MBA英文面试攻略

MBA英文面试攻略

　　MBA入学面试的形式每年都可能有些调整，但变动不会太大。英文面试的主要目的是判断你的英语水平是否适应MBA的基本要求。面试时一般是两个老师，一个老师为主，另一个基本上不做声，只偶尔插话。你一般会被要求用英语简述自己的简历。然后老师会问你一些问题，比如你为什么要考清华而不考北大，你的第二志愿学校为什么要那样选，你工作经历中的一些事情，等等。估计每个人的都不一样，基本上是根据你的简历提一些相关的问题。下面将几所主要院校的MBA英文面试流程做个简单介绍。

　　清华大学

　　1）、中文面试结束后，另行安排时间进行英文面试，可根据时间段自己寻找面试搭档，两人一组。

　　2）、抽签决定面试讨论问题，给几分钟准备。先由老师对个人提问，问题较简单。

　　3）、二人针对抽签决定的话题进行情景对话。内容多且涉及广泛，通常涉及社会热点，对某事的观点，生活态度等内容，时间3分钟。

　　场景举例：

　　1）、 在商场，一顾客和一售货员在谈话；

　　2）、 两位大学同学毕业多年后首次见面；

　　3）、 在交通堵塞的公共汽车上两位乘客在交谈；

　　4）、 快放暑假了，两个同宿舍的大学生在谈计划；

　　5）、 在操场上，一学生碰上他的老师也在锻炼。

　　北京大学

　　1）．中文面试结束后，由一位考官对每位同学问一个问题。

　　2）．问题内容多涉及：来自哪里？工作情况？个人爱好？性格特点？毕业院校？专业？公司介绍？

　　3）．问题较简单，且考官有时在你听不懂时，再用中文问一次，态度随和。

　　人民大学

　　1）．题目相对简单，主要提问教育背景、工作背景，教师会根据考生所回答问题进一步深入提问。时间大约每人5~8分钟。。

　　2）．一名英语专业的老师进行面试（个别小组的老师为外籍英文教师），另一名记录助手一般为在读研究生。

　　3）．一般不会提到涉及管理理论方面的问题。

　　复旦大学

　　英文讨论一些个人的内容,涉及背景,期望等.

　　整体侧重口语表达,一般听说流利即可

　　南京大学

　　要求用英语进行自我介绍，然后回答面试专家的提问，这部分占20分。

　　西安交大

　　1）．选择题号。

　　2）．老师念题。

　　3）．考生作答。

　　湖南大学

　　（1）、英文自我介绍。

　　（2）、提问：你在MBA联考中认为哪一学科最难，为什么？你的职业规划是什么？毕业后你是否会更换行业以及工种等等。你的实践知识和书本知识的区别？实践与理论的区别。这部分占5分钟。

　　注意事项：

　　回答随机提问时的注意事项：

　　1、 充分准备，把可能的问题和答案先翻译成英文，牢牢背诵；

　　2、 面试中尽量往自己熟悉和有准备的领域引导；

　　3、 注意发音和语调，语速以稍慢为好。

　　4、虽然说提高英语水平不可能一蹴而就，但个人简介还是可以尽量写得精彩，背诵熟练，有条件的话找个高水平的人指点一下，除了修改语句，还可以纠正发音，这样可以提高你的起评分；由于事先了解到考官的问题基本上围绕个人简历（包括所提交的中文短文），难度不大，所以准备的时候，与自己经历相关的词汇要尽量多掌握。英文面试与中文面试的最大区别在于，这次面试主要是考察英语水平，也就是说考官不看你说什么，就看你怎么说，你只要不离题太远，大可畅所欲言。考官的问题平均有5、6个，回答不上也不打紧，就是别停，保持和考官的交流。对考官的语音大可不必担心，大多数都不怎么标准，听不懂时来句“I beg your pardon” 请考官再说一遍也不失为一种互动的交流。此外微笑、目光也都有助于交流。

　　进行情景对话时的注意事项：

　　1、尽快确定谈话主题，分配角色；

　　2、相互配合，形成交流；

　　3、语速以慢为好，尽量说得清楚明白。

　　小结：

　　 所有的英语面试都是以考查考生实用英语表达能力为宗旨，回答的内容其次，也就是我们常说的It is not what you said that matters but how you said it。

　　 没听明白可以重问

　　 尽量表现得轻松自然

　　 讲话要流利，不要拘泥于内容，过难的内容就要绕过去，不会过分查证信息的真实性

　　 就同作文的要求一样，不要有语法错误。有一两个精彩之处，发音、气质、谈吐，意思传达的比较准确、通达就可。

　　 语速。不能过快，也不能过缓，要在面试之前找找感觉。

　　 着装。一定是正式，切记。

　　 举止。不能含胸缩背，坐着乱动，更不要主动寻求与考官握手（当然一般没有机会）。

　　 学会倾听。注意：集中精力，面带微笑，眼睛注视对方的“倾听”，而不是左耳进，右耳出的“旁听”。

　　名校MBA英文面试题目

　　个人信息方面的问题：

　　针对personal data

　　1. What’s your name?

　　2. May I have your name, please?

　　3. Are you Mr./Miss?

　　4. What’s your surname?

　　5. What is you family name?

　　6. What’s your full name?

　　7. How do you spell your last name?

　　8. Please give me your name.

　　9. May I ask your name?

　　10. I believe you’re Mr.…., aren’t you?

　　11. Your name, please.

　　12. How do you do, and you are…?
　　
13. Miss... , I presume.

　　14. Would you give me your name?

　　Answers:

　　My name is …

　　Yes, I’m…

　　My surname is…

　　My full name is…

　　How do you do, I’m..

