2023年外企英文面试

最全的英文面试问题加答案。不要再看只有分析没有答案的版本了^_^EnｇlishｊｏbｉnterｖiewQuestiｏnｓanｄＡnswｅrｓ"Wｈａtarｅyｏurgｏaｌsfoｒtｈｅfuｔure?"or"Wｈeｒeｄｏｙoｕseeyourselfiｎfiveｙｅａrs?＂

Ｄon'tdiｓcｕｓsyouｒｇoalsforreｔuｒninｇtｏｓchoolｏrｈavingafamilｙ,tｈeyａｒeｎoｔrelｅvaｎtａndcｏuldknockyoｕｏｕtofconｔentionforｔheｊob.Ｒatｈeｒ，yoｕwaｎtｔｏcｏnnecｔｙｏｕranｓwertｏthｅjoｂｙouareａppｌｙｉngfｏr.

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*Myｌoｎg-teｒｍgoaｌsinvolｖegrowinｇｗitｈacomｐａnywｈerｅIｃancoｎtinueｔｏｌeaｒn,takeｏnaddiｔionａｌｒesponsibiｌitｉes,andcontriｂuteasmuｃｈofｖａｌueａsIcan.

＊Iseemyｓｅlfasaｔｏｐperfｏｒｍiｎgemｐlｏｙeeｉnａweｌｌ-establｉsｈedｏrgaｎizａｔion，lｉkｅｔhｉsone.Ｉpｌａｎoneｎhａncingmｙskiｌlsandcontinｕingmyｉnｖoｌvementiｎ(relaｔed)pｒoｆessionalassoｃｉatiｏnｓ.

*OnceIgaｉｎａdditioｎａlexperience,Ｉwouldｌｉｋeｔｏmoveonfrｏmatechnicａlｐoｓitiontomanagｅｍｅnt.

*IntheXYZCorporaｔion,ｗhatｉsatypicalcaｒｅｅｒpathforsｏmｅonewｉｔhmyｓｋｉlｌsａｎｄexｐerｉences?

第一个问题一般都是这个Tｅｌlmeaboｕtｙourｓelf/Howwoｕldｙoudeｓcｒｉbeｙourｓeｌf?

Youｗaｌkinｔotheinteｒviewroom,ｓhａkｅhandｓwithｙoｕｒinteｒviewerａnｄsitdｏwnwithｙourbestinteｒｖiewinｇｓｍileｏn．Gueｓｓwｈａttｈeirfｉｒstqｕeｓtionｉs?"Tellmｅaboｕｔyourseｌf．"Ｙouriｎｔervieｗerｉsnｏtlookiｎgｆora10-minuteｄissｅｒtationhｅre．Insteaｄ,offｅrarazorshａｒpsｅntenceｏｒｔwothatseｔstｈestagｅfｏｒfurｔｈerdiscusｓionanｄsｅｔsyouaｐarｔfroｍyouｒcompetiｔors．

YourUｎｉqueＳellingＰropositioｎ（ＵSP)说出你的卖点

Givｅtｈem"yoｕrsｙｎｏpｓiｓaboutｙou"aｎｓwer,sｐecｉficaｌlyｙourUｎiｑｕeSellingPrｏposｉｔion.Kｎownasaｐersonalbrandｉｎgorａｖalue－aｄdedstａtemenｔ，thｅＵＳPisasuｃcinct,ｏne-sｅntencｅdescriptionofwhｏyoｕarｅ,yoｕｒｂｉｇgeststｒengｔhanｄtheｍajorbenefiｔtｈaｔａcｏmpanywillderｉｖeｆromtｈissｔrｅnｇth.HｅreisanｅxａｍpleoｆaＵｎiqueSellingProposiｔion："I'maseasonedRetailManageｒstrongｉnｄeveｌｏpingtrainingprogramsaｎdlｏsｓpreventiontechnｉqueｓtｈatｈａｖeresultedinｒeｖenuesavinｇsｏfoｖer＄2.3Ｍｉllioｎfｏr(ｅmｐloyｅr'ｓnamｅ)duriｎgtheｐasｔ11years．"

Whatadｉfｆeｒencｅyoｕ'veｍadｅwiththisstａｔeｍｅnt.Ｙourinｔeｒvieweriｓnowsittingforwardinheｒcｈａiｒgivingyouherfullaｔteｎｔioｎ.Atthispoint,youmigｈtaddthefollowｉnｇsｅｎtence:"I'dliketodiscusshｏwＩmightbeａbｌeｔodosomeｔhiｎｇlikethａtforyｏu."Theｂalｌisnowｂacｋiｎheｒcourtａｎｄyouhavｅthebeginninｇsofareａldiｓｃussionａndnotaｎinｔerrogａｔionprocesｓ.

“MybackgrｏｕnｄｔodatehasbeｅnｃｅｎteredarounｄprｅpaｒｉngmｙｓelftobecomeｔhevｅｒyｂestfinancialcoｎｓultantIcａnbecｏｍe．LetmetellyousｐeciｆicａllｙhoｗI'ｖepｒeｐarｅdmyselｆ．Ｉaｍaｎuｎdｅｒgｒaduateｓtudｅnｔinfinanceａndaｃcountingat____＿＿___Universｉty.Mypastexｐerieｎceｓhasbeeｎinｒetaiｌanｄｈiｇherｅｄｕcａtioｎ．Ｂｏｔhaspｅctshaveｐreｐarｅdmewellfortｈiscaｒeer.”

一方面要明确他们想了解的是哪方面的内容Dothｅywａnｔｔokｎｏwabouｔyouｒcａreerｓofaｒ,abouｔyｏurｈobbiesorｆaｍilyliｆe?Iｆｉndoｕｂｔ,ASKthｅｍtoｃｌａrifywhatthｅywisｈyoutotaｌkabout.Tｈeｎgivｅａｓｈortfａｃtualansｗｅr,eｎdingｗｉth"isthereanythiｎgｅｌseyｏu'ｄｌiｋeｔoknｏwaｂoutme?"

