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Question and answers about common subjectsOpening remarks1.Excuse me.May I see Mr.John Watt,the manager?2.Its me.What can I do for you?3.May I help you?4.I have come at your invitation for an interview.Nice to meet you,Mr.Watt.5.Please sit down.6.Won/t you take a seat?7.Please take a seat.8.Thank you,sir.9.I/ve come to apply for the position as office clerk.10.Ive invited several candidates to come today.You are the first one to have arrived.11.You probably know that this interview is mostly to test your oral English,so just relax,and let/s have a chat,shall we?12.We have received your letter and resume,and we thought we would like to ask you to come here for an interview.13.We have received your letter in answer to our advertisement.I would like to talk with you regarding your qualifications for this position.14.Im very glad to know that my letter and resume have been received.15.It is a great pleasure for me to have this opportunity for interview.16.I am very happy that I am qualified for this interview.About your name and age17.Whats your name?18.Whats your surname?19.Whats your family name?20.Whats your full name?21.Whats your given name?22.Can you tell me what your full name is,please?23.How do you spell your family name?24.May I have your name please?25.Are you Edwin?26.My name is John Liu.27.My surname is Wang.28.My full name is Yuming Zhang.29.My family name is30.How old are you?31.Could you tell me how old you are?32.Whats your age?33.Are you twenty-one years old?About your address and native place.34.Where do you live?35.Whats your address?36.Whats your present address?37.Whats your permanent address?38.I live at 238 Zhongshan Road,Apt,401,Nanjing.39.Could you tell me your telephone number?40.Give me your telephone number please.41.What/s your telephone number?42.My telephone number is 2547154.43.What is your birthplace?44.Where is your hometown?45.Are you a resident of shanghai?46.My birthplace is Suzhou.47.My hometown is Tianjin.48.Where is your domicile place?49.My domicile place is Nanjing.About your dependents50.Have you got married?51.Are you married?52.Yes,Sir,Im married.53.There is no hurry for that.I think KII try to earn enough for that.54.No,sir,Im still single.55.Km planning to get married.56.Is your wife working?57.What does your husband do?58.What is your husband/s profession?59.What kind of business is your husband in?60.She is not working.61.She/s a retired school teacher.62.He works for the government.63.He is in the import and export business.64.Do you have any children?65.Do you have a large family?66.How many dependents do you have?About your educational background67.Would you tell me what educational background you have?68.Which school or college did you attend?69.Which university did you graduate from?70.I graduated from middle school in 1988.71.I am a graduate of Shanghai Polytechnics.72.I am a college graduate.73.I have a B.S.degree.74.Which school have you attended?75.I finished primary school in 1986,and entered middle school that September.I graduatedfrom high school in July of 1992 and then I entered Beijing University.76.Whats your major in university?77.Economics.Km especially interested in/Economic Development of China.78.What are your major and minor subject?79.My major subject is Economics and my minor subject is English.80.What course do you like best?81.I was very interested in Business Management.And I think its very useful for my present work.82.What degree have you received?83.When and where did you received your MBA degree?84.I received my MBA degree from Beijing University in 1994.About your Educational Background85.How were your scores at college?86.They were all above average.87.How are your grades all college?88.They are above average B.89.Did you get a good record in English?90.Yes,I obtained 92 marks in English.91.Which band did you pass in college English Test?92.I passed Band four in College English Test.93.How is your score in chemistry?94.Its 88 points.95.In what subject did you get the highest marks?96.What records did you get at middle school?97.I got excellent records:96 points average.98.I am ranked the second of my class in terms of average marks.99.How do you think the education youve received will contribute to your work in this institution?100.1 have already learned a lot in the classroom and I hope to be able to make practical use of it in business in your company.About your educational background101.Were you in a leading position when you were a college student?102.Yes,I was president of Student Union of our university.103.Yes,I served as the monitor for two years.104.Yes,I was the class commissary in charge of studies.105.Did you get any honors or rewards at your university?106.Yes,I got the university scholarship in 1994-1995 academic year.107.YesJ won the first place in the English oratorical contest of our university in 1994.108.Yes,I got the second lace for the high jump in the university sports meet