　　 针对personal qualities

　　1. What kind of personalities do you think you have?

　　2. What kind of person are you?

　　3. What types of people do like to work with?

　　4. What types of people don’t you like to work with?

　　5. Do you think you are introverted or extroverted?

　　6. Would you like to describe yourself as what kind of person you are?

　　7. Would you like to tell me your weak points and strong points?

　　8. What do you think is the most important thing fo you to be happy?

　　9. What basic principles do you apply to you work?

　　10. What do you think a job is?

　　11. Are you more a follower or a leader?

　　12. What attitude do you take towards life?

　　Answers:

　　1. I think I’m honest and reliable.

　　2. I feel I’m initiative and aggressive, responsible in doing things.

　　3. To tell you the truth, I think I’m imaginative and creative.

　　4. I like to work with imaginative and creative persons.

　　5. I don not like to work with the introverted people.

　　6. I believe I’m extroverted, easy to approach and friendly to everyone.

　　7. Frankly, I think I’m quite outgoing and I enjoy mixing and doing things with others.

　　8. I wouldn’t call myself introverted though some times I’m inclined to think independently and enjoy staying all by my self, often and often I like sharing activities with others.

　　9. I approach things very enthusiastically and I can take on jobs that bother other people and work at them slowly until they get done.

　　10. I think a job is on the one hand a way of making a living, but on the other hand, it is also a very important way to self-fulfillment.

　　11. . I think I am more of a leader, but I am team-task minded too.

　　12. I feel it is important to build a career. Seize the day, seize the hour. Even if it’s hard at the time. I try to get things done that day and not to let them go.

　　 有关兴趣爱好的提问

　　1. Do you have any special interests other than your job?

　　2. What are your hobbies?

　　3. What other interests do you have?

　　4. What kind of recreations do you most enjoy?

　　Answers:

　　My chief interest is…

　　Yes, …is my special interest.

　　I like to read books. (mystery, novel, detective, fiction, non-fiction, biography)

　　I enjoy spots.

　　I like dancing.

　　5. What do you like to do in your spare time?

　　6. What do you do when you are not working?

　　7. How do you spend your free time?

　　8. How do you entertain yourself after work?

　　Answer:

　　On weekends, I sometimes go mountain climbing with my colleagues or fishing.

　　9. What’s your marital status?

　　10. Could you tell me something about your family?

　　11. Do you spend much time staying with your family?

　　Answers:

　　I’m not married. /I’m still a single.

　　I’ve been married for 10 years and have a daughter.

　　I usually get together with my family on weekends because we are all busy.

　　Working Experience(有关工作经验方面的问题)

　　Q: What is important to you in a job?

　　A: For example, challenge, the feeling of accomplishment, and knowing that you have made a contribution.

　　Q: Please tell me your present job.

　　A: I am working in a garment factory. My present job is to inspect the quality of products. comparatively speaking, quality control is rather simple. Although I do my job well, I am looking for a new job which is more challenging.

　　Q: Your resume says you have had some experience working in a foreign representative office in Shanghai, may I ask why you left?

　　A: I worked in a foreign representative office for one year. However, I left there two years ago because the work they gave me was rather dull. I found another job which is more interesting.

　　Q: What kind of jobs have you had?

　　A: I worked as a business coordinator in a foreign representative office, then I transferred to a joint venture as a sales manager. So I am familiar with the textile market in China.

　　Q: What qualifications do you have that make you feel you will be successful in your field?

　　A: First, I think my technical background is helpful. I have enough knowledge to market the products to my customers. Secondly, I have studied for four months in a Marketing Training Program with satisfactory results. Finally, I have mastered the English Language. These qualifications will make me successful in my career.

　　Q: What have you learned from the jobs you have had?

　　A: I have learned a lot about business know-how and basic office skills. In addition, I learned at my previous jobs how to cooperate with my colleagues.

　　Q: What’s you major weak point?

　　A: I haven't been involved in international business, so I don' t have any experience, but I have studied this course in an International Business Training Center.

　　或者：

　　Q: What are you greatest weaknesses?

　　A: Identify one or two, such as the following:" I tend to drive myself too hard", " I expect others to perform beyond their capacities", " I like to see a job done quickly, and I'm critical if it isn't." Note these weaknesses could also be regarded as desirable qualities. The trick with this question is to describe a weakness so that it could also be considered a virtue.

　　Q: What are your greatest strengths?

　　A: I know a lot about how the Chinese economy works, and how business is done here. Secondly, I speak English fluently. I have no difficulty with language. And, I am a hard worker when I have something challenging to do.

　　Q: Please tell me about your working experience.

　　A: I have five years experience in the chemical industry since I graduated from

　　college. First of all I worked as an assistant engineer in the××× Company. Three years later I transferred to ××× Company. Now I am working in the Sale Department of that company.

　　Q: Where do you want to be five years from now?

　　A: In five years, I'd like to have my boss's job. (I’d like to be my own boss.)

　　Q: What is your career objective?

　　A: I want to apply my experience and education to a position in personnel administration in a Sino-America joint venture.

　　or:

　　I want to get a position offering challenge an responsibility in the realm of marketing.

　　Q: Would you talk about some of your achievements at work?

　　or

　　Q: Can you tell me something about your achievements?

　　A: I have been ×××for ABC Company for ×××years. Sales of the item for which I have been responsible have increased by 14% during the last four years.

　　其他的一些有关工作方面的问题及答案：

　　1. What do you do?

　　2. What kind of work are you doing now?

　　3. How long did you work there?

　　4. Where have you worked in the past?

　　5. What kind of work were you doing at your previous employer’s?

　　6. What did your work consist of exactly?

　　7. What work were your responsible for at your previous employer’s?

　　8. What did you most like (dislike) about your previous job?

　　9. What were your responsibilities as a ..?

　　Answers:

　　I’m a sales manager at ××× company.

　　I have been …at..

　　I was in charge of ..

　　I have been working there for ×××years.

　　I was responsible for …

　　Educational Background (关于教育背景方面的问题)

　　Q: what is your major?

　　A: My major is Business Administration. I am especially interested in "Marketing".

　　Q: What are your major and minor subjects?

　　A: My major subject is Physics and my minor subject is Practical Mathematics.

　　Q: What subject did you major in at university?

　　A: I majored in Economics.

　　Q: Which university did you graduate from?

　　A: I graduated from ××× University.