*Howｗouldｙoudｅｓｃriｂeyouｒｓelｆ？这个问题的答案应当是和他们的招聘广告上对于雇员的规定的基本一致，所以，看看你有哪些特质满足了他们的规定吧

Trytothiｎｋaｂｏutwhａtｔheintｅrviewｅｒｓaｒelｏoｋingforandkeeptｈisｉnmindasｙｏuansｗerinｔeｒviｅｗqｕestｉonｓ．Ｒemeｍberｔhejobadvert?Ｗｅｒｅtheｙlookingforinitiａtive,agoｏdcommunicaｔｏr,ｓoｍeonｅwｉthｇoodaｔtentionｔodetaｉl?Ｄescriｂｅyourｓeｌfinｔhｅｓeterms．Starｔwｉth"Ｉam.."anｄnotｗiｔh"Itｈink.．."ｏｒ＂Ibelieve.."ｓothatyousoundselfaｗａreandｃonfidenｔ.---－---－--－----－－－---------－－---－-－－------－-－－--－-－-－－－--－－Ｗｈｅnyou'reinｔervieｗingforaninternａlpoｓiｔionwithｉnｙourcompaｎy,yoｕmayｂeａskｅdwhatyoｕwilｌdoifyoudｏn＇ｔgeｔｔhejoｂ.Theiｎｔｅｒviewerwａntstoknowwhethｅryouaｒeｃoｎcerｎeｄaboutjusｔtｈeaｄvancemｅnｔopｐoｒtunityoｒthｅcｏｍpany.内部职位竞聘常会被问到假如你没有得到这份工作的话你将会怎么办的问题。

最佳答案Iａmcｏmmitteｄｔothiｓcｏmpanyａndｉtsaｄvanｃｅmentso,ｓhoｕldInotbｅｓelｅｃｔed,Ｉwilｌｗoｒkｗｉｔhandsuｐｐorｔwhoeveｒmightgetselectｅd．Ｈｏwever,Idofeeｌtｈatmyｅxｐeｒｉenceiｎthedepartmｅｎtaｎdwiｔhtｈｅｔeａmｗouldmａｋｅmethebestｃａndidate

Howｗoulｄyourbossdescribeyｏu?

Iｆｙｏuｇｅtthｅjｏb,yoｕrintervieｗｅrmaｙbｅyourfｕtｕreｂosssｏyouneedtoanｓｗerthisquｅstｉoncarｅfuｌｌy.Ｄｅｓcribｅyourselfａｓａnyboｓｓwouldwaｎttoｓeｅyou.Ｙouｍiｇｈtｓay:

＂Ｍｙbｏsswoulddeｓcriｂemｅａsｈａrdworking,loｙａｌ,ｆrｉendlｙandcｏｍｍitteｄ.HewouldｓaythａｔIｗoｒkｗellｏnmyowninｉｔiａｔiveandｄeｌiｖｅｒwhathewantsontimeａndtoahｉghｓtandard＂．

Agａin,ｄoｎ’ｔusetheterm“Ｉthinkmybosｓwｏuldsay..”asitｇｉvｅsaｎｅleｍentofdouｂt.Ｂeposiｔivｅaｎdcertainｗiththeｉnｔerｖiｅwaｎsｗeryｏugｉve．

＊Ｗhａtmotivateｓyou?Iammｏtivatｅｄｂybeｉｎｇaｒoundｏtherｐosiｔiｖｅpｅｏpｌe,wｅｍiｇhtquesｔioniｆwoｒｋingalonewouｌdsuitｔhem.Iammotｉvateｄbytargetｓ.

＊Whatdoyoｕｌookfoｒｉnajob？

Ｔhisiｓreallyaｑｕesｔionaboutｓuitaｂiｌity，ｔｈoughｗe'veinｃludedithｅre.Rｅmｅmbeｒtheａdvｅrt?Focusoｎtheadverｔｃriterｉａaｎｄｙｏuｗoｎ＇tgｏfarwrong.Fｏrｅxample,ifthｅａｄvｅrｔcalledｆorsomeonetoleａdotheｒs，youmiｇhtsay:

"IlikeａｊobwhereIｃａｎｌｅadaｎｄｍotivatｅoｔｈersanｄenjoｙｓeeingiｍprｏveｍｅnｔsintｅamperｆｏｒmance".

Iftheａdvｅｒtcalｌｅdfｏｒatarｇｅt－focusedindividual,youｍightｓａy:

"Iｌikehaｖｉnｇｔargets.Ｔhｅｙｅncoｕｒagemetｏｓtrｅtcｈmyｓｅlfandbｅatthem！"

*Ｗｈaｔisyoｕrpｅrsｏnalｍissｉonstａtementoｒmotｔo?

Noｔeｖeryｏnehasone,butbｅｃaｕｓeyｏuｍｉghtbeaｓｋed，thinkｗhatyoursｗouldbe.

＂Ｊｕstdoiｔ!"

"Rightｆｉrsttｉme,everｙtｉｍe"．

"Leｓsｔaｌk,ｍorｅactiｏｎ"．

"Tｒeatotheｒsasyou'dwｉshtｏbetreaｔed＂.

"Fortｕｎeｆaｖouｒsthｅbrave".

＂Ｑuality,ｑualiｔｙ,quａｌity..．＂.

Ouraｄvｉｃｅ:Thisｉsonｅｏfthosｅtimeｓwheｎｗeaｓkcandｉdatestoexplaintｈeiｒaｎsweｒstoouｒinteｒｖieｗqueｓtｉoｎs.So,whatｅvｅryｏusay,ｉt'ｓlikelyyou'llbeaskedtｏgiveaｒeasｏｎoｒexamplesohaveｏｎeiｎmiｎｄ．Foｒmｏstｊobｓ，yｏuwanttosｏundｐosｉtiｖeandｍotｉvated，butpｏｓsiblynotrｕthlesｓoｒｉｎcｏnsidｅrａte.

*Whatdoyｏｕeｎｊoymostaｂoutwｈaｔyouｄonｏw？

"IrｅallyｅｎjｏｙtheｔｅchniｃａlnaｔureoftｈejｏbａndtｈespeｅdａtwhｉcｈI'mａbｌetofixfａuｌts.Ｉgetａlotoｆsatisfactionfｒoｍgeｔtiｎgｐeopｌebacｋｔowoｒkassoonａｓｐosｓiblｅ".

Iｆworkｉngaspaｒtofatｅamisｍenｔｉｏneｄａｓarequiｒemenｔofｔhejob,ｙoumｉｇhｔanswer:

＂Irｅallyｅnｊoybｅｉngpａｒｔｏfateam．Ｉlｉkeitwheｎtｈeｔeampullｓtogetｈerｔｏachiｅvesomeｔhiｎganｄｅｖeryonecａntakesomecredｉｔ＂.

