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交通大学MBA英语面试讲义

-----Samuel&David

1. 基础英语学习与语感锻炼
当我们想表达一段话的时候，我们对其中的一些词汇的英文翻译还是知道的，但是我们可能对于如何快速地把他们组合起来，并且流利的表达出来，可能有点迟疑，所以，我们首先做几个小练习，拾起我们久违的语感吧。
1) 过去的5年之内，香奈儿在中国市场一直就在盈利。
the past 5 years
Chanel
China’s market
always
make profit
2) 管理者的主要任务就是领导团队实现既定的目标。
manager
main task
lead a team
achieve
set targets
3) 目前，提高我们市场份额最有效的方法之一，就是开辟新的市场。
now
improve
our market share
most effective
way
one of the
explore
new markets

4) 近几年来上海经济的快速发展，主要是归因于大量的外资的进入。
these years
Shanghai’s economy
rapid growth
mostly due to
foreign investment
vast inflow

5) 公司的成功不仅仅取决于我们的战略有多好，而在于我们是否执行它和实现它。
company
success
not
depend on
our strategy
great
but
execute
Fulfill

2. 如何迅速的组织语言和表达观点
我建议前期可以使用速记的方法，把自己观点和想法的关键词记下来，然后再根据这几个关键词进行扩展和延伸。我们在使用中文聊天的时候，也是如此的，我们表达观点，都是首先朦胧有个观点的核心词，然后再滔滔不绝的表述出来。我们中文能够这么做是因为这是我们娴熟的母语，比如说别人问我：“你昨天去哪里了？”，我如果去了人民广场，那么人民广场就是我大脑中闪现出来的核心词，然后我说“我昨天人民广场瞎逛了，啥也没买，不过好多人啊，美女都杂堆了”。我们在英语方面可能还没这么娴熟，慢慢来，先把最核心的东西用最简单的方式表达出来。
How to achieve more profits?
关键词：交易额 ↑ 成本 ↓
To achieve higher profits, we need to improve our sales revenue while reduce our cost.
如果是母语国家的人，可能延伸的更加丰富：How to achieve higher profits? I guess it depends, like, first we have to make sure our sales revenue is getting high, which means more customers are buying our products, and at the same time, we also have to come up with ideas to reduce our cost, which will likely to further enlarge our profit margin…..
Why English is important for MBA?
关键词：MBA英文教学 √ 就职 √
It’s because, first of all, we need English to better learn our MBA classes, secondly, English will be important for us to get a better job in the future.
让我们一起来做练习：
1) How did you spend your Spring Festival?
Spring festival is the most important festival for Chinese people, there are many activities which can do, firstly, I will visit relative and have dinner with them, and secondly I will watch the spring festival gala evening on CCTV.
关键词： 团聚 会友 TV
提示：团聚 family reunion
2) What is the difference between a manager and a leader?
关键词： 领导者：战略！ 管理者：执行！
提示：a，制定战略：make a strategy b，执行：execution
I think the difference between a manager and a leader is that the manager will make a strategy, and the leader will do the execution.
3) What qualifications is a manager supposed to have?
自信心 √ 情商EQ √ 分析能力和专业知识 √ 任务分工和时间管理 √
I believe the confidence is most important to a manager, meanwhile, EQ, analytical skill, domain knowledge, time management skill and task distribution are also pay a very important role.
4) Why did Wall-Mart fail to grow big in China?
关键词： × CN消费习惯 卫星管理 ×in CN
提示：a，shopping habits b，satellites-based global management system
5) What shall we do to promote the development in western regions?
关键词： 人才→西 ↑基建 优惠政策√
提示：a，encourage talents b，infrastructure c，preferential policies
6) Why don you want to apply for a MBA degree?
关键词：↑管理知识 转行√
提示：a，management knowledge b，change career
3. 表达过程中的几个原则
1) 顺译的原则
大脑中不管想到什么，不要太在意整个句子的顺序安排，只要大体还遵循语法的规则，就按照我们的思路顺着表达出来，既可以节约时间，也可以减少停顿。
现在上海的汽车越来越多，说明人们的收入水平也越来越高。但是过多的车辆造成了严重的交通堵塞，我想政府应该管管这个事情了。
Now Shanghai’s cars are getting more and more, it means that people’s income is becoming higher and higher. But too many cars caused serious traffic jams. I think the government should do something about it.
With people’s income continuously increasing, the number of cars in shanghai has witnessed rapid growth these years. Yet, the excessive growth of cars has led to serious traffic jams, and it’s time for the government
据我所知，宝洁有100多个市场研究人员，专门研究中国的消费者购物习惯。但是，你要是去51job等招聘网站，看一看国美的招聘信息，全部是招聘什么采购经理，市场部唯一招聘的可能就是促销人员，几乎没有市场调研的岗位。
2) 分拆的原则
当你大脑中的句子比较长，很难短时间理顺的话，不妨将他们分拆成几个小的简单的句子表达出来，中间使用and，but，so等简单连词串起来，而不需要去斟酌句子的结构。
我觉得这个案例中这家公司留不住人的主要原因是这家公司根本没有把员工当成是最重要的资产，同时也缺乏有效的激励机制让员工热情地工作。
I think, in this case, this company can not retain the employees, because it doesn’t treat employees as the most important asset, and…also…it doesn’t have a good incentive system, and……so…people don’t work hard.
3) 替换的原则
价格战只会造成两败俱伤。
Price war will only make both parties lose.
我觉得，案例中这个经理不太信任自己的下属，什么事情都亲自上马，不知道分权的技巧，结果自己筋疲力尽，员工却很冷漠；另外呢，他也不太清楚如何合理的分配工作，结果员工也很迷茫，不知道目标是什么。
I think, in this case, the manager doesn’t trust his people，and do everything himself. He doesn’t know how to give power to them, so….he is very tired, but his people don’t care. What’s more, he also doesn’t know how to divide jobs, so…his people don’t know what to do, and don’t know the target.
除了以上的3个原则之外，我们还要尽量使用简单的词汇，使用简单的句型。我们的目标是把想法表达出来，因此无须过度在意表达的优美。
二.面试问答
traditional topics :
1. 自我介绍
2. 教育背景
3. 工作经验
4. 你的长处和短处是什么？
5. 在空余时间有什么爱好？
6. 为什么以前曾经辞职？
7. 过去工作中最大的成就是什么？
8. 你的上司和同事如何评价你？
9. 结婚了吗？有没有孩子？简要介绍一下你的家庭？
10. 如果面试失败，你会如何？
11. 为什么报考MBA？
12. 为什么选择交大？
13. 你了解同济吗？
14. 你认为你做一个MBA学生合格吗？
15. 你对于MBA详细的学习计划？
16. 你认为你会在MBA学习中受益吗？
17. 你在将来5年的职业规划如何？
18. 工作经验对于MBA来说重要吗？
19. 如何看待英语在MBA中的重要性的？
20. MBA毕业后一定会找到更好的工作吗？