　　Q: When did you graduate from university?

　　A: I graduated from Shanghai Normal University in 1990.

　　Q: Have you received any degrees?

　　A: Yes. First, I received my Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature, and then an MBA degree.

　　Q: What course did you like best?

　　A: Project Management. I was very interested in this course when I was a student. And I think it's very useful for my present work.

　　Q: How did you get on with your studies in college?

　　A:I did well in college. I was one of the top students in the class.

　　Q: Do you feel that you have received a good general training?

　　A; Yes, I have studied in an English training program and a computer training program since I graduated from university. I am currently studying Finance at a training school.

　　其他一些有关教育背景方面的提问方式及答案：

　　1. What’s your educational background?

　　2. What degrees do you have?

　　3. What about your education?

　　4. Now tell me something about your professional education?

　　5. What university did you graduate from?

　　6. What’s your specialty?

　　7. What research have you even done?

　　8. What are your major subject and minor subjects?

　　9. How many languages can you speak?

　　10. What foreign languages can you speak?

　　11. Can you speak, write, and read English fluently?

　　12. Can you manage English conversations?

　　13. How is your English proficiency?

　　Answers:

　　1. Three years ago I graduated from ×××University. I received a ×××degree there. ××× is my major and English is my foreign language.

　　2. I have a master of ×××

　　3. my specialty is ×××

　　4. I like to deal with…

　　5. my major is

　　其他方面的问题：

　　Q: Why should we accept you?

　　A: Because firstly I’ve received very good academic training, secondly, I’ve obtained good job skills, and finally I’m very enthusiastic about my MBA study.

　　Q: What would you do if....?

　　A: This question is designed to test your response. For example: "What would you do if your computer broke down during an audit?" Your answer there isn't nearly so important as your approach to the problem. And a calm approach is best. Start by saying, "One thing I might do is ..." Then give several alternative choices.

　　Q: What do you think is more important in getting a job, education background or experience?

　　A: Most job advertisements say that experience is needed or preferred, that is to say, those with experience are more likely to be hired.

　　Q: What qualities are needed to get a promotion in a company?

　　A: If an employee is hard-working and loyal/well-experienced in his job, creative and innovative/quick at decision-making, he is likely to be promoted.

　　Q: What qualities are the basic requirements for leading positions at all levels in a company?

　　A: In my view, a business leader should be able to build up appropriate and effective interpersonal relationship with his/her employees and clients.

　　Q: Why do some honest and loyal employees remain unprompted after many years of hard work?

　　A: The position of a leader asks for more than honesty, loyalty and industry.

　　Q: Do you think English is quite important in MBA study?

　　A: Having an excellent command of English in speaking, reading, listening, and writing is critical to a MBA student as long as he wants to become an internationalized entrepreneur and doesn’t want to miss the huge potential of business opportunities in the cooperation with any company from English-speaking countries.

　　And since MBA projects have been far more developed in US and European countries than in China, an English proficiency will definitely be of a great help to the understanding and learning of advanced theories and practices in business administration.

　　Q: Do you know something about the development of China’s MBA projects? Can you give any suggestions on the room for improvement of China’s MBA projects?

　　A: China began to participate in MBA programs since the early 1980s’ mainly through cooperation with US and European business schools. And from 1990s’, China began to establish the degree of MBA projects.

　　Suggestions for improvement:

　　 Localization of MBA projects, especially focus on the establishment of our own case bank.

　　 Market-orientation. China is in great need of executives who are technically sound in the fields of IT, finance, and accounting and who have a thorough command of management theories and good communication skills and strategic viewpoints.

　　 More attention should be drawn to the education of CTOs and CFOs besides the traditional education of CEOs.

　　 In China, apart from CTOs, we are in great need for CFOs, those who knows the operation of capital markets as well as the general management knowledge because the biggest challenges for enterprises in China are how to finance a company and how to handle the risky capital markets.

　　Q: What is CFO and the related responsibilities?

　　A:

　　 CFO is the abbreviated form of Chief Financial Officer, who is the most important and valuable position of management in modern enterprises besides CEO.

　　 Responsibilities for CFO: handle various financial relations especially relations with the investors (investment financing), with governments (taxation, and bond supervision), and strategic business planning, and human resources management.

　　A CFO will direct the department of planning, department of finance, department of operational management, department of ERP and department of H.R.

　　In other words, CFO is responsible for all the departments except departments of production and sales.

　　We should lay more emphasis on the education and training of CFO.

　　 Relationship between CEO and CFO

　　CEO is the one who make decisions on the long-term objectives or missions for a company, while CFO is the one who make those ambitions and long-term planning into concrete, operable strategies especially the financial strategies. And not only that, CFO is the person who actually assess the fulfillment of the objectives. So the harmonious cooperation between CEO and CFO in a company is critical.

　　一些背景资料：

　　Q: What is the difference between MBA program at home and abroad?

　　A: China’s MBA projects are lagging behind their counterparts at abroad in the following respects:

　　 Teachers and teaching facilities

　　At abroad: Doctoral degree is a must for teachers in universities, and for those who teach in business schools. They have to have obtained professional education in business and management, some with educational background in economics and other pertinent sciences. And most of them have direct or indirect experience of business administration and they keep a close contact with enterprises through consulting services or research projects. So they can combine those management theories with enterprise practices which is quite advantageous to the MBA education.

　　At home: We have teachers without doctoral degrees at our business schools, teachers without professional business or management background, and teachers lacking practical understanding of how an enterprise is actually operated.

　　 Source of students

　　At abroad: basically, all students applying for MBA education come from enterprises and they intend to continue their career in enterprises when they finished their MBA study. They are people with highest potentials to become excellent businessmen or businesswomen.

　　At home: we have a more complex source of students. A large part of enrolled students are not from enterprises which means they have no former business experience. Although some are excellent people they simply need longer period to become entrepreneurs. Some choose to enter governments and intuitions after their MBA education which goes against the overall objectives of MBA programs.