*Whａtdｏyouenjoｙｌｅａstaｂoutyｏurｃurreｎｔrｏle?

Agｏodintervｉewａｎｓｗeｒmigｈｔgoｓｏｍｅthingｌikeｔhｉs:

＂Ａctually，IenjoyｅvｅrythingaｂｏｕtwhａｔIdo.IsuｐposeｉfＩhａdtogivｅsoｍethinguｐ,itｗouｌdbｅ..."

Tｈｅ'sometｈinｇ'depｅｎdsoｎyoｕ,ｂutit＇ｓbesttｏｍeｎtionsｏｍeｔhinｇincidentaltoｙｏｕrｊob，liｋeadｍinorpapｅrwｏｒk.Soyoｕｍightsaｙ:

"I＇mnｏtsｕｒe(pａuse)．ＩsｕppｏseifIhadｔｏpicksｏmethingtｏgiveupitwｏuldbｅｐaperwork.Ikｎoｗit'simｐorｔａnt,anｄＩdｏiｔweｌl，ｂutiｆｓomeoｎｅeｌseｄidiffｏrme，thatwouldbeｇreａt!"

*Ｗhyｄoyouwaｎttoｌｅaveyouｒcurrentjob/cｏmｐaｎy?

Ifyou'reａpｐｌｙingforamoreｓeniorｊob,youmightanswer:

"ＩrｅａllyeｎjoｙwhaｔIdｏ,ｂutＩ＇ｍreａｄyfoｒmorerespoｎsibｉｌitｙandcｈaｌlengｅｗｈichyourｊoｂoffers.Ｕnｆｏｒtunatｅly,ｍyｃurｒenｔjoｂ/eｍploｙercan'ｔgivｅmethis．"

Iftｈｉsisn＇tthｅreason,useｙourｓｉnsteaｄ,ｂutａlwaysbepｏsiｔiｖeinyｏuｒanswerstotoｕghinｔｅrviewquesｔion

*Whatdｏyouｔhｉnkｏfyｏurcurrentbｏss？

"Myｃｕrrentboｓｓisgreａt．Hesetstheteamcｈalｌｅｎgｉngｂutreaｌiｓticｔargetsanｄmoｔivatｅsｕstoachｉeveｔhem．．."

＂Ｍycurrenｔboｓｓisｖｅrygｏod.Sｈedeaｌｓwiｔｈherteamfiｒmlｙbｕtｆaiｒlｙａndenjoｙsｏｕrreｓpectｂecauｓeoｆtｈis．．.＂

Ｉｆyourcuｒreｎtbossisnotgreat,ａndyoｕarepreｐaredtoanswｅrｍoreｉnteｒｖiewquｅsｔｉonsabouｔthis,ｓayｓo，bｕtｄobalancｅeacｈcｒiｔiｃｉsmｗithapositivepoint．Rｅｍembｅrtheneedtｏaｐpearpositｉｖeinyｏuｒａnsｗerstoｉnterｖiewｑuｅｓｔions．Ｙoｕmiｇｈtsaｙ：

"Mycurrentbosｓhaｓstrenｇｔhｓandwｅａｋneｓseｓ.Hｅisverygｏoｄatliｓtenｉｎｇtoｐeｏplｅbｕtsｏmｅtimｅs,ｉnｍｙvｉｅw,dｏeｓn＇tdｅａlwithｕnｄerｐｅrformeｒsfｉrmlyenough．Ｔｈisafｆｅctsteaｍｍoraleｓｏmeｔｉmes．．."

*Whatwillyoumissabouｔyourｐresentjob?

Ｐｅｏpleｉsthebestinteｒｖｉewanswerherｅ.Sayanythinｇelｓeanｄyｏu＇ｒesuggｅstｉngthejobyｏu'ｒeaｐpｌyingfoｒwon'ｔｇｉvｅyoueｖerｙthiｎgyｏｕhaｄａndmoｒｅ，aｎdmigｈtevenleaveyoｕwantｉng!Asｙｏutｈiｎｋaboutanswｅｒsｔoiｎterviewｑuｅstioｎs,aｌwaｙsｈａveinmiｎdthｅnｅeｄtocrｅateapositｉvｅｉｍｐｒeｓsioｎ.

"WellI'mconfidenｔthａttheｊｏbyou＇ｒeoｆｆｅｒｉngwilｌｇiｖemeeverｙthingIhavenowandmｏresoＩdon'tｔhiｎkI'llmissanythiｎgaｂoutthｅjobｉｔself.ＢｕtＩ'lｌmｉssｓｏmeofthepeopｌｅofcourｓｅ...＂

*WｈatｃａnyｏuｔellmeabouｔXYZCｏｍpany?

Ｉfｙouneedtｏ,sｔartbysａyiｎg"IsitoｋiｆIreｆｅrtoｍyｎoteｓ?＂.Wｈenyｏugeｔｔhenoｄ,offｙｏugｏ．

AgooｄinｔerｖiewaｎswerｓhｏuldiｎcｌｕdeｓhoｒtfａｃtuaｌstａtｅmentsｃｏveriｎｇsｕcｈthinｇsaｓtheCompaｎy＇sｈistoｒy，ｉtｓproｄucts,staffｎumbers,ｔuｒｎoverａnｄfｕtｕｒeｂuｓinessｏｂjecｔives.Sometｈinｇlｉkｅthｉｓｉsfine:

"IbｅlievetｈeCoｍpanybｅganiｎ１967，ｗithjustｏｎeoutlet，ｂｕtnoｗhas25.FromwｈatI'ｖereａd，youseｌlA,ＢａndCproducｔsacrosｓＥｕropｅanｄtheStatesandｈaveaturnoｖｅrｉnexcessｏｆ＄5mｉllｉoｎ.Ｙｏuｅmploｙ12５staｆf.ＩｂeｌeiveyoｕhopｅtoenterthｅAsｉanｍaｒｋeｔby20２3"．

"I＇ｖｅdonｅｓomerｅsearcｈａndｃantellyoｕmoreifyｏｕlikｅ＂.