in 1994.109.Were you involved in any club activities at your university?110.Yes,I was in the chess club for four years.111.Yes,I was a violin player in the college orchestra.112.Yes,I was on the college basketball team.113.What extracurricular activities did you usually take part in at your college?114.1 usually went swimming in summer and went jogging in winter.115.1 persisted in running every morning.116.1 participated in Qi Gong training class in my junior year.117.1 usually took park in recreational activities.118.1 sometimes played table tennis and sometimes played basketball.About your experience119.Have you got any experience in advertising?120.Do you have any sales experience?121.Do you have any practical experience as a secretary?122.Yes,I have been working in the Public Relations Section of a company in the past two years.123.Yes,I worked in a fashion shop last summer as part-time salesgirl.124.Yes,sir.I have been a secretary in an insurance company.125.Although I have no experience in this field,Km willing to learn.12 6.1 am sorry to say that I have no experience in this field.127.Would you tell me the essential qualities a secretary should maintain?128.Well,to begin with,Id say she needs to be diligent,and the second point is that she has to do a lot of things on her own initiative.Finally,she can make report writing,summary writing,keep minutes at meetings,and so on.Most important of all is that she seems to have a better memory than average.129.What have you learned from jobs you have held?130.Above all,I have learned that what is good for the company is good for me.So I follow the instructions strictly and always keep my boss informed.131.What work were you responsible for your previous work unit?13 2.1 was responsible for advertising designs.133.How many employer have you worked for?134.Only one,since I have been graduated from the university for just over a year.About achievements135.Would you talk about your merits?136.Now please tell me something about your achievements in your work unit.137.Yes,sir.When I was the sales manager of Beijing Friendship Store,I succeeded in raising yearly sales volume by 25%at profit margins of from 50%to 80%.138.Being an electrical engineer.I improved our assembly line of the electric fans.As a result,the annual output has been greatly increased.139.1 have been working as an editor for nearly three years.I have edited twenty-one scientific and technical books-nearly five million words in terms of Chinese characters.140.Have you received any honors or rewards?141.1 got the title of Advanced Worker”in 1992 and 1994.142.Two of my books respectively won the first-class reward and the second-class reward of national excellent books.143.1 got a third-class prize for my scientific research from HuBei Provincial Government lastyear.144.Do you have any publications?145.1 have got two articles in English published in China Daily.About Language Abilities146.Do you speak a foreign language?147.Do you read and write English?148.When did you begin to learn English?149.Why did you study English?150.Do you know the language well enough to communicate with English speaking people?151.Do you think your English id good enough to do desk work?152.What language do you speak other than Chinese?153.Yes,I speak it well.154.Yes,I do both well.155.1 started to learn English when I was in primary school.156.Do you speak the language well enough to communicate with English speaking people?157.1 think so,I used to be an interpreter.158.The amount of English I know enables me to do general desk work.159.Other than Chinese,I speak English.I learned some French in school,but forget all of it.160.Can you speak Mandarin?161.1 can speak Mandarin fluently.162.Besides Mandarin,what other Chinese dialects do you understand?163.Shanghaiese,because my mother came from Shanghai.164.1 majored in English at college.165.1 got a high score on TOEPL.166.1 can communicate with foreigners easily.They say my English is quite good.About Part-time Job167.Do you do a second job in addition to your full-time job?168.Do you take on any part-time work in your leisure time?169.Why do you take on a part-time job?170.Why are you engaged in a second job?171.Yes,I am a part-time teacher at Nanjing Teachers College.172.Yes,I act as a part-time salesman for a company.173.1 do my second work to increase my income.174.Km engaged in part-time job to gain some experience in business.175.Did you do any part-time jobs when you studied at your university?176.Did you do any summer jobs while you were a college student?177.Yes,I worked as a tutor for a middle school student.178.Did you take on any part-time work while you were working for your masters degree?179.Yes,I served as a research assistant to my Supervisor.180.1 translated some business data from English to Chinese for a firm.181.What experience have you gained from your part-time work?About Reason for leaving182.What position have you held before?183.How many places have you worked