What’s the meaning of your English name?你的英文名字有什么含義么？

　　問題分析：有些申請人的英文名字不合常規，比如叫King，或者Sushi，或者Monk等等。面試官詢問這些申請人名字的含義，主要有幾個目的：第一，緩解面試的緊張氣氛；第二，面試官也有一點點好奇心；第三，給申請人一個展示自己獨特個性的機會，因為敢于給自己起獨特名字的人往往具有很獨特的個性，這些人希望引起別人的注意。

　　普通回答：Actually, Sushi is my nickname. My friends gave me this name because I like to eat the Japanese food sushi.

　　點評：這個回答體現出你是個什么樣的人呢？在中國吃壽司價格不菲，如果吃壽司吃到了朋友給你起了“壽司”這個外號的地步，這個申請人一定不會是囊中羞澀的人。同志們想一下，我們在面試的時候，是把自己偽裝成“艱苦樸素”，還是“錦衣玉食”呢？即使現如今壽司已經跌價到人盡可食的地步，你這個回答也只是在告訴面試官：嘿，我可是個好吃的人啊！比較一下以下的這個回答，你就知道哪個更勝一籌了。

　　回答示范1：As a matter of fact, Sushi is a nickname my friends gave me, because I like sushi and like to make sushi. I can make about ten different kinds of sushi! My friends say that my personality is a bit like sushi, simple but good, hehe.

　　點評1：與剛才的回答相比，這個回答體現出你是個什么樣的人呢？一個擅長制作壽司的女孩子一定是動手能力比較強的，而且喜歡做一些瑣碎小事的人。同時，把壽司的優點引申成自己的個性優點：簡單而美好，真是一個不錯的比喻。

　　回答示范2：The name King may sound a bit aggressive, I hope it won’t make you feel uncomfortable. As a matter of fact, I chose the name King simply because it sounds like my Chinese name Jing. But, there is also a hidden meaning in it, that is, I wish to conquer diseases like a King!

　　點評2：如果你給自己起了一個類似“國王”這樣比較aggressive的名字，就得想好怎么樣解釋才能讓面試官知道你并不是一個過分aggressive的人。這個回答體現了該申請人熱愛自己醫生職業的特點。

　　回答示范3：My given name in Chinese is Meng, so I chose Monk to be my English name. I admire the spirit of monks, you know, abstinence and tolerance.

　　點評3：回答得妙呀，不僅僅真實，而且展現了自己的獨特個性，告訴面試官自己身上有和尚般的優秀品質：克制欲望、容忍。面試官只要不想嫁給你，就一定會喜歡這樣的回答。

　　What’s the meaning of your email address?你的電子郵件地址有什么寓意么？

　　問題分析：當代青年男女個性張揚，所以連email地址也頗為獨特。令筆者或迷惑或微笑的email地址有很多，比如neverlazy, bighead, lazyfish, 52n52n, yulovehong等等。與上一個問題一樣，善于交流的面試官往往樂于給你一個機會展示自己的個性。

　　較差回答：Lazyfish? Oh, I admire the goldfish for living an easy life. Compared to goldfish, human beings live a fast-paced life. So I chose this email address to make me feel a bit relaxed.

　　點評：個性傾向于過慵懶的生活，唉！

　　較差回答：52n52n? oh, it means“I love you, I love you,”because 5 sounds like“I”in Chinese, and 2 for“love”, n for“you”. I registered this address to please my girlfriend, hehe.

　　點評：公開示愛？嘖嘖，除了他的女朋友會覺得甜蜜蜜，別的人一律會露出特虛偽的笑容或胃里泛酸。唉！

　　回答示范：Neverlazy? Oh, I want to encourage myself never to be lazy! You know I am a hardworking person. So, it’s my slogan!

　　點評：在email地址中都要給自己勵志的女子，一定是個超級工作狂，好呀！(這名女子如愿進入了寶潔公司的CBD部門。)

　　Where are you from? Where is your hometown?你是哪里人？家鄉在什么地方？

　　問題分析：很多老外在中國工作居住多年，甚至自詡為中國通，他們可能會順便問問你是哪里人，拉近和你的距離。

　　回答示范1：I was born and raised in the city of Wuhan. As far as I know, our company has a branch office near Hanzheng Street, and it’s quite a big office.

　　點評1：這個回答說出了該公司在武漢的地址，展示了一下自己提前所做的功課。

　　回答示范2：Well, my hometown is a small town which you probably have never heard of. The name of the town is Dehui, which means“good moral”in Chinese. The town is located in the middle of China’s Northeast. When you look at the map, it looks like the eye of the rooster. You know, China looks like a rooster on the map, and the Northeast region looks just like the head of the rooster. My hometown "Good Moral Town" is unknown to most people because it's quite poor. The average income for a family is less than one thousand RMB per month.

　　點評2：絕妙的回答！一方面生動地告訴外國面試官，你的家鄉是東北這個雞頭上眼睛部位的一個小縣城，另一方面，讓他知道你家鄉的人們平均一個月才不到1,000元的收入，令日入斗金的老外頗為欷覷。讓他欷覷了，你就被記住了。被記住，是被錄取的前提。（來源：《這些道理沒有人告訴過你》）