Ｙｏuｗilllikeｌyhｅａr＂Ｎo,thaｔ'sｆine．Ｔｈａnkyou．＂

Ｙｏurinterviewｅrswｉｌｌbeimpｒessedthａtyoupｒｅparｅｄandmａdenotesaｎｄyou＇rｅofftoａgｏoｄｓtart．

*WｈatｄoｙoｕthinkXYZＣompanycanofｆeｒｙou?

Thereaｒetwｏｂitstothisiｎｔeｒviewｑueｓtion,tｈｅrｏleandtｈｅCompany．Ｍｅnｔｉonboth．Youmighｔsａy:

"I'ｍｔoｌdｔhｅCompanyhasafirmcommitｍenｔtoindｉvｉdｕaltrａiningａnｄｄevelｏpmｅｎｔ.ThiｓiｓｇreatｎewsformｅbecaｕseＩ'mkeeｎtoｌeａrｎandadvancｅintheCompany.ThｅｒｏｌeitseｌfappeaｒｓchaｌlｅｎgingandrewａrdiｎｇwhichＩ'llfindvｅｒｙmoｔivatｉｎg".

*Ifyｏu'resｕccessfｕl，ｗｈatdoyouthｉnｋｙou'lｌbｅdoｉnｇdａy－to-dａy?

Yｏuｍiｇhｔsｔaｒｔｂyｓａyiｎg"IuｎderstandｔhatI'ｌｌbe．.．".Ｔheｎyｏucouldtalkabouttｈeｍainroｌe,ａnｙoｔhｅraｃｔivitiｅsandaｎytargetsyouexｐecｔtoｂegｉven.

Whaｔareｙoｕrｓtｒengｔhs/weakneｓses？

IＭＰOＲTＡNT--tｈisｃommonｊoｂintｅrvieｗquｅｓtiｏｎｃａｎbeaｓkediｎmanｙdifｆeｒentｗays,sｕchas"Ｗhaｔｑuaｌiｔieｓdoyｏuadｍireinotherｓｔhaｔyｏuwouldｌikeｔodevelｏpｉｎｙourself?"

Stｒｅnｇthsshouldbｅeasｙenoughtothinkａbout（ｋeepthepositioｎinmind).

Taｌｋｉngaboutweaknesｓｅscaｎｂeｈardｅｒｂutgｏｏdintervｉewａｎｓwersａrｅstｉlｌpossible．Ｍanｙｐeoplechoｏsetoｍｅnｔioｎsoｍetｈingｗｈｉchthey＇ｖeｒｅcｏgnizedaｓbeingaweaknｅsｓbuthaｖeovercoｍe.

"Ｉ'dｌiketobｅmoreｏrgａnized,likeoｎeofmycolleagｕeｓ．Shedoeｓn'tｈaveｔotｒｙ.ButbecａuｓeIｄon'tfiｎｄitaseasｙashｅr,Ｉｕsｅｔｏ-ｄoliｓｔsａndadiarytoｈeｌｐmesuｃcｅssfuｌlymaｎaｇemyｗork".

Oｎaｆinaｌnote,ｉt'ｓmuchsafｅrｔoｈighliｇhtyｏuｒlackofeｘperienｃeorknowｌedｇeasａweakｎessthaｎaｆａuｌtinｙourｐｅrsonaliｔy．Emｐloyerｓcanalwaｙsgiｖeｙouexpeｒiｅncｅｂutfeｗwanttohelpyｏuｏverｃoｍｅshoｒtcomingsiｎyoｕrpｅrsonality！Soavoidtellｉngintervｉｅweｒｓtｈatｙｏu"ｇetbored"or"tｏoｉｎvｏｌｖed＂oｒ＂fｒustｒatｅd"！

Whydidyoutｈｉｎkｙouaｒｅｓuitedｔoｔｈisjoｂ?

Whattheｙarereallyasｋingｉs"Yoｕknowwhatｗeareloｏkingｆorsocanｙｏｕｔelluswｈatyouhaｖｅdｏneｏrwhatyｏuｈａvｅ,thaｔｉｓｒｅleｖant."

Ｗhｙsｈoulｄｗeｇｉveｔheｊobtoyouabｏｖｅotheraｐplicａｎts?

Thisｉsoftｅnｏｕrclosｉngqｕesｔｉon.Wｅwａnｔｔｏｋnow，inanuｔshell,whｙyouaｒｅthｅbestcandidateｆｏrthejｏb．Tｈisisaｃｈaｎcｅtolｉｓｔｙｏuｒbeｓtattributesａstheyrelateｔoｔｈｅvacａncy．Ｄon'tbeｃocky,ｂｕtdoｎ'ｔbesｈy.\

*Ｈowwｅlldｏｙouwｏrｋｕnｄerpｒｅssuｒｅ?

“Ｉknoｗtｈatalｌｊobｓinvolveｓomesortofpreｓｓuｒｅatsomｅtｉme.

IcａｎｗorｋasｗellunｄerpresｓureasIdoaｔanyotｈerｔimebutｗhenIambuｓy,Iprｉoritｉｚeaｃtivitiｅssotｈａｔmywｏrｋloａｄismａnageabｌe.”

Ｉftｈeinｔerｖieｗeｒsfocuｓonotheｒprｅssure，sｕchａsｐresｓurｅｔomeettargeｔs,dｅalingwiｔhdiｆficｕltcｕｓtomｅrsetｃ,gｉvｅanapｐropｒiatereply,mentioｎingpastｓｉｔｕationswｈerｅyｏuhａvecopedundersuchｐressurｅ.

*Wｈａtｓortofpeopleｄoyoufindiｔdｉｆｆiculttｏｗorｋｗｉtｈ?

“Iaｍaneasygｏｉｎｇpeｒｓonｗhｏｓｅeｍstoｇetonwitheveｒyoｎe.ＩfIhavｅtopｉｃｋaｔypeofpersｏnｔｈａｔbｏtｈersme,ｉt'ｓｔhｅonewhoｄoｅsn＇tｐulltheiｒwｅiｇhtｏrisｎ'twｏrrｉedabｏuｔthestandardofthｅirworkbecauseiｔｒeｆlectsbadlyontｈｅresｔoftheteam.”

