【正文】 ay are the broad responsibilities of an editorial assistant? 　　A:Though Im sure it varies from pany to pany, I think it would be safe to say that being an editorial assistant involves a lot of typing, filing, and general administrative work. I would probably be expected to read and evaluate book proposals, write manuscript rejection letters, have some limited correspondence with authors, and generally assist the editor in whatever needed to be done. 　　問：你熟知什么電腦系統(tǒng)和軟件？ 　　答：我用過裝有辦公軟件的個(gè)人電腦，軟件包括WORD、WORDPERFECT、LOTUS 123和EXCEL。同樣我也有使用MACINTOSH系統(tǒng)的經(jīng)驗(yàn)。通過對(duì)電腦網(wǎng)絡(luò)的研究，我已對(duì)局域網(wǎng)熟悉起來。我們使用某公司的電腦系統(tǒng)和軟件，它們就培訓(xùn)我們?nèi)绾闻沤庖恍┗镜墓收蠁栴}。 　　在今天的商業(yè)環(huán)境里，電腦操作能力是必需的。WORD文字處理程序和EXCEL電子制表經(jīng)驗(yàn)是必要的，熟悉數(shù)據(jù)庫(kù)的操作或制圖程序也一樣有用。大多數(shù)行業(yè)使用PC機(jī)，但很多創(chuàng)新型領(lǐng)域，如出版業(yè)和廣告業(yè)就使用MACINTOSH。假如你正在面試這個(gè)領(lǐng)域里的一家公司，你會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)熟悉MACS的好處。 　　Q:What puter systems and software do you know? 　　A:Ive used PCs with general office software such as Microsoft Word for Windows,WordPerfect,Lotus123,and have some experience with Macintosh systems as well. And through my search for a puter network,I39。ve gained some familiarity with local networks。the puter pany we used trained me on basic troubleshooting issues. 努力與職業(yè)道德第一部分(1～5問) 　問：舉出一個(gè)例子說明你是如何不顧困難把一個(gè)項(xiàng)目堅(jiān)持到底的。 　　答：實(shí)際上我已逐漸退出某個(gè)賬目，但作為一個(gè)顧問仍保持著對(duì)其跟蹤服務(wù)，因?yàn)槟莻€(gè)顧客威脅說要是他不跟我交易，他就撤銷賬戶。3個(gè)多月來，我一邊做補(bǔ)償調(diào)整工作，一邊逐漸減少出面次數(shù)，這樣就使那顧客覺得愉快多了。 　　示范你是如何收集資料和預(yù)見并解決困難的。你的回答應(yīng)集中在如何解決困難和執(zhí)行方案上，而不是集中在困難的本身。 　　Q:Give an example of how you saw a project through,despite obstacles. 　　A: I actually rotated off an account but kept my hand in it as an adviser, because the client had threatened to pull the account if he wasnt dealing with three months I was able to make the client more fortable with my replacement while I slowly decreased my presence. 　　問：告訴我你做決策的一個(gè)例子。 　　答：我曾努力把我們的生產(chǎn)系統(tǒng)轉(zhuǎn)變?yōu)閷Ｓ寐肪€。最大的問題就是說服廠里的工人，因?yàn)樗麄円獙W(xué)會(huì)用不同的方法來做這工作，但這個(gè)策略是可行的。我向他們保證在幾個(gè)月內(nèi)這份工作就會(huì)變得很容易了，那時(shí)我們每個(gè)職員每周能節(jié)省4個(gè)工作時(shí)， 　　我還說服了管理部門用一半儲(chǔ)蓄去提高利潤(rùn)分紅，這樣做也贏得了員工們對(duì)我的支持。 　　描述你堅(jiān)持達(dá)到目標(biāo)的一個(gè)事例。個(gè)人目標(biāo)（例如：一個(gè)可以反應(yīng)你發(fā)展一項(xiàng)新技能的興趣的個(gè)人目標(biāo)）在這里會(huì)更適合。說明你怎樣收集資料、預(yù)見困難和對(duì)付壓力的。 　　Q：Share an example of your determination. 　　A：I led an effort to change our production system over to dedicated biggest problem was convincing the factory workers that this strategy made sense,even though theyd have to learn to do their jobs differently. 　　I assured them that within a few months their jobs would be easier,and we39。d save about four manhours per employee per convinced management to increase the profit sharing account using half of those savings,which also helped get the employees on my side. 　　問：讓我聽一下你勤奮或有恒心的實(shí)例。 　　答：上次在我們系統(tǒng)安裝的過程中，顧客改變了要求。在新的花費(fèi)由顧客負(fù)責(zé)的條件下， 　　我的同事同意了顧客的要求，決定按時(shí)完成工作。雖然知道這份工作要3個(gè)月時(shí)間才能完成，但我們每周花70～80個(gè)小時(shí)，最后我們完成了。 　　描述你自己的職業(yè)個(gè)性，包括有毅力、勤奮刻苦和有責(zé)任感。說明你如何收集資料、運(yùn)用時(shí)間管理技巧或有超前意識(shí)。舉出具體例子。 　　Q:Share an example of your diligence or perseverance. 　　