五、努力与职业道德(三)

五 努力与职业道德

第三部分

15问：告诉我某次你遇上一个怒气冲冲的客人的情形。你是怎样处理这种尴尬场面的？

　　答：我在电话公司的顾客服务部时经常会接触到一些怒气冲冲的顾客。发生这种事情时，我尽可能心平气和地与顾客交流，目的是为了让顾客以公事公办的态度来处理事情，且重点是解决问题，大多数时候我能处理好问题，使顾客满意。不过我印象特别深的是一次顾客在电话里用脏话骂人，我尽力保持平静且不让我个人的感受融入这种情景，我不理会那些粗言秽语，我只是对之作了一些记录，继续尽力地帮助他。可他仍是骂个不停，所以，我礼貌地叫他稍后再打电话来找我们的经理。因为在那种情况下，我知道我是没办法解决这个问题了。

　　在许多情况下，当别人发脾气或心烦意乱时，你如何反应是很重要的，特别是在服务业里你的反应尤为重要。面试官在寻找能证明你有能力从事大量接触公众的工作的证据。举出一次你遇上的麻烦，而你又是如何解决问题的例子。你回答时应举例说明你的成熟态度、你的交际能力和洞察别人的需要和感受的能力。

　　Q:Tell me about a time when you had to deal with an irate customer.How did you handle the situation?

　　A:My customer service position at the telephone company involved dealing occasionally with irate customers.When that happened,Id try to talk in a calm,even voice,in order to get the person to respond in a businesslike manner and focus on trying to resolve the situation.Most times I was able to rectify the problem and pacify the customer,but I remember one incident in particular in which the caller became verbally abusive.I tried to remain calm and professional and not to let my personal feelings enter into the situation. I didn't respond to the abuse,I just made a note of it and continued to help the customer as best I could.When the abuse persisted,however,I politely asked him to call back and ask for my manager,because at that point I knew I couldn't resolve the problem.

　　16问：你的私人生活是否存在对你的职业造成影响的问题？

　　答：我总是很注意把自己的私人生活与职业生活分开。我认为在给病人治病时，重要的是保持客观。一个临床医生应该能够控制自己的感情而不带偏见地给病人看病。假如你把个人的问题或感受发泄到病人的身上，那只能对病人造成伤害。

<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript"> </script> 　　这个问题对于在医疗服务领域工作的人尤为重要。面试官想知道作为一个独立个体，你是如何完善你的人格的。假如你有不能克服的个人问题，这些问题就会影响你和你病人的关系，也有可能影响你对病人的诊断，同时影响你的治疗方案和治疗建议。使面试官深信你能把私人的感受和职业行为分开来。例如，假如你不能积极处理好危急关头的事情，你就不可能真正帮助你的病人面对创伤问题，因为那会引发你太多个人的强烈情绪。

　　Q:Are there any issues from your personal life that might potentially have an impact on your professional career?

　　A:Im always careful to separate my personal life from my professional life.I believe it's important to remain objective when treating patient s.A therapist should always be able to take an emotional step back in order to make an unbiased assessment of a patient.It only hurts the patient when you try to project your own issues and feelings onto that patient.

　　17问：什么时候你的交往能力受到了考验？

　　答：一次一个顾客要求退还那件她明显已穿过的晚装的钱。她抱怨说衣服干洗后变了另一种颜色，而洗衣服的人告诉她是布料不好。虽然我认为她是不诚实的，但我马上就退还她的钱。我认为不让别的顾客听到她的话而怀疑我们的高质量产品更为重要。叙述你客观地解决和顾客或伙伴的一个矛盾的实例。你是怎样表现你的同情心及如何建立和谐气氛的？

　　Q:When have your skills in diplomacy been put to the test?

　　A:A customer came in once and demanded money back for an evening dress that had apparently been worn.She claimed it was a different color after dry cleaning and that the cleaner said the fabric was faulty.I quickly told her wed happily return her money,even though I didnt think she was being honest.I decided it was more important to keep other customers from hearing her and maybe doubting our high quality merchandise.