altogether?184.What was your reason for leaving?185.Do you enjoy your present job?186.Yes,I find it interesting.187.What made you decide to change your job?188.1 know from your resume that you are working as an administration assistant in a trading company.Why do you plan to change you job?189.Why have you changed your job so frequently?190.1 am working in a small company where further promotion is impossible.I am capable of more responsibilities,so I decided to change my job.Id like to find a job which is more challenging.19 1.1 would like to have a job that is more lively than my present one.Besides,I would like to practice my English in my work.As my present employer deals with China trade only,there isnt much chance to speak English.192.Because I am looking for a company that I really want to work for so that I could settle down and make a long-term contribution.193.My first job was a well established company where the division of labour is very clear.I do not have much chance to enrich my experience.Then I got an opportunity to really broaden my experience with a new company that was starting up,but unfortunately,they closed their service in three months time.I have worked in my present company for a considerable length of time and enjoy my job I am now doing.But I think I have accumulated enough experience to take up more challenging post in a much larger and diversified company where I could make solid contribution.194.Why are you leaving your present job?195.What/s the reason why you left your previous employer?196.Im leaving the present situation just because of expiry of my employment contract.197.The work is not bad.Yet the salary is too small.198.To speak frankly,I did not enjoy the work very much because these was not much for me to do at my post.About Reasons for Application199.Why do you come here for a job?200.Thank you for your interest in this position.Why do you consider yourself qualified for this job?201.1 speak fairly good English and I enjoy meeting different kinds of people,so I think I could handle the work of a receptionist.202.Why did you choose to come here for a job?203.1 hope to have a job which offers me an opportunity for advancement.204.What interest you most about this job?205.1 like to work in a team and enjoy solving problems together.206.What do you think you would bring to the job?207.Why should I hire you?208.Did you choose this company on account of high pay?209.1 have the educational background and relevant experience required by the job.Besides,I am a very good team player and have the desire to make a thorough success.210.My business experience in China,mainly,I know a lot about how the Chinese market works and how business is done there.211.Why did you choose this corporation?212.My past work experience is closely related to this job.I am confident of doing the job well.Therefore I am desirous to get this position.21 3.1 know that you do a very big international business,so I thought it would be a good place for me to make use of the experience I have had abroad.214.My educational background and professional experience make me qualified for the job.215.What do you consider important when looking for a job?216.1 think the most important thing is the mature of the job.One should never do anything one is not interested in.About the Post217.Are you able to take this job?218.Would your present and former employers give you recommendations?219.This job is not in Nanjing.Are you willing to work in other places?220.This job offers you 6000 a month plus room and board.Would you be interested?221.When will you start to work if you are employed?222.If we decided to hire you,we will notify you by mail.223.1 am hunting for a job of higher wages.224.1 hope to have a job which offer me an opportunity for advancement.225.1 learned about it from your advertisement in the newspaper.226.Thank you very much for your consideration.Then I will wait to hear from you.227.1 can start to work whenever it is convenient for you.22 8.1 think I can,and I dont mind hard job.229.No problem for me.I believe I can do anything for you.230.What section would you like to work in if you enter this company?231.What type of work will you expect to do at first?232.Id rather work in the business department if choices may be given.233.1 expect to operate computers.234.Id like to be a foreign exchange settlement clerk.About your Ability235.What is your greatest strength?236.1 manage my time perfectly so that I can always get things done on time.237.1 suppose a strong point is that I like developing new things and ideas.238.1 can take on jobs that bother other people and work at them slowly until they get done.239.What are your weak points?240.When I think something is right.I will stick to that.Sometimes it sounds a little stubborn but I am now trying to find a balance between insistence and compromise.241.As a young girl,Km a bit shy around people.That is my weakness.But Im patient both withpeople and my work.242.Well,Km afr