New topics and possibly related issues.
21. How do you get to work ? Are you a commuter? What do you about the traffic in Shanghai ?
No, I’m not a commuter. I get to work by riding electric bicycle. The traffic in shanghai is very busy, and it will be worse because the number of car are increasing rapidly these years.
22. How do you commute to work? What do you think of the public transportation system in shanghai ?
23. what kind of impact do you think globalization is having on the working environment ?
I think the following three impacts are worth of our consideration, firstly, globalization require employees to have good English skill so that can communicate with foreign colleagues or partner. Secondly, globalization makes our working environment to be more challenging, because we need to know the different culture in the different country.
24. where is your company located ?
25. How do you think 2008 Olympics is going to impact Chinese economy?
26. why do you think Olympics happened in Beijing While 2010 World Expo is going to be held in Shanghai ?
27. how do you think the financial crisis is going to affect the Chinese economy?
28. what do you think of peasant workers in shanghai ?
29. what do you think Obama as the new president of the USA?
30. why

1 自我介绍
² Where are you born?
² Where did you have your education?
² Your working history?
² Your family?
² Your personal hobbies?

1. I was born in Anhui luan in 1980, a city which is famous for its history.
2. I graduated from Anhui University and get the bachelor degree, with the major of Tourism Management After my graduation, I joined DANA company ,it was a sales of coffee company, My position, sales represative, develop Shanghai's hotel market for 2 years .
Then, for some reasons, I changed my job to another company,NANHUA electrilic company, and took the position of sales represative too. My responsibility is to build the brand, promote sales, conduct marketing programs, and maintain public relations. two years later, According to my performance was promoted to Department Manager.
3. Last year, I made the decision to pursue a MBA degree. I did this because I felt more and more desired to improve my management knowledge and abilities as my job becomes increasingly challenging.
4. I’m married now, I got a nice wife and a loving little kid.
Important structures
² I was born in_______,
² I graduated from ______ University, with the major of________
² After my graduation, I join _________ company, and started working as a _____________
² I’m responsible for____________
² For some reasons, I changed my job to___________,
² I took the position of________, and was responsible for__________
² I was promoted to___________ X years ago, based on my performance.

2 教育背景
Tell me your educational background in details
I got my Bachelor’s Degree (College Degree) from Anhui University in 2000, and my major was tourist Administration. This major aims to teaching the students economic and management knowledge, and train them the ability of solving economic problems. We had a wide range of courses during college, such as economics, mathematics, marketing, accounting and so on.
Besides my own major, I also took other courses like Computer Science.
I also actively took part in various campus and social activities. during which my practical abilities were improved a lot.
Above all, my college has offered me a solid theoretical foundation, which proved to be very beneficial to my later career development.

