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The Interview

Preparing for a job interview, and the one question that was not on the list.

Preparation and reflection: wèile, jǐnguǎn, and the pattern yuánlái … for discovering how something really was. The interview questions are written in the polite register used at work.

为了(wèile)这(zhè)次(cì)面试(miànshì)，我(wǒ)准备(zhǔnbèi)了(le)一个星期(yígexīngqī)。我(wǒ)把(bǎ)可能(kěnéng)会(huì)问(wèn)的(de)问题(wèntí)都(dōu)写(xiě)下来(xiàlai)，每天(měitiān)对(duì)着(zhe)镜子(jìngzi)练习(liànxí)回答(huídá)。

面试(miànshì)那(nà)天(tiān)，我(wǒ)提前(tíqián)半个小时(bàngexiǎoshí)到(dào)了(le)公司(gōngsī)。尽管(jǐnguǎn)准备(zhǔnbèi)得(de)很(hěn)充分(chōngfèn)，进(jìn)门(mén)的(de)时候(shíhou)我(wǒ)还是(háishi)很(hěn)紧张(jǐnzhāng)。

前面(qiánmian)的(de)几个(jǐge)问题(wèntí)都(dōu)和(hé)我(wǒ)准备(zhǔnbèi)的(de)差不多(chàbuduō)，我(wǒ)回答(huídá)得(de)比较(bǐjiào)顺利(shùnlì)。最后(zuìhòu)，经理(jīnglǐ)问(wèn)我(wǒ)：“你(nǐ)最(zuì)大(dà)的(de)缺点(quēdiǎn)是(shì)什么(shénme)？”

这个(zhège)问题(wèntí)我(wǒ)没有(méiyǒu)准备(zhǔnbèi)。我(wǒ)想(xiǎng)了(le)一会儿(yíhuìr)，就(jiù)直接(zhíjiē)说(shuō)了(le)：我(wǒ)有时候(yǒushíhou)做事(zuòshì)太(tài)慢(màn)，因为(yīnwèi)常常(chángcháng)想(xiǎng)多(duō)检查(jiǎnchá)几(jǐ)遍(biàn)。

没想到(méixiǎngdào)，经理(jīnglǐ)说(shuō)这(zhè)不一定(bùyídìng)是(shì)缺点(quēdiǎn)。一个星期(yígexīngqī)以后(yǐhòu)，公司(gōngsī)通知(tōngzhī)我(wǒ)，我(wǒ)被(bèi)录取(lùqǔ)了(le)。原来(yuánlái)，真实(zhēnshí)的(de)回答(huídá)比(bǐ)完美(wánměi)的(de)回答(huídá)更(gèng)重要(zhòngyào)。

Words: 123
Sentences: 11
Words per sentence: 11.2
in the vocabulary: 0 %
measured level: 2
Reading time: 1 min

Comprehension questions

3 questions on the text. With each answer the sentence it comes from appears — a question whose answer you cannot find in the text tests nothing.

1. How did the narrator prepare?

2. Which question had the narrator not prepared?

3. What did the narrator conclude?