第十二部分：难以回答的问题(5～7问)

        问：告诉我，你最不喜欢的经理或者教授是什么样的。?

　　答：嗯，从经理的角度来说，我十分幸运。我与我的教授们没什么过节。我走出大学校门的第一份工作是和一个难相处的经理一起工作。假如你走进他办公室向他请教，他会感到你在打扰他工作。所以，我们反而学会了互相帮助。我并不是说我很不喜欢他，因为在很多方面，他的确是个好经理，但我却宁愿他和我们多接近并给予我们更多的指点。?

　　回答这个问题有点像穿越布满地雷的雷区一样，所以要当心！记住面试官并不是想了解你以前的上司，他或她想了解的是你对他们的评价。虽然面试官也许会引诱你去批评你以前的上司，但这样做会产生许多问题。尽管你的说法是完全真实和公平的，但面试官会认为你要么是与别人相处得不好，要么就是纯粹在指责别人。在这种困境中最好的解决方法就是选择一个并不太反面的例子，简单地提及它，然后，把回答的重点放在你从这些经历中学到了什么。

?　Q:Tell me about your least?favorite manager or professor.

　　A:Well, I?ve been pretty fortunate as far as managers go, and I didn?t have any problems with my professors. In my first job out of college I worked with a manager who was pretty inaccessible¹. If you walked into his office to ask a question, you got the sense that you were bothering him, so we just learned to get help from each other instead. I wouldn't say he was my least?favorite manager, because he was a good manager in a lot of ways, but I would have preferred that he'd made himself more available to us and given us more direction.?

　　问：你遇到过的雇主中，谁最严厉，为什么？?

　　答：那该是富兰克林协会的汉森女士了。当忙碌的时候，她会把人推向极限，而且她对细节要求严格。但是她总是很公正，并且会奖励工作做得好、勤劳的人。她是一个严格的老板，但也是一个好老板。

　　再一次提醒你，无论如何你也要避免对你前任的老板作任何否定的评价。像这位应聘者那样，绕过问题，回答积极乐观的一面。??

　　Q:Who's the toughest employer you?ve ever had, and why?

　　A:That would be Ms. Henson at Franklin Associates. She'd push people to their limits when things got busy, and she was a stickler² for detail. But she was always fair, and she rewarded good, hard work. I'd call her a tough boss, but a good boss.? ?

　　问：你是如何处理与老板之间的紧张关系的？?

　　答：我惟一感到的紧张那次就是我们都很忙碌，以致于无法互相了解对方的情况。我的老板不知道我正与另一位顾客因某些问题而纠缠不清，要求我在短期内完成大量的工作。我坚信员工会议的重要性，同事间应了解并尊重相互之间的时间需求。?

　　在这里，最安全的做法就是举一个例子，说明你与你的老板产生误会时，你是如何去解决的。面试官想了解你是怎样避免类似的问题再次发生的。??

　　Q:How do you handle tension with your boss?

　　A:The only tension I?ve ever felt was once when we both got too busy to keep each other informed.My boss overcommitted me with a short deadline,not knowing that I was bogged³ down with another client problem.I believe firmly in the importance of staff meetings so that coworkers can respect the demands on each other's time.