Important structure
² This major aims to teach us____________
² I had many courses in college, but I particularly like______, because_________
² My grades were ________ in college
² I actively took part in many activities, such as________
Important words to remember
Bachelor’s Degree
College Degree
Courses
Major
Take part in
Diligent
Campus and social activities
Grades
Practical ability
Award
Theoretical foundation
Scholarship
Beneficial
Career development

Important structure
² I have been working for _____ years since my graduation from college
² I started my first job in________, and my position was______, responsible for______
² My job was appreciated, and I was awarded___________
² The biggest accomplishment during my work is that__________
² My management experience and personal ability have been improved a lot.

3 你的长处和短处是什么？
Your own strengths:
MY biggest strength is tenacity .ALL my past employers and businesss associates have said I am tenacious.I have to see a project through to the finish no matter what challenges I encounter along the way. I always give whatever it takes to complete the job . which will help me a lot during my MBA;
Your own weaknesses:
I prefer to see a project through from start to finish ,so I sometimes find it a little frustrating to work a single component and not have something to contribute to all the important aspects of a project

4 在空余时间有什么爱好？
There are a lot of things that I do in my free time. As people say, all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy, and I perfectly understand the importance of relaxation after work.

I like sports very much and football is my biggest favorite. It’s always great to get together with my mates on weekends, and keep running around the ground for a few hours. It makes me physically stronger and totally refreshed.
I also like reading much. Not too many people today can really sit down and read a book for more than 2 hours every day. But as I think, reading is a rewarding hobby, as it can make you mentally smarter.
One more thing, I like to travel around. I enjoy talking to new people and get to know new customs and places.
核心句型，因果逻辑
My biggest hobby is sports, because it can make me physically stronger.
Traveling is my biggest hobby because_______________
I also like computer games a lot, because_______________

5 过去工作中最大的成就是什么？
Actually, my past work experience is a chain of failures and achievements!
Yet, talking about the biggest achievement, I think it was 3years ago, when I was the Manager of The fourth business department
The problem facing the department at that time is only a few customers, sales less. In order to make the situation better, I worked hard with my mates for a year, al last We achieve our goal
The job was well done, and we successfully had sales increase of 80%. It was because of this that I was promoted to Product manager
² Talking about my biggest achievement, I think it was_____ when I was________
² The company is troubled with__________
² To make the situation better, we_________
² We successfully____________

6 你的上司和同事如何评价你？
They would say I’m a self-starter ,highly motivated. energetic and goal-oriented ,but also cooperative and a team player. I have good communication skills and get along well with other people
7 结婚了吗？有没有孩子？简要介绍一下你的家庭？
There are 5 members in my family: father, mother, my wife ,my son and I. My father is a doctor. He has been working for more than 30 years and has devoted himself so much to the health progress of my hometown. My father is the one who has the most profound influence on me. My mother has retired and help us take care my child. My wife is working in the goverment. I’m lucky that I have such a warm and loving family, and they’ve given me so much unconditional love.

8 如果面试失败，你会如何？
1.If I fail to be admitted, that proves I need to overcome my shortcomings and get improved.
2. However, I still take it chance preciously. I still appreciate this interview. Thank for this chance.
3. I will also apply for MBA program next year. At that time I hope my performance will satisfy you
9 为什么报考MBA？
Well, it was 2 years ago that I had the thought that I wanted to pursue a MBA degree.
First of all, as I got higher on the position ladder, and assumed bigger responsibility, I began to feel that my management ability was gradually pulling me back in my career development.
Second, I take MBA because I want to have a career change. I started working as sales engineer 5 years ago. I know how to develop new products, but I’m not very good at marketing these products and convert them into profits. That’s why I hope MBA would help me in this respect.

pursue a MBA degree

position ladder

assume bigger responsibility

management ability

pulling me back

career development

career change

develop new products

10 为什么选择交大？
² I choose Jiao tong /Tong ji University because it’s the most suited to me.
² Jiao tong /Tong ji University has a long and brilliant academic history.
² It’s my personal preference to study in Jiao tong /Tong ji University.
² It has always been famous for its business education.
² Its teachers are the best and greatly experienced in teaching.
² Teaching methods are diverse and interesting.
² It has been actively involved in international academic exchanges.
² Its MBA program is global-oriented.
² It also has advanced teaching facilities.
² There is a good learning atmosphere here.
² All those these appeal to me very much.
² I heard Jiao tong /Tong ji University is particularly good at marketing, which is what I want to concentrate in my MBA study.

most suited

academic exchanges

brilliant academic history

global-oriented

personal preference

advanced teaching facilities

famous for its business education

learning atmosphere

experienced in teaching

appeal to

Teaching methods

learning schedule

11 你了解交大吗？
JIAODA /TONGJI University is one of the oldest and one of the most famous universities in China.
Over the years, it has been dedicated to foster high quality students for the economic growth of our country. Right now, JIAODA University has been put priority of higher learning education development in China.
It has advanced teaching facilities and best talented teachers from both at home and