The key to a good interview is thorough preparation. If you
have prepared yourself well, the interview will most likely run smoothly and you
will present yourself confidently. As soon as you are invited to
attend an interview or, better still, before you are called start searching
facts about the company. Probably, you will have done some research before
sending in your letter of application. Now you need to identify additional
information, such as the number of persons the company employs, specific fields
in which it is involved, work for which it is particularly well known, its major
products and services, places of branch offices and the company’s involvement in
community activities. You also need to prepare for different
questions an interviewer may ask to test your readiness for the interview and
the sincerity (诚意) of your application. You may be asked: ·Why
do you want to join our organization ·How do you think you can
contribute to our company ·Why do you want to leave your
present employer ·What salary do you expect If
you have not prepared for such questions, and so hesitate before answering, an
interviewer may interpret your hesitation to mean you find a question difficult
to answer or there are things you would rather hide. In either ease, you may
provide an entirely misleading impression of yourself. Preparation for an Interview Before you
attend an interview, you should get the following information about the
company: 1) the number of persons (46) . 2) its main
(47) 3) location of its (48) and so
on You also need to prepare to answer some (49) given by
the interviewer. The purpose of preparing for an interview is to provide
(50) of yourself.