorithm. By dividing a whole population into several sub-populations, this improved algorithm can effectively prevent GA from local convergence and promote various evolutionary orientations. It proved more efficiently than SGA in experiments, too. In the second semester, I joined the workshop-scheduling research in Shanghai Heavy Duty Tyre plant. The scheduling was designed for the rubber-making process that covered not only discrete but also continuous circumstances. To make a balance point between optimization quality and time cost, I proposed a Dynamic Layered Scheduling method based on hybrid Petri Nets. The practical application showed that the average makespan was shortened by a large scale. I also publicized two papers in core journals with this idea. Recently, I am doing research in the Composite Predict of the Electrical Power system assisted with the technology of Data Mining for Bao Steel. I try to combine the Decision Tree with Receding Optimization to provide a new solution for the Composite Predictive Problem. This project is now under construction. Besides, In July 2000, I got the opportunity to give a lecture in English in Asia Control Conference (ASCC) which is one of the top-level conferences among the world in the area of control and automation. In my senior year, I met Prof. Xiao-Song Lin, a visiting professor of mathematics from University of California-Riverside, I learned graph theory from him for my network research. These experiences all rapidly expanded my knowledge of English and the understanding of western culture.I hope to study in depth In retrospect, I find myself standing on a solid basis in both theory and experience, which has prepared me for the Ph.D. program. My future research interests include: Network Scheduling Problem, Heuristic Algorithm research (especially in GA and Neural network), Supply chain network research, Hybrid system performance analysis with Petri nets and Data Mining. Please give my application materials a serious consideration. Thank you very much.