　　 System of managing MBA education

　　At abroad: business schools have self-decision-making for their MBA projects, such as the scale of recruitment, tuitions and way of hiring teachers. The high autonomy enables them to develop fast and obtain special features of their own.

　　At home: Universities have little independence and it’s even worse when it comes to business schools. All the above-mentioned decisions are made under a planning system which consequently affect the quality of MBA programs.

　　 Teaching methods

　　At abroad: besides the traditional ways of teaching, that is lecture and case study, there are many kinds of different ways of education for example, field projects, group projects decision by computer simulation, guest speech , project study, consulting reports , role plays, discussions and seminars, action learning, debates, internships, study trips, student presentation, problem solving and experiential exercises.

　　At home : our teaching methods are rather limited.

　　MBA英文面试常用词汇、短语

　　Expressions for Personal Qualities（描述个人素质方面的用词）

　　 本性

　　bright ability plus flexibility ability to learn good health

　　mature dynamic energetic honest stable personality

　　high sense of responsibility resourceful excellent presentation and communication skills

　　ability to innovate strong initiative technically sound

　　good analytical mind to solve complex issues personal confidenceproven problem solving / analytical skills acute and dynamic easy to get together with people

　　strong technical commercial sense strong negotiation and communication skills pleasant personality

　　initiative

　　 对未来

　　highly-motivated strong ambition and determination to succeed career ambition ambitious ability and desire to advance rapidly aggressiveness

　　 做事方式

　　well organized preparedness to work hard bilingual good people skills strong inter-personal skills hard-working enjoys working with people work(operate) independently strong leadership skill a great team spirit work under high pressure and time-limitation result-oriented have the commitment to meet deadlines team player good people management skills

　　Language Proficiency（描述语言能力的用词）

　　 常见形容词、名词和副词

　　working good proficiency above-average excellent effectively fluent familiarity fluency

　　 实例：

　　1． Working command of spoken and written English

　　2． Good command of English with ability to understand hand-written English

　　3． Proficiency in written and spoken English and Chinese

　　4． Above-average English/ Chinese communication and organization ability

　　5． An excellent understanding of English

　　6． Ability to communicate in English orally and in written form

　　7． Effectively bilingual in English and Chinese

　　8． Be able to communicate in and translate from English to Chinese and vice versa orally and in written form

　　9． Fluent in English

　　10． Familiarity with technical English

　　11． Fluency in English

　　Computer Literacy（描述计算机水平的用词）

　　 常用形容词

　　sound high hands-on high proficiency solid skillful literate good experienced

　　 实例：

　　1． Knowledge of microcomputer and software programming

　　2． Sound knowledge and experience in computer

　　3． Having experience in computer operation proficiency in Microsoft Windows, Word and Excel

　　4． High proficiency in computer operation

　　5． With hands –on experience in system development including system analysis and design

　　6． High proficiency in computer networking and office productivity software

　　7． Solid knowledge in personal computer operation

　　8． Be skillful in computer application

　　9． Computer literate in both English and Chinese languages

　　10． Good working knowledge of Lotus 123 or other related financial software

　　11． Experienced in Oracle, Informix or Sybase and UNIX

　　Occupational Experience（描述工作经历的'用词）

　　1. experience in international sales and ability to produce results

　　2. experience working in multinational environment

　　3. market-oriented with knowledge of shipping documentations and some technical background

　　4. experience in auditing, cost accounting and taxation

　　5. familiarity with or interest in international trade issues

　　6. 2 years working experience in commerce and consumer products

　　7. 1-2 years marketing experience in advertising and promotion

　　8. experience in the computerization of financial functions

　　9. media planning or servicing international clients

　　10. experience in staff management

　　11. experience in networking business

　　12. clerk experience

　　13. 3 years working experience at supervisory level in production operation

　　14. excellent experience in administrative accounting

　　Job titles （各种职务名称）

　　 commerce and accountant（商务会计类职务）

　　CPA----Certified Public Accountant

　　Chief accountant

　　Accounting analyst

　　Accounting assistant

　　Accounting clerk

　　Accounting manager

　　Accounting staff

　　Accounting supervisor

　　Bond analyst

　　Bond trader

　　Export Sales Manger

　　Export staff

　　Financial analyst

　　Financial controller

　　Financial executive

　　Financial manager

　　International sales staff

　　Marketing assistant

　　Marketing executive

　　Marketing manager

　　Marketing officer

　　Marketing personnel

　　Marketing representative

　　Market analyst

　　Market development manager

　　Market oriented staff

　　Market researcher

　　Market executive

　　Sales assistant

　　Sales clerk

　　Sales engineer

　　Sales manager

　　Sales planning staff

　　Sales promotion manager

　　Sales representative

　　Sales supervisor

　　 Management（管理类职务）

　　administrative assistant

　　administrative manager

　　administrative service manager

　　administrative staff

　　administrative clerk

　　administrator

　　area representative

　　assistant manager

　　assistant to general manager

　　business assistant

　　businesses manager

　　executive director

　　executive secretary

　　human resources manager

　　office administrator

　　office assistant

　　personnel administrator

　　personnel manager

　　personnel supervisor

　　senior clerk

　　senior consultant

　　senior secretary

　　 Technology and engineering（技术工程类职务）

　　Production inspector

　　Production manager

　　Production planner

　　Production supervisor

　　Project staff

　　QC inspector

　　Architectural engineer

　　Programming engineer

　　一些重要的管理名词解释:

　　 teamwork: a cooperative effort by a group or team to pursue a common objective. Teamwork spirit is very important for modern cooperation culture.

　　 communication: the exchange of information between individuals, for example, by means of speaking, writing, or using a common system of signs or behavior. Good communication is critical for the smooth operation of any organization.

　　 sales: the exchanging of goods or services for an agreed amount of money, or a single transaction

　　 marketing: the business activity of presenting products or services to potential customers in such a way as to make them eager to buy. Marketing includes such matters as the pricing and packaging of the product and the creation of demand by advertising and sales campaigns.

　　 management: the organizing and controlling of the affairs of a business or a particular sector of a business successfully.