*Seｌlmｅthisｐｅｎ！

Iｎintｅｒviｅwsforsaleｓｊob，yoｕmaｙhearthis,beliｅｖeｕs!Ｉnfact，oneofushadａnｏn-saleｓiｎtｅrviewandwasasｋedthiｓ,ｕｎexpｅcteｄly．Tｈｅｏbjeｃtyｏuareaskｅdtosｅllcoｕldinfaｃtbｅaｎything.Someｉｎterｖieweｒsliｋetoｓeeｗhetheｒｙｏuｆocusｏnthebｅnｅfiｔsｏftheoｂjecｔoritsｆeａturｅs.Ｔhefeaturesoｆtｈepenmightbｅｔｈａｔｉｔ＇sｂluｅ,ｗitharolｌeｒbａllandplasticｃｏating.Ｔhebeｎefitsｍighｔbｅthaｔｉt＇ｓreｌiaｂle,ｅａsyｔohｏｌdａnｄlｅaｋprooｆ.

＊Wｈaｔkｅyskillｓdoyoｕthiｎkyouneｅｄtobesuccessfulinｔhｉｓｒole?

ＹoｕｇottｈiｓfarbｅｃauseyｏｕrｊobapｐｌicatｉonformoｒresumｅoｒＣVmatｃheｄthｅintervｉｅｗｅrs'crｉｔeriaasspecｉｆiedｉｎthejｏbaｄveｒｔ.Juｓtexｐａｎdonｔhisinｙｏｕrｊobiｎtervieｗaｎsｗｅrｓ．Listthesｋｉｌlsｙｏuthinｋarerｅｑuiｒed,gｉvingaｌittlｅｅxplanatiｏnａｓtowhyｅaｃhisneｅdｅd.

Yoｕmighttｈeｎbeaskｅdｔogiｖeeｘamｐleswｈeｒｅyoｕ＇veｕseｄoneorｍoreoftｈｅsｅsｋills.Theseａrｅbeｈaｖｉourａlinteｒvieｗｑｕesｔions.

*Wheｒedｏyｏｕsｅeｙoｕrｓelfｉnfiｖｅyeａrstiｍe？

Tｈiｓｃａｎbeadifficultjobｉntｅrvｉewquestioｎｔoanswｅr,ｅｓｐecｉaｌlyifyou'ｖeｎotｔhｏughｔbeyondgettingｔｈisjｏb!

Whｅnyoｕanswer,yoｕwanttoｓｏunｄａmbiｔiousenoｕghｔobｅmotivａteｄtｏdoagoodjｏｂ,bｕｔnｏttooaｍbiｔｉｏusiｎｃaｓeyｏuriｎｔｅrvｉewerｓthiｎkｙoｕ'reonｌyusｉnｇthiｓjｏｂａsasｔｅｐｐｉngｓtoｎetosoｍetｈｉnｇｂeｔｔer．

Iｃanbｅsuccessfuｌｉnthisjobandtaｋｅnonａｄditionalｒesponsibｉlｉtiｅsａｎdｂｅconｓidｅredsｕitableforproｍotｉon.

*Howdoeｓtｈisｊobｆｉtiｎｔoyouｒcaｒeerplaｎs?

Thｉｓisasｉmｉlａｒjｏbｉｎtervieｗｑuestｉontotheoneａboverealｌy,exceptthatitlｏoｋｓbeyｏndfiveyears.Berealisｔic.Yoｕmｉghtsａyｓomｅtｈinｇliketｈisｉｆｙoｕ＇regoinｇｆoramiddle－managemｅntpoｓition：

"Myaｍbitiｏnｉｓtoleａdadｅｐaｒtmentandbeinｖolｖｅｄｉnsｔrategicdeｃｉｓiｏn-ｍaｋingataseｎiｏrleｖｅl.IexpｅctthｅroleI'mapplyingｆorｔogivｅmemoreｅxperiencｅoｆlｅadｉngandsomeinｔｒoｄuctioｎtostrａtegysoｔhatI＇mreａdｙfoｒaseniorroleｉnａfｅwyearstime".

*Ｗherｅdidyoｕtｈinkyou'dbｅatthisstageinyourliｆｅ？

Avoidsayingｆｕｒthertｈanyｏｕａrｅnoｗ！It＇sｂeｔｔertｏshowyou'vemetoｒexceedeｄyourambitｉonsthanｆａｌlｅｎshorｔoｆｔｈem.Tｅlｌｔｈeintｅrｖiewersthatyouａreｈappyｗithｙoｕrlｉｆeandcａｒｅeｒ,butaｒelookingｆormorechａlleｎｇｅasyｏulｉkｅtosｔretchｙｏuｒseｌfｔoacｈievemore.

*Iｆyoｕcouldstaｒtagain,wｈaｔcａreｅｒdeciｓｉonｓwouｌdyｏumaｋedｉｆｆeｒentlｙ?

Ｙoｕ＇reoｎsｔickygrｏunｄifyｏusｔarttｒyiｎgtotｈinkofｈypothetiｃalcareercｈanｇｅstｈaｔｍｉｇhthaveservedyｏubetteriｎtheｐａst.Yoｕranswｅrstoｉnterviｅwquｅstｉｏｎswｉlｌsuggestyou＇renothappyｗiｔhthewａythｉnｇsareandnｏ-oneｗantstｏhireanunhappypersｏn.

“Ｉwouldｎ'tchaｎｇｅanｙthｉng.Ｉaｍhappywithｍｙcarｅerasitiｓnｏwｂｕtwanｔｆreｓｈｃhallenges.”

"I'mｎotthｅkindofpｅrsonwhｏｌooksbackwithregretｓ.Iｐreｆeｒｔoinvestmｙenergylooｋｉｎｇforward"．

*Hｏwwouｌｄyouapproacｈaｔypiｃalprｏject?

Ｉfｙoｕ'rｅapplyiｎgfoｒａｐrojectbａsedjob，suｃhasaprojｅcｔmanager,youｗillｂeaskeｄtｈisjobintervieｗqｕestiｏn.Doｎ＇tgｉｖeaｌongwiｎdedａnｓweｒ,buttrytodemonsｔraｔethatyouｗouｌdtakeiｎtｏａccouｎtthemaincomponeｎｔｓofefｆectivｅｐrｏjectpｌanningｓｕcｈａs:

-Ｐlanｎingthescｈedｕleｂaｃkwardsfｒomcoｍｐlｅtioｎ

-Wｏrkｉngoｕtｗhatyouneeｄtogeｔtｈejobｄoneｅfｆeｃtivelyandonｔimｅ

－Buｄgetiｎg--ｃosts，ｔimeandrｅsourcｅs

-Allowinｇaconｔingenｃy

*Ｈoｗwouldｙougeｔthebestｆｒompeople?

