原文: 资深猎头：面试前要做14件事

要得到任何一个职位，必须经过面试这一关，短短几十分钟的面试也许就决定着你的职业生涯，当你接到企业的面试通知电话后，应该做什么呢？这里，不妨听听猎头老刘的几点建议。 一、接到面试通知电话时一定要问清楚应聘的公司名称、职位、面试地点(包括乘车或开车的路线)、时间等基本信息，最好顺便问一下公司的网址、通知人的姓名和面试官的职位等信息。最后，别忘了道声谢。这里提醒大家，尽量按要求的时间去面试，因为很多企业都是统一面试，如果错过机会可能就错失了。 二、上网查一下该公司的相关背景和应聘职位的相关情况。 三、公司背景包括企业所属行业、产品、项目、发展沿革、组织结构、企业文化、薪酬水平、员工稳定性、发生的关键事件等，了解越全面、深入，面试的成功率就越高，同时，也有助于对企业的判断(人才和企业是双向选择的关系)。 四、应聘职位情况包括应聘职位的职位名称、工作内容和任职要求等，这一点非常重要，同一个职位名称，各家企业的要求是不尽相同的，了解越多，面试的针对性就更强。 五、在亲友和人脉圈(包括猎头)当中搜索一下有没有熟悉、了解这家企业的，他们的感受或了解无疑具有非常重要的参考价值。如果有熟人关系(无论直接或间接)，能说上一两句话起码同等条件优先是可以肯定的。“有熟人好办事”绝对是放之四海而皆准的真理。 六、这里要说明的是，去招聘会或网上投简历时，最好有个记录，包括应聘的企业和职位、哪份简历投的，哪些企业招聘会上做过简单面试，面试官是谁，面试内容是什么，提过多少待遇要求等等。在接到面试通知时，马上查看一下。 七、如果是应聘高管职位，最好能了解一下老板的相关背景和个性风格等(一般事情下，老板肯定是面试高管的最后一关)。笔者在面试猎头职位候选人时，就有很多候选人询问老板的年龄、性别、籍贯、风格，甚至成长背景等情况。 八、学习一些实用的面试技巧。关键要在3-5分钟内如何做自我介绍、如何尽可能展现自己的优势和实力，给面试官一个选择你的理由。对一些常见的面试问题要有应对的准备。最好能做个模拟面试演练，在亲友中找个在企业做经理或hr的做个现场评判，提提建议，以便发现问题，及时调整。 这里要说明的是，一个简要而优势突出的自我介绍非常重要。 九、除了专业、经验和敬业等通用要求外，不同的职位类型有不同的侧重要求。比如，营销类职位侧重沟通力、客户拓展力、机敏性；财会类侧重严谨度、原则性；技术研发类侧重逻辑性、专业性；企划、创意类职位侧重策划力、思维的发散性；工程类侧重执行力、实操性；人力资源类侧重亲和力、沟通力、推动力；行政服务类侧重服务性、热情度和细致度；而中高层管理类职位则侧重认知的高度、领导力、协调整合力等。 十、每家企业有不同的企业文化和对人才的软性倾向，有强调沟通协调力的、有强调执行力的，也有强调团队协作或职业感的等等，虽然每个人的风格已经基本定型，但面试时不妨适当做有针对性的表现。笔者在接到每一个猎头单时，在全面了解其企业背景、职位职责和任职要求外，也要了解其企业文化(包括显性的和隐性的，成文的和不成文的)、老板的风格与成长背景、对人才的软性要求和企业的经营与管理模式等。 十一、准备一身得体的职业正装(有些IT、创意类企业或职位可能要求不严)，整整头发，擦擦皮鞋，也可喷点淡淡的香水，有口气的准备口香糖，出发前最好照一下镜子。 十二、估算一下路途时间，一定要留出富裕时间，绝对不要迟到，也不要太早到达，最好是提前5-10分钟进场。如因堵车等原因不能准时到达，也要电话说明情况，请求谅解。 十三、一定要充满自信，记住自信不一定成功，但不自信一定失败。心态上要平和一些，积极一些，成熟一些，不要紧张(只有放松才能把自己的东西发挥出来)，让人感到你既有才干，又敬业厚道就行，毕竟谁也不会喜欢虽然太有才了，但却太不让人放心的人。 十四、在综合各种因素后认为不适合或不值得去面试的，也可以放弃，但一定要知会企业，这是职业素质的基本要求。

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译文: Senior headhunter：14 dos before a job interview

To get any kinds of offer, you have to pass the interview, your career may be determined the interviewing that only lasts several minutes. When you receive the notice of interviewing from the company, what should you do? We might as well learn some suggestions from liu，the headhunter.

