【正文】 asons.First, many panies use interviews to research the petition. It’s a perfect setup. Here in their own lair, is an insider from the enemy camp who can reveal prized information on the petition’s plans, research, financial condition, etc.Second, the pany may be testing your integrity to see if you can be cajoled or bullied into revealing confidential data.What to do? The answer here is easy. Never reveal anything truly confidential about a present or former employer. By all means, explain your reticence diplomatically. For example, “I certainly want to be as open as I can about that. But I also wish to respect the rights of those who have trusted me with their most sensitive information, just as you would hope to be able to trust any of your key people when talking with a petitor…”And certainly you can allude to your finest achievements in specific ways that don’t reveal the bination to the pany safe.But be guided by the golden rule. If you were the owner of your present pany, would you feel it ethically wrong for the information to be given to your petitors? If so, steadfastly refuse to reveal it.Remember that this question pits your desire to be cooperative against your integrity. Faced with any such choice, always choose integrity. It is a far more valuable modity than whatever information the pany may pry from you. Moreover, once you surrender the information, your stock goes down. They will surely lose respect for you.One President we know always presses candidates unmercifully for confidential information. If he doesn’t get it, he grows visibly annoyed, relentlessly inquisitive, It’s all an act. He couldn’t care less about the information. This is his way of testing the candidate’s moral fiber. Only those who hold fast are hired.What would you say to your boss if he’s crazy about an idea, but you think it stinks ?Remember the rule stated earlier: In any conflict between values, always choose integrity.Example: I believe that when evaluating anything, it’s important to emphasize the positive. What do I like about this idea?”“Then, if you have reservations, I certainly want to point them out, as specifically, objectively and factually as I can.”“After all, the most important thing I owe my boss is honesty. If he can’t count on me for that, then everything else I may do or say could be questionable in his eyes.”“But I also want to express my thoughts in a constructive way. So my goal in this case would be to see if my boss and I could make his idea even stronger and more appealing, so that it effectively overes any initial reservation I or others may have about it.”“Of course, if he overrules me and says, ‘no, let’s do it my way,’ then I owe him my full and enthusiastic support to make it work as best it can.”How could you have improved your career progress ?You’re generally quite happy with your career progress. Maybe, if you had known something earlier in life (impossible to know at the time, such as the booming growth in a branch in your industry…or the corporate downsizing that would phase out your last job), you might have moved in a certain direction sooner.But all things considered, you take responsibility for where you are, how you’ve gotten there, where you are going…and you harbor no regrets.What would you do if a fellow executive on your own corporate level wasn’t pulling his/her weight…and this was hurting your department?Try to gauge the political style of the firm and be guided accordingly. In general, fall back on universal principles of effective human relations – which in the end, embody the way you would like to be treated in a similar circumstance.Example: “Good human relations would call for me to go directly to the person and explain the situation, to try to enlist his help in a constructive, positive solution. If I sensed resistance, I would be as persuasive as I know how to explain the benefits we can all gain from working together, and the problems we, the pany and our customers will experience if we don’t.”P(pán)OSSIBLE FOLLOWUP QUESTIONAnd what would you do if he still did not change his ways?ANSWER: “One thing I wouldn’t do is let the problem slide, because it would only get worse and overlooking it would set a bad precedent. I would try again and again and again, in whatever way I could, to solve the problem, involving wider and wider circles of people, both above and below the offending executive and including my own boss if necessary, so that everyone involved can see the rewards for teamwork and the drawbacks of noncooperation.”“I might add that I’ve never yet e across a situation that couldn’t be resolved by harnessing others in a determined, constructive effort.”You’ve been with your firm a long time. Won’t it be hard switching to a new pany ?To overe this objection, you must point to the many ways you have grown and adapted to changing conditions at your present firm. It has not been a static situation. Highlight the different responsibilities you’ve held, the wide array of new situations you’ve faced and conquered.As a result, you’ve learned to adapt quickly to whatever is thrown at you, and you thrive on the stimulation of new challenges.To further assure the interviewer, describe the similarities between the new position and your prior one. Explain that you should be quite fortable working there, since their needs and your skills make a perfect match.May I contact your present employer for a reference ?Express your concern that you’d like to keep your job search private, but that in time, it will be perfectly okay.Example: “My present employer is not aware of my job search and, for obvious reasons。 I’d prefer to keep it that way. I’d be most appreciative if we kept our discussion confidential right now. Of course, when we both agree the time is right, then by all means you should contact them. I’m very proud of my record there.Give me an examp