Ifyｏuａreapplｙinｇfｏraｎyｍａｎageｍｅntｒolｅ,itishigｈlｙlikeｌyyｏu＇ｌｌbｅaｓkｅdｔhiｓjobinterviewｑuestion.Ｔhekｉndofｓkilｌsthaｔwe'dbeloｏkｉnｇforinagooｄappｌicａntaｒｅ:

－Goｏdcｏｍmunｉcation

-Teａmwoｒksｋills

－Rｅcｏgnizｉngwhａteachｐｅrsoncanbriｎg

－Ｓettingagoodexample

-Ｐrａiｓｉngｇｏodpeｒｆｏｒmances

＊Gｉvｅｕsaneｘaｍpleofhｏwｙouhavｅｒｅsoｌvedcoｎflict.

Asthisiｓａｂehaviourａliｎtｅrvｉｅwquestion,ｙouneｅｄtoｆｉｎdａnexａmpleoｆconｆｌictthatｙouｈavｅresolveｄ.Tｈesortofskillsyoｕneeｄtodｅmｏnｓtraｔeiｎyoｕrintｅrvｉeｗanｓwerare:

-Fairness

-Ｄiscuｓｓiｎgｐｒoｂｌeｍswithiｎdiｖidｕａlsｉnprivatｅ

-Ｍakｉｎｇｓuｒeyougettothｅrｏotofthepｒoblem

－Ｆiｎdiｎgａｓolｕtionthateveｒyｏnewｉllaccept

*Whatｄiｄyoｕｌｏokforwhenyouhiredpeopｌｅinthepａｓt?

Thisisａgenｅraｌquestion.Dｏn＇tthinkabｏｕtｓpecｉfｉｃｓkillｓｏｆｔhejｏbyouaｒeappｌyiｎｇｆor.Thiｎkgenｅraｌlyaboutthekeyatｔｒibｕteｓeveｒyoneloｏksforinagooｄapｐlicａnt.Aｍongotｈｅrs，ｔheseｉnｃluｄe:

-Ａptiｔude

－Skilｌs

-Inｉtiａｔiｖe

－Flexibility

-Cｏｍｍiｔmeｎt

Ｄoyoｕwｏrｋbestbｙyourseｌforaｓpaｒtofａtｅam?

Mostｊobsｒequireboｔh，tovaryinｇdegｒｅes．

Ａswithａｌlanswerstojoｂiｎteｒvｉeｗｑｕestｉons,ｔhinｋabｏuttｈｅpositionｙouareapplyｉngfor.Ａrｅtｈeiｎterviｅwerｓloｏkingforatｅamｗorkeｒ？Dｉｄtheyｍentiｏｎtｈisintheａdvertoriｓｉtｉｍplicitiｎtｈejobdesｃription？

Ifatｅampｌａｙeriｓrequired，telｌtｈｅinteｒviｅｗersthatyouｗorｋwellinateａｍ.Giveanｅxamｐｌeifyｏucａn.Youmigｈtsay：

"Ipreｆertoworkinteams．Ｉｆindthatｂｅtterdeciｓｉonsarereachｅｄｗhｅnpeoｐlewｏrktogetheranｄｓhａrｅideas.OfcｏursｅI'ｍhappytowｏｒkaｌonｅwhenｒｅquiredtoo.＂

Iftheｊobisｍｏsｔlydonealｏｎe,ｙoumiｇhtsａy:

"IｗoｒkverywｅllｂｙmｙsｅlｆbecauｓeＩ'mselｆmoｔiｖａｔed,orgaｎizedaｎdconｓｃｉentｉous.I'ｍｃｏmfｏrtablｅworkingｉnｔeａmsｔhoｕgｈandrｅcoｇniｚｅthatthisｉsbｅtterｉnsomeｓiｔuａtｉons＂.

*Ｗhａtｋindｏfpｅrsoｎａlitｙｄｏyouwoｒkｂｅｓtwithaｎｄwhy?

Yoｕｗiｌldealｗithｍanypersonalitｉesinａnｙjob.Iftheｉnｔｅｒｖｉeｗeｒsknｏwtheｐeopleyou'llbeworkingｗｉth,tｈeymｉgｈthａｖｅaｐｅrｓｏnalitｙinmind！It'ｓｈardfoｒyｏutoｋnowthisｈoweversoｓtｉｃktｏａsａfｅaｎｓwer.Youmｉghｔsａｙ：

"ＩfindIworkｗellwiｔｈaｌmｏｓteveｒyoｎebutｗhoIｗoｒｋｂesｔwithmiｇhtｄeｐｅｎｄonｔheａctivitｙ.Ｉfｉｔ'saｐｒoｊecｔ,Ｉprefｅｒｔowoｒkｗｉｔhｓomeonｅwho'ｓｐrａctｉcalandorgａｎizedbecausｅtｈisｉsimpｏrtant.Ifit'sｌｅadingaｄiscuｓsion,workingｗithsomeoｎｅwho＇sａｇoodfacilitatorhｅｌps."

*Howwoｕldyoｕgｏaboutestablisｈingyoｕｒcrｅdiｂilｉtyｑuicklyｗitｈintｈeteam?

Gａｉｎingｃredibilitｙqｕiｃklyｉsimpoｒtanｔ.Makesｕｒｅyouliｓteｎ，ｌeaｒn，qｕestｉon,undｅｒstanｄ.Yoｕｍightｓay:"Ｔhat'sａgooｄquestiｏnandIｒealizｅｉt'simportanttｏgainｃrｅｄibｉliｔyquiｃkly.Ｉbeｌｉevetｈebeｓtwaｙｉstoshｏwyourcoｌleagｕｅｓthatyoｕrespｅctthｅireｘｐerienceandwaｎｔtolearnｆrｏmthemａswelｌasaboｕtthem．Youｎｅedｔoｌisｔeｎ，ａsｋtheriｇｈtｑuesｔｉonsａnｄmakｅsureyｏuunderstand．Ifｔｈｅyｃanseeyoｕ'ｌｌｆitｉnearlyｏn,ｉthｅlｐs＂．

*Tellmｅabouｔaｔimｅwhereｙｏuｈadtｏdｅaｌwiｔhｃoｎｆlicｔonｔhejob．

Thiｓiｓａｂｅｈaｖiｏuralinteｒviｅwqueｓtｉon.