　　 CEO: the abbreviated form for the chief executive officer.

　　MBA英文面试常用句式

　　 见面：

　　Good morning

　　Good afternoon.

　　May I come in?

　　Nice to meet you.

　　Thank you.

　　 告别：

　　I’ve enjoyed speaking with you.

　　That’s my pleasure. It’s been nice talking with you.

　　Well, nice to have been talking to you.

　　Thank you for interview with me. I hope to meet you again.

　　 就某一个问题你如果认为自己已经回答完毕了可以说：

　　I think that’s all.
That’s it, I think.

　　Have I answered your question?

　　 谈话中：

　　Thank you for your compliment.

　　It’s very kind of you to say so.

　　Excuse me, I guess I don’t make myself clear.

　　 核实一下自己对对方意思的理解是否正确

　　Do you intend to say that…

　　Do you mean…

　　Does that mean…

　　If I understand right…

　　 下列句型则通常用以表示举例

　　For example,…

　　Let me give you an example.

　　 下列句型则通常用以表示犹豫

　　You see,…

　　Well, the thing is,…

　　Well, you know, er,…

　　I mean…

　　Oh, let me think for a moment…

　　Well, let me see.

　　That’s a very big / interesting / difficult question…

　　Um… er…actually…in fact…you see…the thing is… how shall I put it… sort of…

　　Well… it’s like this, you see…theee…ayyy…

　　 下列句型则通常用以了解信息

　　Can you tell me something about it?

　　I’d like to know more about…

　　 表示你对某事感兴趣

　　I find …quite attracting.

　　I have some interest in…

　　I’m interested in…

　　My hobby is…

　　…interests me a great deal.

　　 表示你的意见

　　As far as I’m concerned, I think…

　　As I see it,…

　　In my opinion…

　　Personally, I believe…

　　 下列句型则通常用以表示重述

　　※ 请某人重述某事

　　Could you repeat that, please?

　　Could you say that again, please?

　　I’m sorry?

　　I’sorry, but I didn’t quite catch what you were saying.

　　I’sorry, what’s that?

　　※ 重述

　　I was just saying…

　　I was just wondering…

　　※ 换一种方式重述

　　in other words,…

　　Let me put it another way,…

　　That’s to say…

　　 一般情况下，我们不鼓励大家打断考官的话，但是如果确是必要，那么请适用下列语句：

　　Can I say something here?

　　Can I add something?

　　Excuse me for interrupting, but…

　　 如何提出问题，获得更多的信息及回答技巧

　　（1）如何提出问题

　　I was wondering if you could help me. I'd like to know…

　　I wonder if you could tell me…

　　This may sound like a dumb question, but I'd like to know…

　　Excuse me, do you know…

　　I hope you don't mind my asking, but I'd like to know…

　　Would you mind (very much) telling me…

　　Excuse me, but could I ask you a quick question?

　　Do you happen to know … (你是否碰巧知道…)

　　（2） 回答技巧：如何拖延

　　Well, let me see…

　　Oh, let me think for a minute…

　　I'm not sure; I'll have to check…

　　That's a very interesting question.

　　（3）回答技巧：如何拒绝

　　I'm not really sure.

　　I can't answer that one.

　　I'm sorry, I really don't know.

　　I've got no idea.

　　I'd like to help you, but…

　　That's something I'd rather not talk about just now.

　　Ask me another question. (别问我这个。)

　　（4）如何获得更多的信息

　　Could you tell me some more about …

　　Would you mind telling me more about …

　　I'd like to know more about…

　　Something else I was wondering about was …

　　Something else I'd like to know is …

　　Sorry, that's not really what I mean, What I'd like to know is…

　　Sorry to keep after you, but could you tell me…

　　Sorry, I don't quite understand why…

　　Situational dialogues （情景对话）

　　明确：

　　＃Who is your character?

　　＃What does your character need?

　　＃What relationship does your character have with the character played by the interviewer or another candidate?

　　 见面寒暄

　　1. A: How are you?

　　B: Not bad. How about you?

　　A: I am very well, thank you!

　　B: It’s been a long time that we haven’t seen each other.

　　A: It’s really has been a long time.

　　2. A: Hi, I’m Jack.

　　B: I’m Jean.

　　A: Nice to meet you.

　　B: Me, too.

　　A: Where are you from?

　　B: Beijing, China.

　　A: Oh, really! Are you have on vacation or on business?

　　B: Neither. I’m a student here.

　　A: Is that right? Which university?

　　B: Eastern Washington University.

　　A: What are you studying?

　　B: Business Education

　　A: Oh, that sounds interesting.

　　B: Not bad. What about you? Are you a student, too?

　　A: No, I work for an auto company in town.

　　3. A: Hi, I’m ××.

　　B: I’m ××.

　　A: Glad to meet you.

　　B: Nice to meet you.

　　A: Are you from around here?

　　B: No, from China, but I live in the States.

　　A: Really? No wonder you speak English so well.

　　What do you do?

　　B: I’m an analyst.

　　A: You mean a psychoanalyst or an economic analyst?

　　B: Neither, a stock market analyst.

　　A: Oh, it’s no easy job to analyze and predict the quotations on the stock exchange. Do you work in town?

　　B: Yeah, I work for the Marloo Research Institute.

　　A: Mm.. sounds great.

　　B: Well, what about you, what’s your job?

　　A: I’m a truck driver.

　　B: I just can’t imagine driving a huge truck.

　　A: It’s easy. You want try it? It’s fun.

　　B: Oh, thank you, but I prefer not.

　　 电话用语

　　1. A: Hello, is ××in now?

　　B: I’m sorry, you have the wrong number.

　　A: Oh, I’m really sorry.

　　A: Hello, this is ××, I would like to speak to ××.

　　B: Sorry, she is not here. Do you have any message for her?

　　A: I’ll call again in 20 minutes.

　　2. A: Hello?

　　B: Hello! Lucy? This is Ted.

　　A: Oh, hello, Ted, how are you doing?

　　B: Fine thanks, Lucy, how are you?

　　A: pretty good. What’s on your mind?