　　18问：告诉我某次你不得不延长工作期限的情形。

　　答：一次工作已经进行两周了，可是在工作进行当中，很明显地顾客又要求我们多加几项特性。我重新和顾客商谈，记下他的目的和要求，给他一张像菜单一样的价格表，那上面他可以有更多的选择，但必须付更多的钱和等待更长的时间。他选择了一个他认为改变要作出3个星期相应调整的中间档次。

　　为了使一项工程的全部目标圆满地实现，描述一下你的责任感和自觉性。假如你不调整工作期限的话，将会使什么目标大打折扣？

　　Q:Tell me about a time you had to extend a deadline.

　　A:Two weeks into a job,it was clear that our client expected us to add more feat ures as we went along.I renegotiated with the client,outlined his goals,and showed him a price structure similar to a menu,from which he could choose more features at a higher cost and in a longer time frame.He opted for something in the middle that he understood would cause a three week adjustment to the schedule.

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　　19问：你想努力提高或改变什么方面的个人技巧或工作习惯呢？

　　答：我必须学会拒绝。我过去常爱帮助别人，甚至到了别人滥用我的好意的地步。现在我向能有回报的人提供帮助。总的来说，交换是比较公平的。随着时间的推移，我们办公室人员的合作也大大提高了。

　　这个问题与“叙述你在最近的工作上是如何改进职业技能”相似。可是，在这里你很可能想谈及从最早的工作或在相对较久远的时间里，你技能的发展，但要使面试官相信这种特殊的工作习惯不再是一种工作阻碍了。

　　Q:What personal skill or work habit have you struggled to improve?

　　A:I had to learn to say no.I used to be helpful to the point that other staff abused my goodwill.Now I offer to help by countering with something I'd like help on in return.On balance I beileve the tradeoff is more equitable,and cooperati on in our office has improved over time.

　　20问：你在桌上放什么书？

　　答：我放一本好的字典在桌上，我也会放一本strunk and white，这是一本好的参考书，能查找高中或大学里学过但又忘掉的语法知识，或者在遇到特别困难的情形也可使用。

　　招聘者可能有兴趣判定你对你的职业有多重视。一本好字典和好的参考书对于一个从事写作的人来说是手头必备书，你可能也会把喜爱的小说放到桌上。

　　Q:What books do you keep on your desk?

　　A:I keep a good dictionary on my desk.I also keep Strunk and White,which is a good reference for looking up all the grammar rules that you learned in high school and college but forgot,or for particularly difficult situations.

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　　21问：你愿意到另外一个城市定居吗？

　　答：我宁愿留在这里，不过可能的话我会考虑一下。尽管在某些初次面试中，你也许会被问到许多像这种能代表你利益的问题。尽管这样的问

　　题对一个初次面试的人来说不公平，回答不好的话，你也许什么都得不到，甚至还会失去所有的东西。假如你在初次面试时被突然地问到这样的问题，只需说些如“当然有可能”或者“我愿意考虑一下”之类的话。

　　后来，如果你得到了这份工作，你会知道具体的工作条件，然后决定你是否愿意接受这个职位。记住，在提供工作阶段，你有大部分的谈判权利，而且雇主也许会很愿意为你提供你所需要的东西。如果那些不成问题，你也许会想说明一下，经过重新考虑，你已决定了不迁往别处，但是你想让雇主知道可以考虑把你安排在其他的在将来开放的职位上。

　　Q:Would you be willing to relocate to another city?

　　A:Id prefer to be based here, but it's certainly apossibility Id be willing to consider.

　　22问：经常需要出差的工作适合你的生活方式吗？

　　答：对我或我的家庭来说，这种经常需要出差的顾问工作是完全没有问题的。我的妻子是航班上的乘务员，我们俩都无法过朝九晚五的生活。

　　Q:Does the frequent travel required for this work fit into your lifestyle?

　　A:The frequent travel in this consulting positionis no problem for me or my family. My wife is an airline flight attendant, so neither of us follows the typical ninetofive routine.