Ｉfyｏucaｎ＇ttｈｉnkoｆaneｘａmple，it'soktｏsaｙｓo.Ｉfthat'stｈecaｓｅ,ｅiｔherｓａｙhowｙｏuwｏulddeａlｗｉｔhiｔ,oruｓeanexamｐlｅwheｒesoｍeoneｙｏuknowdealtｗiｔhconfｌiｃtwell.

Ｍoｓtinｔeｒvｉewerswouldｌookfor:

oGettingbｏｔｈsｉdesoｆtheargｕmeｎt

oSuｇｇｅstingandagreeｉngcomｐromｉse

oSｈowinｇtactｆulnesｓ

oShｏwingempａthy

*Whａtirrｉｔateｓyouaboutｏthｅrpｅopｌe，andhowdoyoudｅalwitｈit?

Perｓｏnａlｃｏnflictisinevitableiｎｔhewoｒkplａcｅ

ＴｒｙnoｔtｏsａythatAorＢirritateｓyou.Insｔeａｄ,taｌkaboｕttｈechａｒacteristicｓwhicｈyouｆindhard,notthepｅopｌｅ.Youmightsay:

＂IfiｎdIgetonwithｍostpeｏｐlesｏit'snotｎoｒｍaｌlyaprｏblem.It'srathｅrdisaｐpｏinｔingwhenpeoｐledｏn'tｐｕｌｌtheiｒweｉghtIsupposｅandthisｈａsｈappenｅd．IｎthatｉｎstanceIsｐoketoｔheｐersｏｎｉｎｐriｖatｅ,explａｉnedtｈatｔhｅyｗerelettｉｎgｔｈetｅamｄoｗnandaskedｔｈemｔomakemoreofaneffｏrｔ.Ｔｈｅｙdid.＂

"Caｎyoｕgｉｖｅｍeｓoｍeｉdeaofthｅsalａryyou'rｅexｐectiｎg?＂iｓoneｏftｈｏsｅjobiｎterviｅwｑuestiｏnsthatcａnrｅallｙgetyｏuｔongｕe-ｔｉed.Ｗhａtdoyousaｙ?Usuａｌｌy，ｍｏmeｎｔslaｔｅr,ｙoureａlizeyou'ｖｅacceｐｔｅdasalａｒｙfarlowerthａnｙｏuwanted．Altｈoｕgｈｙouwerepｒepaｒedｔonegotiaｔeyoｕrｓalaｒy,youｐanｉckｅdatthelａｓｔminuｔeandｌostｙｏurnerve.Ａsyoｕleａveｔheiｎtｅrviｅｗroom,ｙoｕrexｃiｔｅmentａtgettｉngｔhｅjobｉｓtaiｎtｅｄ.Yｏucan＇thelpfeelｉｎgｕndervalｕed,ｅvenalｉtｔleduped.Askfortoomuｃhandyｏurｉsｋlｏokingunrｅaｌｉstic,overcoｎfiｄenｔ,maybeevengrｅedｙ.Aｓｋforｔoolｉttleandyouriｓｋｕndeｒvａluingyｏｕrselfａndyoｕrｃonｔribution,andultｉmateｌｙｂeingunderｐaiｄ.Formanyoｆus,ｓalaryｉｓoneｏfthｅｍostimporｔantfactｏrｓintａkｉnｇajob,ｂutiｔ'ｓｏftenthehaｒdｅsttodealｗith.

Nｅrvesｇotｔhebetteroｆｈerａnｄwｏrrｉｅdabｏutsoundinggｒeedy，shｅsｕggesｔedalｏwerａmouｎt.Wｈensｈewａsｏffｅredｔheｊoｂ,ｔhｅｒewastｈeｓalａryshｅsuggeｓted,rightatthestartoｆtheoffeｒleｔｔer.Shewａsn'tsｕｒpｒｉsedbｕtshewａｓｄiｓappoiｎｔed．Soｈowcanyouavoidtｈishａppｅｎｉngtｏyoｕ?

＊Rｅsearchisessentiａlwhenｉtcomestosuggｅsｔingａreａｓoｎablesaｌａrｙ．Ｔａｋetimeｔolooｋthouｇhjobadverｔisementｓforsiｍilaｒpositions．ResearchthｅWＷWorpostaqueｓtiｏninaｆorumoronYａhoo!Ａnswｅrs

ResearchｔheComｐａnytoo.AlaｒｇeCoｍpany，ifａsked,ｗillｐrobaｂlyhａvｅmｏrescopeｔoｏfｆerｙouａbｅtｔeｒbｅｎeｆitｓpackagethaｎａsmａlleｒｏnｅ

＊Don＇ｔinｉtiatesａlarｙdisｃussionsｏｒsayanythingａboutpａydurｉngyouｒjobｉｎtervｉewunleｓsaskeｄ

*Ｉfyou'ｒeasｋedforafiguｒe,suggesｔａrangｅraｔherｔhananａctuａlfiguｒe．Thisｇivesｒoomtoｎegoｔiaｔeifafirmｊobofferismａｄeduringthejｏｂｉntｅrviｅw*Ifyou'reofferｅdtheｊoｂanｄｒeaｃhａgreeｍｅntonasalary，mａkesｕrｅthewrittenjobｏfferstatｅｓｔhisaｍoｕntcleaｒly*Ａｎdｗｈｅｎｉtｃomestothｅactuａlsalarynegotｉationhｅreare6ｅsｓｅnｔialｓalaｒｙ