　　B: What are you doing this weekend?

　　A: Nothing. Why？

　　B: Well, I’m having several friends over for dinner this coming Saturday, and I was wondering if you’ll have time to join us.

　　A: Sounds interesting. What time would you like me to come?

　　B: Is six o’ clock all right?

　　A: That’s fine. I think I can make it.

　　B: Very good. I’ll see you Saturday. Good-bye.

　　A: Thank you for calling. So long.

　　3. A: ×× office. What can I do for you?

　　B: Hi, this ××of ABC company. Is Mr. Robin there?

　　A: Wait a minute, I’ll go and find him. Sorry, he is not in the office at the moment.

　　B: Could you tell me where I can get him on e phone now? I’ve got something urgent.

　　A: I have no idea where he is, but he said he would be back early this afternoon. He’ll be having a sales meeting. Can I take a message?

　　B: Yes, please. Would you ask him to call me as soon as he gets backs. The phone number is ….

　　A: …, is that right?

　　B: Yes.

　　A: And your name is?

　　B: ×× of ABC Company.

　　A: I got it. Ok, I will have Mr. Robin call you the moment he comes back.

　　B: Thanks a lot.

　　A: You’re welcome. Good-bye.

　　 问路

　　1. A: Excuse me, could you show me how to get to ××?

　　2. A: I am lost. Is there a subway station around here?

　　3. A: Excuse me. Do you know how to get to ××?

　　4. A: Where can I find ××, please?

　　Answers:

　　1. Ok, you go south three blocks. On your right hand side. You will see a huge building. That’s it.

　　2. Yes, you go this way until you get to the next traffic light. The subway entrance is just over there.

　　3. I’m sorry. I’m not familiar with this area, please ask somebody else.

　　4. Keep walking down this hall way and in front of the escalator on the right hand side, you’ll find it.

　　 闲聊

　　1．天气

　　A: What a stuffy hot day!

　　B: I can’t stand this kind of weather anymore.

　　A: What weird weather.

　　B: It’s probably due to the so- called El Nino effect.

　　A: The TV said that today we might have rain.

　　B: Don’t you believe the weather forecasts?

　　A: It’s always wrong.

　　B: But you’d better bring an umbrella with you.

　　2.电视节目

　　A: What kind of TV programs do you like?

　　B: I like watching new programs.

　　A: Why do you like to watch that kind of program.

　　B：I think keeping myself informed of the latest world news is very important.

　　B: What program do you like most?

　　A: The Discovery Channel on cable TV is the one I like most. It’s full of knowledge and is a very good educational channel. I like to watch it with my family.

　　3．兴趣爱好

　　A: What are your hobbies?

　　B: I like music.

　　A: Can you play any kind of musical instrument?

　　B: I can play piano, but I’m not very good at it.

　　B: How about you?

　　A: I know nothing about any musical instrument. But I have a collection of many different CDs and records.

　　4．体育运动

　　A: Mr. ××, what’s your favorite sport?

　　B: My favorite spot is tennis.

　　A: What is the most popular sport in China?

　　B: Ping-Pong is the most popular one in China.

　　A: In our country, we prefer soccer to ping-pong.

　　B: If it is the convenient for you, how about we go to watch the professional ping-pong game together tomorrow?

　　A: I would be glad to.

　　 讨论问题、分享意见

　　这类话题可以涉及的对象比较广泛，但是不论说什么，都会用到下面这六组句型。

　　1．Asking for opinions

　　What’s your opinion of …?

　　What do you think of…?

　　How do you feel about…?

　　I was wondering what your opinion of …was?

　　I was wondering where you stood on the question of…?

　　What about…?

　　2. giving opinions

　　I’d like to point out…

　　As far as I’m concerned,…

　　In my opinion,…

　　From my point of view, I think…

　　Personally, I think…

　　It would seem to me that…

　　As far as I’m able to judge…

　　Frankly, I think..

　　I reckon..

　　If you ask me…

　　You know what I think, I think that..

　　I’d say that…

　　The point is …

　　Wouldn’t you say that…?

　　Don’t you agree that…?

　　As I see it…

　　I’d just like to say that I think that…

　　3. agreeing

　　I agree entirely.

　　I totally agree.

　　I couldn’t agree more.

　　I agree with you on that.

　　That’s just what I was thinking.

　　You know, that’s exactly what I think.

　　That’s a good point.

　　I take you point.

　　I’m with you on that.

　　I’d go along with you on that /there.

　　4. disagreeing

　　do you really think so?

　　I wouldn’t agree.

　　I disagree.

　　I see what you mean, but..

　　Yes, that’s quite true, but…

　　I’m not really sure if I would agree with you on that.

　　I’m not sure I quite agree.

　　Well, you have a point there, but…

　　Perhaps, but don’t you think that…

　　5. asking for explanations (optional)

　　I’m sorry, I don’t quite understand what you man by…

　　I didn’t quite follow what you were saying about…

　　I’m afraid I’m not really very clear about what you mean by…

　　I don’t quite see what you’re getting at…

　　What do you mean by …?

　　6. giving explanations (optional)

　　Well, the point I’m trying to make is that…

　　Let me put it another way…

　　Sorry, let me explain

　　What I mean is that…

　　What I’m saying is that…

　　 道歉

　　需要道歉的场合也很多，但是总离不开以下的句型，跟上一个大类一样，大家只要按照顺序，将自己要说的具体内容套在下面的句型中就可以了：

　　1. apologizing-admitting mistakes

　　I’m terribly sorry, but I seem to have …

　　I’m very sorry for …

　　I’m sorry that…

　　I must apologize for…

　　I’m not quite sure how to put this, but..

　　I’m afraid I’ve got something to tell you…

　　2. making excuses

　　I had no intention of …really.

　　It really wasn’t my fault, you see…

　　I didn’t mean to, really

　　3. forgiving-accepting apologies

　　Oh, that’s alright. Don’t worry.

　　Oh, never mind, it doesn’t really matter.

　　Please don’t blame yourself.