1.   When you are on the phone from the company, you should ask them the name of the company, the position you are gonna get, the interview place(the driving or bus route included),the time and some basic information. You’d better ask the website, the name of the person who notices you and the position of your interviewer by the way. At last, don’t forget to give a thanks to the person who notices you. You should arrive there on time, because usually you are not the only person to be interviewed, if you miss the chance, you will lose it.

2.   Surfing the Internet to know the background of the company and some information of Employment Objective

3.   The background of the company consists of the sector the company belongs to, the company’s products , projects, historical evolution, organization structure, CorporateCulture, salary level, the stability of employees, the key events happened before and so on. The wilder and deeper you know, the bigger your chances to succeed will be. Meanwhile, it’s helpful to judge the company.(It’s a two-way choice between the company and talents)

4.    Employment Objective consists of the name of the Employment Objective, job duties and requirements, which is very important because the same position in different companies has different requirements. The more you know, the righter your direction of interviewing will be.

5.   If there are anyone among your friends and relatives or networking who are familiar with the company, his or her feelings or suggestions will definitely be very important reference values. If you have acquaintances there(no matter direct or indirect),make good use of them, in this way, you will have the priority when your competitors and you have at least the same qualifications. “acquaintances makes things easy” is a theory that valid everywhere.

6.   You’d better record the name of the corporate and position, where you sent your resume, take simple interviewing on which company’s job fair, who was the interviewer, what’s the content of it, the salary level you have asked and so on. All of the above is supposed to be reviewed when you get interviewing notice.

7.   If the position you want is executives, being familiar with your boss’ background, personalities and styles will be helpful(generally, the executives are interviewed by the boss at last).When the author interviewed headhunters’ candidates, there are many people inquiring the age, sex ,hometown, style, even the growing background of the boss.

8.   Learn some practical interview skills. The key is how you introduce yourself and how you show your strengths and advantages, which will do you a favor to give the interviewer a excuse to convince himself that you are the person they want. Get prepared for some common questions in the interview. A simulative interview is a good choice: find a manager or HR among your friends and relatives as your judge, who can give some suggestions and help you find your problems.

It’s important to emphasize that an introduce which is concise and underlines your strengths really counts.

9.   In addition to some general requirements on profession, experience and dedication to work, different kinds of positions have different focus .For instant, marketing job emphasizes  the ability of communication and customer development, and the cleverness; Accounting job emphasizes preciseness and being principled; Technique research and development emphasizes logicality and profession; Planner or creative job emphasizes the ability of planning and the divergence of thoughts; Engineering job emphasizes execution and practical working style; HR emphasizes the ability of affinity, communication and the art of push strategy; Administrative service emphasizes serviceability, passion and carefulness; middle-level manager or executives ‘ abilities emphasizes higher horizons, leadership, coordination and integration.

10. Different corporates have different cultures and different  soft emphasizes on talents, some emphasize the ability to communicate and coordinate, some emphasize execution，some emphasize teamwork and the concept of profession. Although everybody’s style has been inflexible basically, it’s better to behave yourself  in the direction they prefer. After the author get  a headhunter’s list, in addition to know company ‘s background， responsibilities and requirements of  the position， headhunters also need to know the corporate culture（including the explicit and the inexplicit，the written and the unwritten），the boss‘ styles and backgrounds，soft  requirements on talents and the way the company works.

11. Prepare a decent professional uniform(some positions on IT or creative jobs may not have strict requirements),doing  up your hair, polishing your shoes, mild perfume is okay, prepare some chewing gums if  you have halitosis and you’d better look into the mirror before you set out.

12. Estimate the time on the road, and sparing some time for emergency is a must. You cannot be late, also not be too early. You’d better enter the place 5-10minutes before. If  you are late because of traffic jam or some other reasons, call the company for understanding.

13. You should be confident and always keep the words in mind that  being confident may not help you succeed, but  lack of confidence will definitely make you fail. Being calm, positive, mature and relaxed(showing yourself completely needs your relaxed attitude).You should try to make the others feel that you are talented, honest  and  have dedication to work. After all, nobody likes the people who are too talented to make other people feel secured.

14. If you think it’s inappropriate or unnecessary for you to go to    the interview after taking all the factors into account , quitting the interview  is also a choice. But you should notify the corporate about it, it’s a basic professional quality.