*Themｏｓtimportanttｈｉngｔoｒeｍｅmｂerwｈendｉｓcusｓｉngyoursａlaryiｓthatiｔisａneｇoｔiaｔion.Ｌｉkeanｙｆoｒmoｆbarｔeｒｉｎg,tｈｅfｉrstｆｉgureyoumentｉonｉnthｅjoｂｉnterviewprobablywｏn'tbeｔhｅｆigｕｒｅyouaｇreeon.Ｂutiｔ'saｐlａcｅtｏｓtart.*Bｅconｆideｎｔaｂoｕtｗｈaｔyou'ｒeｗｏrｔh.Reｃoｇnisetｈａｔyoｕ'rebringiｎgsoｍｅｔhinguniquｅｔotheCｏｍpany，andthａtyou'rｅｗorththewagｅyou'rerequestiｎg.Eveniｆyou'vｅoｎlyjusｔfｉｎishedschooｌorcoｌｌege,youstｉlｌhavesｏmｅtｈiｎguｎiquetoofｆerandit'sｉmportanｔｔobeaｒthatｉnｍinｄasyoｕｔhｉnkaｂouｔｓalarｙnegｏtiation.*Rｅｍembeｒａlsotｈatiｔ＇ｓnotｅａsyfindiｎgtherｉgｈtｐersonfoｒａjob.Ifｙou'veｉmpresｓeｄtheinｔerviewｅrsenouｇhｔoemployyou，youhaveｔheupperhandandpａyiｎｇalitｔleｍoretokeeｐyouiｓn'ｔtooｂiｇadeａl．Soaｓkｆorasｌigｈｔlyhigｈｅｒsaｌａｒｙthａnyｏuexｐect．*Ifｔhejobａdvertisemeｎtmentｉonsａｓalaｒyrange,emｐlｏyeｒswillbepｒｅparedtopaymorｅfortherｉｇhtcanｄidate．Ifｙou'ｒealittleｕncｏmｆｏrtableaskingｆorthｅtopfigure,chooｓeｏnejuｓtaｂoveｔhemiｄ-range.Thisgiｖｅstheｉmpressioｎthａtyoｕarewoｒｔhaｇｏｏdｗaｇeａndisａgreatplａcｅtosｔart.

Ａｓｓｕminganadvertiｓedsａlaryrａｎgeｏｆ$３0，０00to$42,00０,yｏuｍightsaｙthｉｓ:

"I'mexpｅｃtinｇasａｌaｒyｉnｔhereｇiｏnof$3８,000,basｅdonmykｎowlｅｄgeａndexperienｃe".*Remembeｒthａtsａlaryiｓｎｏteｖerythinｇ．IftｈesalａｒyisｌessthanyouhｏｐedandthｅＣｏmpａnywｏｎ＇tｏrcan'tｇｏａｎyhｉgheｒ，askaboutoｔherｂenｅfitｓｗｈichａｒeimpｏｒtanttoｙoｕliｋetrainiｎgｃｏurｓeｓ,finａｎcｉaｌhelpwithfurtherｓｔuｄyanｄｓooｎ.

Whａｔspecificgoａlｓ，ｉncｌudingthosereｌatedｔｏyouｒocｃupation,havｅyouesｔablishｅdfｏryoｕｒlife？

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3．Hoｗｈaｓyourｃollｅgｅeｘperｉencepreparedyouｆoraｂｕsiｎesｓｃarｅer？

Ihavｅｐrepaｒｅｄmyｓeｌftotｒansitioniｎｔotｈeworkforｃetｈｒoughｒeal－worlｄexｐerieｎcｅｉｎvolvingtravelabroａd,inｔernｓhip,andenｔｒepｒeneｕriaｌoppｏrtunｉties.WhileinｔernｉｎgwｉthａｐｒivateｏrganizaｔｉｏninEcuador,Idｅvelopeｄa1５-pａgemａrkeｔinｇpｌancｏｍposedinSpａniｓhthａtｒecommendｅdmｏrｅeffeｃｔｉvｅwaysthecｏｍpaｎｙcｏｕldpromoteｉｔsseｒvｉcｅs．ＩalsotraveleｄａｂrｏａｄontwootherｏｃcasiｏnsinwhｉchIreｓeａrchedtheiｎdiｇeｎouscultuｒeoftheMayanInｄｉansｉnTodｏｓSanｔos,Ｇuateｍala,andpaｒticipaｔｅdinａtotａｌlａnguagｅimmeｒsionprogramiｎCoｓtaＲicａ.Asyｏｕｃａnseeｆromｍyacadeｍic,extｒacuｒｒｉcｕlar,aｎｄexperiｅntiaｌｂackgｒoｕnd，Ihaveunconditｉonallycommittedｍyｓeｌfｔosｕｃｃessａsamａrｋetｉｎｇpｒofessioｎａl．

4.Ｐleaｓeｄesｃrｉbeｔheidealjoｂfoｒyｏuｆollｏwｉnggraduatiｏn.

ＭyideaｌjｏbｉsonethａtincorporａｔeｓbｏｔhmyｅｄucａtｉonandｐraｃtｉcalworｋskiｌlsｔｏbetｈｅbesｔＩcanbe.Namelycombiｎinｇmyeducationｉnfinancewithｍyｗorｋingkｎowlｅdgｅofｃｕstｏmersｅｒviceｏperations,entrepreneuriaｌabilitｉes,cｏmpｕterｓkills,aｎｄａｄminｉstraｔｉveskｉlｌs.Iwａnｔｔｏutilｉzemyanaｌyticａlｅxpertisｅtohelｐｐｅoplｅmeettｈeiｒfinancialｇoａlｓ.TｈisiｓexaｃｔlywhyIaｍｃｏｎｖｉｎｃeｄｔhatIｗouldbeaveryｖaｌuablemeｍｂｅrｏftheMerrilｌＬｙnｃhteam.

Whatiｎfluenｃedｙoutocｈｏｏsetｈiscareer？

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Atwhatpoiｎtdｉｄｙoucｈooｓethｉscarｅｅr?

IknewthatIwantedｔopurｓuｅｉnfｏrｍatiｏnsysｔｅmsｔｅcｈnoｌogyａboutmｙsopｈｏmｏｒeｙearｉncolｌｅgｅ.ItｗasｔheｎthaｔIrealizｅｄtｈａｔmyhobby(cｏmputers)wａstａkinguｐmｏsｔｏｆmytime.ＭyｆａｖoritecourｓeswerｅITcｏuｒseｓ.ＩaｌsorｅalｉzｅdthatＩwasdoingcompｕter－orienｔedwork－stｕdytｈatIenjoｙedsｏｍｕchＩwouldhavedｏnｅitfoｒfreｅ.

Whａtspｅcifiｃgoaｌsｈaveyouｅstablｉshedｆｏryｏurcaｒeer?

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Whatwilｌｉｔｔaketｏatｔainｙoｕrｇｏaｌs,ａndwhatsteｐshaｖeyｏutａkentｏｗａｒdatｔaiｎingthｅm?

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Howdidyouhanｄleａｃｈallｅnge？

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