　　That’s OK. Forget it.

　　4. apologizing for changing future plans

　　I’m terribly sorry about this but I don’t think I’ll be able to …

　　I hope this doesn’t put you out too much, but I’m afraid I won’t be able to …

　　You know I said I’d …well I’m afraid… I can’t now.

　　 抱怨

　　1.

　　A: Hello, this is ××of the Oriental Trading Company. I’d like to speak to the office manager.

　　B: Hold the line, please. I’ll see if Miss Green is in… Go ahead, Miss Green can take your call.

　　A: Hello, Miss Green, this is ××of the Oriental Trading Company. I’m afraid I have to make a serious complaint.

　　B: Hello, Mr. ××. What seems to be the trouble?

　　A: I’ve been flying Air China for nearly six years, Miss Green, and I must say that I have always been very satisfied with the service, but last Saturday something happened which was inexcusable.

　　B: Can you give me the details, Mr. ××

　　A: yes. I was scheduled on Flight 543 from Beijing to Sidney …..

　　B: I see. I’m very sorry to hear that, Mr.××.i can assure you that such things don’t happen very often.

　　A: I hope not. What do you intend to do about this，Miss Green?

　　B: I’ll look into the matter for you, and talk to the person responsible for this mistake.

　　A: All right, then.

　　B: Thanks for calling, Mr. ××. If you have any further questions about ××, don’t hesitate to contact me direct.

　　A: I’ll do that, thank you. Good-bye.

　　B: good-bye.

　　2.

　　A: Yes, sir? Can I help you?

　　B: Well…I bought this camera a month go and there seems to be something wrong with it.

　　A: well, sir, I’m afraid there isn’t much we can do about it actually…

　　B: How come you say that? The guarantee covers for a year.

　　A: Did you bring the receipt with you, sir?

　　B: yes, here you are.

　　A: In that case, I suggest you leave it with us and we’ll see what we can do.

　　以下是常用的句型：

　　1. making a complaint

　　I’m sorry to have to say this, but…

　　2. accepting a complaint

　　Oh, I am sorry about that.

　　I can’t tell you how sorry I am.

　　I’m so sorry, I didn’t realize.

　　I just don’t know what to say.

　　3. delaying a complaint

　　I suggest you leave it with us and we’ll see what can be done / what we can do.

　　I’m afraid the manager isn’t in at the moment. Could you call back later?

　　4. rejecting a complaint

　　Well, I’m afraid there’s nothing we can do about it actually.

　　Well, I’m afraid there isn’t much we can do about it actually.

 A layout（样本）

　　Resume of (your name)

　　Address (street, city, province, post code)

　　Sex Birth Date

　　Home Phone Office Phone

　　Mobile Phone Email Address

　　Marital status

　　ID Card Number

　　Working History

　　按时间

　　From 1998to2002 Position: assistant to the chief manager

　　Name and Place of the work unit: ABC Company

　　Responsibility: compiled reports for the chief engineer on

　　production

　　Achievements:

　　按职务

　　editor:

　　time

　　place

　　responsibility

　　achievements

　　accountant:

　　time

　　place

　　responsibility

　　achievements

　　按工作性质

　　computer operation:

　　time

　　place

　　responsibility

　　achievements

　　computer system planning

　　time

　　place

　　responsibility

　　achievements

　　personnel supervisor

　　time

　　place

　　responsibility

　　achievements

　　Education

　　From to Academic Degree: B.A received in July 1983

　　Name and Place of the University: Beijing University

　　Major: management

　　Minor: English

　　Honors, awards and achievements: earned academic scholarship, 2 years, top ten graduates

　　Activities: literary club, secretary

　　Published two papers

　　Among the pertinent courses taken are:

　　Public Finance

　　Technical Qualifications

　　From to (certificate received)

　　From to (certificate received)

　　From to (certificate received)

　　Personal Qualities

　　Language Proficiency

　　Computer Literacy

　　Hobbies and Interests

　　 简历中常用动词

　　1. achieved sales increase by 15%

　　2. acquired enough experience for ….

　　3. acted as interpreter for the last 5 years

　　4. attended all these meetings, and assisted the project manager to make financial decision

　　5. cooperated a project for a fast food restaurant

　　6. completed the negotiation and achieved sales increase by %

　　7. conducted a seminar

　　8. controlled the budge

　　9. coordinated operations of a hotel with manager

　　10. created a good image for Co

　　11. developed marketing skills by working as a salesman for years

　　12. devised a system which could simplify working process

　　13. directed a staff of ten in producing the newspaper and selling it

　　14. experienced in operations of …

　　15. gained retail experience including the marketing research

　　16. handled public relations

　　17. helped coordinate operation of a computer company

　　18. improved efficiency of work and reduced its expenses

　　19. initiated and carried out a research project to evaluate the trade market

　　20. served as an assistant manager in a world-famous chain store

　　21. supervised 6 person research team for 5 years

　　22. worked one year as a …

　　 简历中涉及到的语法问题

　　1. 将所有第一人称代词从简历中拿掉（I, we, me, my）, 当然更不能用第三人称代词。

　　2. 冠词：简历当中不需要冠词，例如：应写retrained staff而不是retrained the staff

　　3. 助动词：简历当中不需要助动词，所以，应该写managed 而不是have managed

　　4. 动词：简历当中的所有主要动词全部用动词的过去式形式。

　　5. being性动词：简历中一律使用主动语态，不要出现am, is, are, were, was等词。

　　6. 时态转换：简历中的时态基本保持过去式，偶尔用一般现在式。

　　7. 复合句：在简历中少用复合句，将其拆成若干短小的句子，最多带一个从句，主句都是类似祈使句的样子——无主语

　　Self-statement（个人介绍----样本）

　　MY BACKGROUND

　　I was born in a small village of Shan Dong Province on April 4th, 1968. When I was young, my family was very poor, so I had to work to earn money to help my parents after class when I was in the middle school.

