3. 你有什么缺点?
经典回答举例:
(1) 我的公开演讲能力比较差,在公共场合讲话的时候我会感到紧张不安,不过谈论我熟悉的领域我会比较放松。所以当我需要做公开发言的时候,我必须要准备得很充分。我确实羡慕那些无论什么话题都能够高谈阔论的人。
英文回答:I am not a great public speaker. When speaking in public I feel uncomfortable unless the topic is familiar. So I have to be well prepared before giving a presentation. I do admire those who can talk about anything any time.
(2) 我觉得我的一个缺点是说话太多,总急于表达自己的观点,我同学说我有些好为人师,爱出风头。我的确注意到,由于自己说得太多,就会忽略听别人的意见。所以我在笔记本上写了一句话:“少说多听”!结果有些滑稽,即使我觉得自己说得很少,我的同事也会说:“恩,你挺活跃的!”印象是很难改变的。
英文回答:My weakness is that I talk too much. I like to express my opinions. My classmates say I am bossy and like to show off. I’ve also noticed that I don’t listen enough because I am talking too much. So I write down a reminder on my notebook, “Listen more, speak less.” But interestingly enough, even when I feel I am speaking little my co-workers still pat on my shoulder and say, “Susan, you are an active person!” The “talker”impression doesn’t go away easily.
(3) 我做事情宏观有余,细节不足。我有时候会犯一些愚蠢的错误,比方说把20##年打成20##年。去年我和同学一起策划迎新晚会的时候,我忘记了最后检查一次麦克风,结果演出半小时之前发现麦克风失灵,引起了很大的恐慌。所以我特别喜欢和注重细节的人在一起,我能从他们身上学到很多东西。
英文回答:I pride myself on being a 'big picture' guy, but I have to admit I sometimes miss small details. Sometimes I make stupid date and number errors, like typing 20## when it’s 2005! Once I forgot to final-check the microphone when I was in charge of the Welcome Party and caused great panic when it was found to be silent only half an hour before the show began. So I do love to hang out with the “detail”persons. I can learn a lot from them.
(4) 我有时候急于求成,或者说做事爱急躁。一旦接手一个任务,总是想要尽快把它赶完,东北话把这个毛病称做“恨活儿”。可能您觉得我故意把缺点说成优点,不过我确实觉得“恨活儿”是个很大的缺点。所谓欲速则不达,忙中出错,比方说我刚工作的时候替老板打一份加急报告,心急火燎地弄完了,结果被臭骂一顿,因为有几处不可原谅的拼写错误,有一个我到现在还记着,把“试图”打成了“屎突”,也不知道电脑怎么会自动生成这个单词,把我害惨了, 回头再检查改错还不如第一遍做的时候细致一些。所以我总是提醒自己:第一遍做好了,不返工。
英文回答:I do things in a haste sometimes. I am eager to finish a task once I start doing it. It looks like a strength but it can be a big weakness at work. Haste makes waste. Great haste makes great waste. For example, when I started working for my current boss last year I once made a ridiculous mistake in an urgent report. I typed “shit out” instead of “try to” for the two phrases have exactly the same spelling. So now I often remind myself, Do it right, Don’t do it over.
(5) 我有时候会设立不切实际的目标,比方说一个月减肥10公斤,一个小时把表格打出来。其实这么高目标很难完成,不过我仍然喜欢定高目标,没有高目标好象就没有动力似的。不过,我的老板有时候会批评我做计划不够实际。
英文回答:I set unrealistic goals sometimes. For example, lose 10kg in a month, or finish typing a form in an hour. The truth is that I know they are hard to achieve even when I am setting them, but I can’t resist doing so for I need to be motivated by aiming high. But my boss sometimes criticizes me for being unrealistic when making plans.
(6) 我的缺点是容易受到周围人和周围环境的影响,比方说,大家都学习我也就学得很拼命,大家纷纷找兼职,我也开始做兼职。我发现自己很难改掉这种从众心理,所以我特别希望自己能加入腾讯,因为据传说,腾讯的企业文化是特别积极向上,而且,虽然我比较从众,但我并不缺少腾讯所需要的创新精神。
英文回答:I am likely to be influenced by the environment. I study hard when I find everybody else studying hard, and I start looking for a part-time job when I find others talking about how important it is! I find it very hard to break this habit of being influenced by others, so I particularly want to join Tengxun. As far as I know Tengxun is famous for the active corporate culture. I’d like to add that though I am a follower, I don’t lack innovative thinking which is what you need.