第十一部分：个人兴趣和爱好(6～10问)

        问：在你所喜爱的活动中，你的个性是如何表现出来的？?

　　答：我喜欢烹饪和招待客人，这是一个销售人员的素质在我身上的体现。我喜欢与他人分享经验，而且为人爽直。我尤其不喜欢独处，总觉得我该干点什么的。

　　描述一下从工作到休息，你天生的技能与自身的价值是怎样在你所做的各种事情中表现出来的。你认为怎样才算是舒适的工作方式？例如：周到精细的个性就不同于爱冒险、爱刺激的个性。??

　　Q:How is your personality reflected in the kinds of?activities you enjoy?

　　A:I love to cook and entertain. That?s the salesman coming out in me. I love sharing experiences with people, and I'm very outgoing. I don?t particularly enjoy being alone. I always feel as if I should be doing something.??

　　问：什么业余活动有助于你将工作做得更好？?

　　答：我喜欢在午餐时间坐在户外与学生们聊天，这让我能呼吸新鲜空气，也能使学生们与我在一起时感到更舒适。这样，当有需要时，他们更乐意寻求我的帮助。

　　招聘者想知道你有发泄感情并从中得到放松的方法。几乎任何爱好或者业余活动都有助于你更有效率地工作，但如果你能直接把业余活动与工作表现联系起来，那就再好不过了。?

　　Q:What kinds of leisure¹ activities help you perform your work better?

　　A:I enjoy sitting outside during lunch and talking with students. It gives me a chance to get fresh air, but it also helps the students get comfortable with me, so they?re more likely to seek my help when they need it.? ?

　　问：你做些什么事情使自己放松？?

　　答：我有一个大家庭，周末对我来说就像度假一样。当我上班时，我集中精力工作；周末回到家时，我就把工作远远抛在脑后。我做过的最明智的事情之一就是搬到离城镇20公里的地方去，即使开车回家也可以让我放松。

　　承认休息时不去考虑工作的事情也不是一件坏事，该求职者在展现有关他个性的一些附加信息外，还让面试官知道他已为工作日储存了大量的精力。??

　　Q:What do you do to relax?

　　A:I have a great family. Weekends are like a vacation for me. When I?m at work, I focus on work, but when I'm home on weekends, work really is far from my mind.

　　One of the smartest things I did was to move twenty miles outside of town; even the drive home is relaxing.? ?

　　问：假如你发现自己精疲力竭，你将会做些什么事情来恢复精力？

　　答：我不会让自己陷入一种公式化的工作模式中直到精力耗尽，我是那种永远要求新的使命以保持自己的动力与兴趣的人。

　　你能否节制自己过度地耗费精力？你的工作效率不高时，你会发现吗？你会做些事情来对付你的压力吗？??

　　Q:If you found yourself getting burned out, what would you do to revitalize your energy?

　　A:I don?t allow myself to get involved in a routine² to the point that I get burned out. I've always been the type of person who asks for new assignments so that I stay motivated and interested.? ?

　　问：我们公司认为雇员应花时间参加社团活动，你怎么看待这种想法？

?　答：我也赞成这种想法。我前一份工作是当经理，当时，我告诉每一个雇员：他们可以每月一次在星期五下午上班的时间，为他们自愿参与的慈善团体服务，只要他们不同时在同一个星期五去就行了。出乎意料之外，生产效率一点儿也没有降低，我想星期五下午或许并不是高效率的时候。我就把下午的时间用在阅读。

　　描述一下你自愿为某社会团体或者组织作贡献的经历。你比预料中做得更好吗？你有效地运用了你的技能吗？作为一个队员你是否大公无私？说明一下你的个人兴趣是如何使你即使在没有任何报酬时，也能高效率地工作的？除了支票以外，什么动机能激励你这样工作？?

　　Q:Our company believes that employees should give time back to the community. How do you feel about it?

　　A:I believe that, too. In my last job as manager I told each of my employees that they could spend one Friday afternoon a month at a charity of their choice on company time as long as they weren?t all gone on the same Fridays. Ironically, productivity³ didn't decrease at all; they got more done in the morning—and I guess Friday afternoons weren't that productive⁴ to begin with. I've spent my afternoons with an adult reading program.