　　In 1986 I was admitted by University of International Business and Economics (or: UIBE) to pursue a bachelor degree in Economics. My major is accounting in Department of International Business Management. The undergraduate education gave me a wide range of vision and taught me how to cooperate with others. I developed several professional interests in Accounting, Finance, and International Trade.

　　The following eight-year working experience offered me a good chance to give full play to my creativity, intelligence and diligence. In 1990-1993, I worked as an assistant to funding manager in China National Technical Import and Export Corporation. In 1993-present, I was employed by China Kingdom Import and Export Corporation to be the Manger of Financial and Accounting Division.

　　I do believe that with my hard early life, solid educational background and ample working experience, I would be an excellent student of you MBA program.

　　MY PERSONAL ACCOMPLISHMENT:

　　After graduating from UIBE, I was employed as the assistant to the funding manager by China National Technical Import and Export Corporation. After reading a lot of related files, and analyzing the overall funding situation of the corporation, I found that the loan policy was not been put into effect. So we have thousands of millions RMB loan with very high interest rate while a large amount of cash in bank with very low interest rate was idle. I reported this to my supervisor, and then we studied and revised the loan policy. This revision saved the corporation approximately RMB thirty millions yuan. In order to raise the funding effectiveness, after one year’s hard work, I developed the internal banking system within the corporation based on the actual funding supply and need of the different divisions and projects. This internal banking system made full use of the corporation’ funding resources, and due to this, I was highly praised by the president of the corporation.

　　WHY CHOOSE YOUR MBA PROGRAM?

　　After I have worked in business area for eight years, I feel that I need to continue my education by pursuing a Master degree in business administration. I have practiced my professional expertise in accounting, demonstrated my leadership abilities and perfected my communication skills. But I have yet to become an entrepreneur in my own right, and to fully master the art of modern business. I want to be trained more vigorously in scientific methods of analysis and synthesis. There are a lot of opportunities and challenges in China that I do not yet fell fully confident to seize. My business career has so far benefited mostly the companies that I worked for, but a good business education in your university will probably become a new era for me.

　　Your university is well known for its excellence in China’s business education. I am sure that, with my extensive business experience, I can be a worthy student of yours. I am anxious to benefit from your seasoned guidance and take advantage of your research facilities.

　　MBA英文面试攻略

　　面试注意事项

　　 姿势：站，腰要挺直，双肩自然放松，双手自然下垂。坐：不要瘫在椅子上，抬头挺胸，平时对方。目光稳定。不要有小动作，腿平放，手自然放在腿上。

　　 跟面试者的距离不要太远也不要太近。

　　 注意细节：敲门、关门、握手。

　　 谈吐——千万不能“吐痰”。自信、口齿清楚、音量、节奏、简洁、条理、坦率

　　 神态：自信、视线停留30-60%、眼神（对方讲话时，你讲话时）、嘴巴、笑容

　　 衣着：整洁、得体

　　面试禁忌

　　1. 气喘吁吁，神色慌张

　　2. 对方不伸手，不要主动伸手

　　3. 不要自行就座，要等对方示意。

　　4. 坐下后要向对方表示感谢

　　5. 不要任意挪移位置

　　6. 不要把随身物品乱放

　　7. 打完招呼后，等对方开口提问

　　8. 交谈中，眼神闪烁不定， 不要咬嘴或噘嘴

　　9. 不要打断对方，以及和对方争论

　　10. 不要有小动作（掏耳朵、抠鼻子、挠头皮）

　　11. 避免口头禅

　　12. 表达不清晰

　　13. 无论是自己没能够听清楚考官的问题，或是已经回答完毕，包括在回答问题时由于思考而引起的停顿，都需要用明确的语言告诉对方，切忌默不做声！

　　要学会听懂考官问题

　　英语中的问题一般分为两种形式：close-ended questions 和 open-ended questions

　　前者只需要用一、两个词作答，而后者则需要进一步的解释和说明。一般来说面试当中，为了避免谈话陷入沉闷单调的气氛当中，考官一般是要将这两种问题有机地结合起来。考生要准确把握对方所问问题的性质，给予其想要的回答，从而避免了对于只需要简短回答的问题啰嗦个没完，对于需要进一步阐释的问题却回答得不够。两种情况都会给考官留下不好的印象。

　　一般来说两种问题的引导词有比较明显的不同，请大家注意掌握：

　　Close-ended Open-ended Both

　　Are…?

　　Do…?

　　Who…?

　　When…?

　　Where…?

　　Which…? How…?

　　Why…?

　　In what way…?

　　Tell me about… What…?

　　【注意】

　　 对于open-ended questions,在组织答案时，最好先用一句话或者一个短语将你要说的主要意思总结一下，这样不仅可以再拖延一点时间，而且也有助于对方听清楚你的答案，从而会比较容易留下思路清晰的好印象。

　　e.g. Interviewer: Why do you want to study for MBA?

　　Candidate: That’s a rather difficult question. There are two main reasons, I suppose.

　　 如果考官对你的回答不甚满意，你也许会听到这样的问题：

　　I’d like to know some more about…

　　Could you tell me a bit more bout…?

　　Sorry to press you, but could you tell me…?

　　Sorry, I don’t quite understand, could you tell me …?

　　I didn’t quite follow what you said about…

　　Meaning?

　　For example?

　　Then you?

　　Therefore?

　　Which means?

　　So then?

　　例如：

　　A: How did you happen to move here?

　　B: I like the climate better.

　　A: Better than…

　　B: Better than the polluted air of the city.

　　A: Which means…

　　B: Which means I can expect better overall health for myself.

　　没听懂对方在说什么怎么办？

　　千万不要往过蒙！！！

　　你可以：

　　承认自己不知道答案：

　　e.g. I’ sorry. I don’t understand.

　　Sorry. I don’t follow.

　　或者：

　　请对方重复问题：

　　e.g. I didn’t catch that. Would you mind repeating it?

　　Could you repeat the question, please?

　　再或者：

　　请对方为你澄清你没有听清楚的个别词：

　　e.g. Sorry. I don’t know what you mean by ‘Union Jack’

　　Would you mind explaining ‘Union Jack’?