i hope it won’t make you feel uncomfortable. as a matter of fact, i chose the name king simply because it sounds like my chinese name jing. but, there is also a hidden meaning in it, that is, i wish to conquer diseases like a king!
点评2： 如果你给自己起了一个类似“国王”这样比较aggressive的名字， 就得想好怎么样解释才能让面试官知道你并不是一个过分aggressive的人。这个回答体现了该申请人热爱自己医生职业的特点。
回答示范3： my given name in chinese is meng, so i chose monk to be my english name. i admire the spirit of monks, you know, abstinence and tolerance.
点评3： 回答得妙呀， 不仅仅真实， 而且展现了自己的独特个性， 告诉面试官自己身上有和尚般的优秀品质： 克制欲望、 容忍。面试官只要不想嫁给你， 就一定会喜欢这样的回答。
第七节 外企面试最常见的36个英文问题(2)
2. what’s the meaning of your email address? 你的电子邮件地址有什么寓意么？
问题分析： 当代青年男女个性张扬， 所以连email地址也颇为独特。令笔者或迷惑或微笑的email 地址有很多， 比如neverlazy, bighead, lazyfish, 52n52n, yulovehong等等。与上一个问题一样， 善于交流的面试官往往乐于给你一个机会展示自己的个性。
较差回答： lazyfish? oh, i admire the goldfish for living an easy life. compared to goldfish, human beings live a fast-paced life. so i chose this email address to make me feel a bit relaxed.
点评： 个性倾向于过慵懒的生活， 唉！
较差回答： 52n52n? oh, it means “i love you, i love you,” because 5 sounds like “i” in chinese, and 2 for “love”, n for “you”. i registered this address to please my girlfriend, hehe.
点评： 公开示爱？啧啧， 除了他的女朋友会觉得甜蜜蜜， 别的人一律会露出特虚伪的笑容或胃里泛酸。唉！
回答示范： neverlazy? oh, i want to encourage myself never to be lazy! you know i am a hardworking person. so, it’s my slogan!
点评： 在email地址中都要给自己励志的女子， 一定是个超级工作狂， 好呀！ （这名女子如愿进入了宝洁公司的cbd部门。）
3. where are you from? where is your hometown? 你是哪里人？家乡在什么地方？
问题分析： 很多老外在中国工作居住多年， 甚至自诩为中国通， 他们可能会顺便问问你是哪里人， 拉近和你的距离。
回答示范1： i was born and raised in the city of wuhan. as far as i know, our company has a branch office near hanzheng street, and it’s quite a big office.
点评1： 这个回答说出了该公司在武汉的地址， 展示了一下自己提前所做的功课。
回答示范2： well, my hometown is a small town which you probably have never heard of. the name of the town is dehui, which means “good moral” in chinese. the town is located in the middle of china’s northeast. when you look at the map, it looks like the eye of the rooster. you know, china looks like a rooster on the map, and the northeast region looks just like the head of the rooster. my hometown "good moral town" is unknown to most people because it's quite poor. the average income for a family is less than one thousand rmb per month.
点评2： 绝妙的回答！一方面生动地告诉外国面试官， 你的家乡是东北这个鸡头上眼睛部位的一个小县城， 另一方面， 让他知道你家乡的人们平均一个月才不到1,000元的收入， 令日入斗金的老外颇为欷觑。让他欷觑了， 你就被记住了。被记住， 是被录取的前提。
二、 education 关于教育背景的问题
4. why did you select your major area of study? 你为什么选择了这个专业？
问题分析： 外国面试官更喜欢提“为什么”的问题， 他希望申请人是一个有主见的人。
回答示范1： i was quite good at mathematics and physics back in high school so i chose a related major, telecommunications. i also applied for the major of computer science. you know, these two majors are the hottest these years.
点评1： 实话实说。
回答示范2： as a matter of fact, i didn’t select the major of geography education at all, because i have never wanted to be a teacher. i had chosen business administration, economics and logistics management when i applied to zhongshan university, but unfortunately i failed to get into these hottest majors. the score i got on the college entrance examination was about ten points less than the minimum requirement. the school allocated me to a cold major, geography education, hehe. luckily, i could select a second focus. i chose public relations management to be my minor area of study. what was that saying? "when god closes the door, he opens a window." hehe.
第七节 外企面试最常见的36个英文问题(3)
点评2： 这个回答似乎很长， 但是却不得不这么长。这是一个典型的中国特色， 如果你的分数够不上第一志愿， 学校就把你打入某一个“冷宫”专业去， 而你为了进入这所一流的大学不得不屈服。这种怪现象制造出很多感觉自己比窦娥还冤的“冤男怨女”， 学着“地理教育”却痛恨从事教师职业， 学着“国际政治”却连国际新闻都懒得看！这个回答的优点在于： 第一， 向外国面试官普及了一下中国特色； 第二， 强调了自己对商业和管理一贯的热诚； 第三， 告诉对方其实自己高考只差10分才没进去最热门的专业； 第四， 自己是个不轻言放弃的人， 主修学不成用辅修来弥补； 第五， 把上帝拉进来， 显出你的幽默。
回答示范3： i selected business english as i was quite good at english back in high school. apart from this, my high school teachers recommended that i select a major related to business, since i showed some good qualities for business management at a young age. so, i chose this major, business plus english, two in one, hehe.
点评3： 这个回答强调了自己的两大优点： 第一， 英语好； 第二， 早在高中就已经是老师心目中适合从商的人。自夸而不着痕迹， 实在是高哇！
5. what subjects were your favorite? why? 你最喜欢的课程是什么， 为什么？
问题分析： 与中国面试官一样， 对于应届毕业生， 外国面试官经常问问有关学业方面的问题。面试官喜欢的申请人， 是对自己专业的优缺点分析得头头是道的人。
回答示范1： i liked marketing principles and sales management because the two courses provided us with the most up-to-date information on marketing and sales, including the origin and development of some famous brands, pepsi, nestle, and the local brands, lining, wang-lao-ji and so on. i felt that i already stepped into the business world when studying these courses. they were fantastic!
点评1： 喜欢的专业和自己申请的职业有紧密关联， 而且提到知名品牌的名字， 很容易使人产生共鸣。
回答示范2： i like the subjects that include lots of experiments, for example, cad and circuit design. i found tha