备考指导#考研究生倒计时#阅读模拟练习[6]

Thepurposeofaninterviewistofindoutifyourgoalsandthegoalsofanorganizationarecompatible.Othergoalsoftheintervieware：toanswerquestionssuccessfully，obtainanyadditionalinformationneededtomakeadecision ，accentyourspecialstrengths
，establishapositiverelationship，showconfidence ，andtosellyourself.Basedonthesegoals
，placeyourselfintheroleoftheintervieweranddevelopanticipatedquestionsandanswerstothreecategories：companydata，personaldata ，andspecificjobdata.Youalsodevelopquestionswhichyouwillasktodeterminehowwellyourcareergoalsmatchtheneedsoftheorganization.Thesequestionsincludeboththoseyouwouldaskbeforeajobofferandthoseyouwouldaskafterajoboffer.

Priortotheinterview，acquaintyourselfwiththelawspertainingtojobdiscrimination.Thisknowledgewillenhanceyourchancesofbeingconsideredonanequalstandingwithotherapplicants.

Todevelopconfidence
，adequatelypreparefortheinterview.Focusonhowyoucanbestservetheorganizationtowhichyouareapplying.Thenrehearseuntiltheroughedgesaresmoothedandyousoundconvincingtothosewithwhomyouhavepracticed.

Sincetheinterviewwillcenteronyou，properself-managementprocessisdividedintofourstages：thebeforestage ，thegreetingstage
，theconsultationstage，andthedeparturestage.Thebeforestageincludeswritingaconfirmationletter ，concentratingonappearanceandnonverbalcommunication
，developingyourportfolio，anticipatingquestionswithpositiveresponses ，andarrivingearly.Thegreetingstageincludesgreetingeveryonecourteously
，usingwaiting-roomsmarts，usingyourtimewisely ，andapplyingproperprotocolwhenmeetingtheinterviewer.Theconsultationstageincludesresponsivenessandenthusiasm
，knowingwhentointerjectkeypoints，showingsincerity ，highlightingyourstrengths，andlisteningintently.Thedeparturestageincludesleavingonapositivenote
，expressingappreciation，expressinginterest ，leavingpromptly
，andmakingnotesimmediatelyafterdeparture.

Tosavetimeandmoneyandofferconveniencetoprospectiveemployeesandemployers，videotapingandsatellitevideophonesmaybecomeacommonmethodofinterviewing.Beingateaseinfrontofacamerawouldbeimportantforthesetypesofinterviews.

Followingtheinterview ，writethank-youletterstoeachpersonwhointerviewedyouandtothosewhohelpedyougettheinterview.Wheninvitedforasecondinterview
，gopreparedbyusingyournotesandfeedbackfromtheinterviewtozeroinonwhatthecompanywants.Ifthecompanydoesn‘trespondintwoweeks，callbackorwriteafollow-upletter.Youmaygetturneddown.Ifso ，trytofindoutwhyasameansofself-improvement.

Followingajoboffer
，takeafewdaystoconsiderallelementsandthencallorwritealettereitheracceptingordecliningtheoffer-—whicheverisappropriate.Ifyouacceptandyouarepresentlyemployed，writeaneffectiveletterofresignation ，departingonapositivenote.

1.Theword“compatible”inthefirstsentenceprobablymeans____.

[A]inagreement

[B]inconflict

[C]complementary

[D]practicable

2.Thewriteradvisesyoutofamiliarizeyourselfwiththelawsconcerningjobdiscriminationsothat____.

[A]youcanshowyourprospectiveemployeryouhaveawiderangeofknowledge

[B]youstandonequalchanceofbeinghiredwithotherapplicantstothejob

[C]youwillrefusetogiveanswerstoanyquestionsagainstthecurrentlaws

[D]youknowhowtobehavewithinthelimitoflawsattheinterview

3.Atwhichstageshouldyouemphasizeyourqualificationsforthejob?

[A]Thebeforestage.

[B]Thegreetingstage.

[C]Theconsultationstage.

[D]Thedeparturestage.

4.Ifyouaregivenasecondinterview
，itismostimportantforyouto____.

[A]writeathank-youlettertoeachpersonwhointerviewedyoulasttime

[B]findoutexactlywhatthecompanywantsofyou

[C]learnfromthelastinterviewandimproveyourself

[D]consideralltheelementsthatareimportantforthejob

5.Thepassageismainlyconcernedwith____.

[A]howtomanageaninterview

[B]howtoapplyforajobvacancy

[C]howanapplicantshouldbehaveduringaninterview

[D]howtomakeyourprivategoalcompatiblewiththoseofanorganization

参考答案：ABCBA