即使是中国面试官主持面试, 他也很有可能请申请人做英文自我介绍。所以和中文自我介绍一样, 英文自我介绍也是必须要精雕细琢准备的。
一、 关于英文自我介绍的3个疑问
1. 面对中国面试官和外国面试官做英文自我介绍, 有什么区别吗?
中国面试官让申请人做英文自我介绍的目的主要是考查英文水平, 了解一下申请人的英语发音和流利程度。所以, 申请人要着重表现自己的英语水平, 重视发音、 语法、 流利程度。
外国面试官让申请人做自我介绍的目的并非是考查英文, 而是要倾听申请人自我介绍当中的细节, 并根据这些细节来进行下一步的提问。所以, 在自我介绍当中, 申请人要在希望面试官提问的地方放慢语速, 或者用语气加以强调。此外, 大部分外国面试官并不太了解中国, 所以申请人在人名、 地名、 学校名、 公司名等一些具有中国特色的地方要放慢语速或者加以解释。
2. 多长时间的英文自我介绍最合适?
一般来说, 面对中国面试官的英文自我介绍可以简短一些, 时间控制在
1分钟到1.5分钟之间比较合适。简短一些的自我介绍可以让中国面试官更加容易记住你说的话。
面对外国面试官的英文自我介绍可以稍微长一点, 以常速阅读1.5分钟到2分钟为宜, 因为你必然需要额外做一些关于人名或地名的解释。
3. 面试官喜欢什么样的英文自我介绍
一般来说, 具有以下特点的英文自我介绍符合面试官的期望值:
(1) 短句: 尽量是用口语化的短句, 易于面试官听懂;
(2) 慢速: 比中文自我介绍速度要放慢至少三分之一, 易于面试官轻松地倾听;
(3) 强调: 在需要面试官重点倾听的地方, 要用语调和语气加以强调, 使面试官格外注意你所表达的内容。
二、 成功英文自我介绍示范
1. 面向中国面试官, 应聘会计师事务所的自我介绍
求职背景
面试地点: KPMG毕马威会计师事务所
目标职位: 税务
面试类型: 与中国面试官一对一面试
申请人概况: 会计学专业本科应届毕业生
自我介绍原文
I'm glad to introduce myself to you. My Chinese name is Ma Lin, but you can call me Rock, my English name. I chose Rock to be my English name because I want to be as tough as a rock, hehe. I was born and raised in Guangdong, so I speak both Cantonese and Mandarin.
I'll soon graduate from Zhongshan University, majoring in accounting. I think you may have interviewed quite a lot of students from our school, so you know this major prepares us for CGA and most courses are taught in English. My GPA is 3.6, it ranks number 9 in the 115 students in my grade. And I've passed 15 exams in CGA, I anticipate I will get the CGA qualification in 2009.
Besides having good academic performance, I was actively involved in student activities. I was in charge of Student Welfare (生活委员) in my class, and in the Student Union of our school. I enjoyed this position because what I did was very important to everybody, although it was mostly small details.
I had a three-month internship in Guangdong Zhengzhong Accounting Firm. I did the inventory check and helped the accountants to make the auditing reports. My boss was pleased with my performance and he asked me to recommend my classmate to join our team.
KPMG is my dream company. What's more, I have great interest in joining the Tax Department as my long term career goal is to be a tax consultant. I wish my dream could come true today. Thank you! (笔者备注: 英文面试只注重事实, 不谈"dream"。)
2. 面向中国面试官, 应聘客户服务代表的自我介绍
求职背景
面试地点: 瑞士汽巴精化(全球精细化工行业的领先者)
目标职位: 客户服务代表
面试类型: 与中国面试官的一对一面试
申请人概况: 有工作经验的申请人
自我介绍原文
My English name is Julie. I chose Julie to be my English name because my family name is Zhu. I guess I'm not the first Julie you have interviewed, because there are so many Julies, hehe. My hometown is Wuhan, so I speak Hubei dialect in addition to Mandarin and some Cantonese.
I graduated from Guangzhou University two years ago. I had great performance in university, two scholarships, two awards of Excellent Student Cadre, and one impressive award of Full Attendance, which means I never missed a single class that semester!
My first job was receptionist and secretary in an electronic company, but I left in less than a year simply because I had little work to do there. At that time I could finish a day's work in several hours. I couldn't bear the boredom of having nothing to do, so I quit.
My current job is a very busy one. I work at Leshi Pharmaceutical Company. Leshi, as you can see on my resume, specializes in the wholesale of Chinese medicine, the annual sales are about 50 million RMB. I am one of the eight customer service representatives. I provide services to about fifty customers, inputting orders, pushing payments, handling complaints and so on. Last year I ranked number two of the eight representatives in the annual Satisfaction Survey. Sales reps gave me 4.5 and customers gave me 4.2 out of the full score of 5 for the services I provided.
I'm interested in Ciba for two reasons. The first reason is that I look forward to joining a big international company. The second reason is that I feel I meet your requirements. Although I've never worked in fine chemistry companies, the two-year experience in a pharmaceutical company has made me a qualified customer service representative who can meet the high standards. I believe you know that the pharmaceutical business usually has very strict requirements and high standards. In addition, I am sure I can learn how to use Oracle ERP in a short time, as I am very familiar with Hejia ERP, which is quite similar, and I use the English version at my present job. That's about all.
3. 面向外国面试官, 应聘技术支持工作的自我介绍
求职背景
面试地点: IBM
目标职位: 技术支持工程师
面试类型: 与外国面试官的一对一面试
申请人概况: 中山大学本科应届毕业生, 女
自我介绍原文
My name is Zhao Wanjun. Wanjun is my given name. Wan means sweet and Jun means person, so my name means a sweet-tempered girl. I actually am! But you can call me June, for your convenience, j-u-n-e, it's similar to my Chinese name Jun. I am from Enping, a small city in the southwest of Guangdong Province, near HongKong and Macao. Maybe you have never been there before, it's well known for the hot springs there.
In 2003, I got the highest score in the College Entrance Examinations in my city and entered Zhongshan University. My major is Computer Science. My GPA ranks in the top 40% among all students, but I have stronger C++ programming skills than many others. Also, I was the first one to learn Java in my class.
I was chosen by a teacher of mine to participate in his project. The project was about a LAN chat room, and I developed the instant messaging system in it. I was the only female student in this project team.
Besides study and the project, I worked in the Student Union for two years, first year as a member, next year promoted to be the General Secretary. My colleagues describe me as a reliable and considerate person.
IBM is top on my job hunting list for of the reasons you hear every day. I look forward to joining a famous company as it means good training, good pay, and good people to work with, just like you gentlemen! (点评: 有互动。)
Technical Support Engineer is my ideal job because I have both a technical background and the ability to deal with clients. Also, traveling isn't a problem although I am a woman. (备注: 如果面对老外面试官, 则不谈性别。如果和中国面试官用英文面试, 则可以谈论性别差异。此乃文化差异。) I am quite an athlete, you see, I've been jogging in the morning for over two years! That's all of my self introduction, thank you!
4. 面向外国面试官, 应聘销售助理的自我介绍
求职背景
面试地点: 耐克中国体育用品有限公司
目标职位:
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