A:About halfway through our last system installation,the client changed her partner agreed that,at the new costs the client would incur,we could still meet the original pletion took about seventy to eighty hours a week for us to get the job done,but we did it,knowing that it would be over within three months. 　　問：描述你解決棘手的問題或是誰都不愿意接受的任務(wù)的情況。 　　答：我必須決定在我的部門里要取消哪項(xiàng)開支才可以使花費(fèi)降低大概5%。 　　我盡可能地保持客觀。最后結(jié)果是通過減少每個(gè)科組領(lǐng)導(dǎo)的旅游開支，讓他們負(fù)擔(dān)所要減少的經(jīng)費(fèi)的25%，這是我們銷售分部的一大筆經(jīng)費(fèi)。在可能的時(shí)候減少出差，并通過買打折機(jī)票而實(shí)現(xiàn)大部分的節(jié)約。 　　描述你曾愿意甚至是自愿去解決的一個(gè)曾被嘗試但未能解決的問題?；蛘呙枋瞿阃瓿傻募词乖诙唐趦?nèi)不甚受歡迎，可對(duì)公司的長(zhǎng)遠(yuǎn)利益有重要作用的事情。例如，你的回答或許應(yīng)包括對(duì)待一個(gè)難對(duì)付的員工或改進(jìn)工序計(jì)劃。 　　Q:Describe a time when you tackled a tough or unpopular assignment. 　　A:I had to determine which budgets would be cut within my division to yield an overall 5 percent cost tried to remain objective and keep the personalities of department heads out of the ,I ended up getting each department head to mit to a 25 percent reduction through frugal travel expense planning,which was an enormous part of our sales division39。s acplished most of the savings by bining trips and by securing two week advance airline reservations whenever possible. 　　問：你現(xiàn)任的老板會(huì)不會(huì)把你看做是一個(gè)有超前意識(shí)的員工？ 　　答：絕對(duì)會(huì)。實(shí)際上，在我年度工作評(píng)語里她說我是她員工隊(duì)伍中最可靠和適應(yīng)能力最強(qiáng)的人。我認(rèn)為主要?dú)w因于我善于應(yīng)變和超越別人的能力。您想聽一個(gè)例子嗎？ 　　隨時(shí)準(zhǔn)備提供一個(gè)你毅然堅(jiān)持到底并獲得重大成果的重要項(xiàng)目。說明你在解決一個(gè)棘手問題時(shí)的可靠性和自覺性。假如你描述你“長(zhǎng)時(shí)間工作”，則要保證說明你這個(gè)時(shí)間是高效的，而不是低效率的。 　　Q:Would your current boss describe you as the kind of employee who goes the extra mile? 　　A: fact,on my annual evaluations she writes that I39。m the most dependable and flexible person on her think this is mostly because of my ability to juggle and you like an example? 努力與職業(yè)道德第二部分(6～10問) 　　問：你去年上班請(qǐng)假幾天？為什么？ 　　答：去年我請(qǐng)假4天，3天是因我染上了流感，而另一天是因我的親屬過世。無故曠工或遲到的記錄，或反映職業(yè)道德的欠缺，或是操作能力低下都可能對(duì)你不利。以你的工作自覺性、責(zé)任感還有你的守時(shí)和可靠性及可靠的出勤記錄去向面試官說明。如果你認(rèn)為你有可能因出勤或不可靠而得一些不佳的看法，那你最好準(zhǔn)備一個(gè)詳細(xì)的、令人可諒解的解釋。 　　一個(gè)相似的問題：“你會(huì)準(zhǔn)時(shí)嗎？”也有可能會(huì)被問到。 　　Q:How many days were you absent from work last year?Why? 　　A:I was absent four days last year,three because I came down with the flu,and one due to the death of a family member. 　　問：講述你沒能發(fā)揮你能力的一次事例。 　　答：我第一次被引見給董事會(huì)的時(shí)候，我沒有料到他們會(huì)問其他一些問題。除了我準(zhǔn)備匯報(bào)的事情外我沒有準(zhǔn)備其他任何東西?，F(xiàn)在我的上司和我都絞盡腦汁提前準(zhǔn)備所有的“怎么樣”。 　　這個(gè)問題要求求職者去敘述一次消極的情況。根據(jù)問題的意思講一件早期因沒工作經(jīng)驗(yàn)而造成的工作失誤。然后說明作為上次的經(jīng)驗(yàn)教訓(xùn)，你現(xiàn)在有了更好的判斷能力。 　　Q:Tell me about a time you didnt perform to your capabilities. 　　A:The first time I had to give a presentation to our board,I failed to anticipate some of their was unprepared for anything other than what I wanted to my director and I brainstorm all the whatifs in advance. 　　問：?jiǎn)T工們有的注重思想，有的注重實(shí)干，你如何評(píng)價(jià)自己呢？ 　　答：對(duì)我來說在每個(gè)項(xiàng)目上都有明確的方向是重要的，那就是為什么與思路清晰的管理者在一起，我能成為很好的支持者的原因。我總是能很好地完成任務(wù)。 　　通過這個(gè)問題，面試官在尋找一個(gè)恰當(dāng)?shù)娜诉x。假如工作以團(tuán)體為主而該應(yīng)聘者偏愛獨(dú)立工作，那問題就出現(xiàn)了。在完成過去的工作項(xiàng)目時(shí)，你是否按工作任務(wù)所指定的界限進(jìn)行呢？ 　　Q:Employees tend to be either concept oriented or task do you describe yourself? 　　A:It39。s important for me to have clear direction on each 39。s