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BEC Sample Interview
Stage One
Interlocutor Good morning. My name is John Smith, and this is my colleague, Mary
Clinton. And your names are Li Hua and Wang Wei?
Li: Yeah
Wang: Yeah
Interlocutor: Thank you. Now, first of all, we’d like to know something about each
of you. Mr. Li, can you tell me about yourself?
Li: My pleasure. As you know, my name is Li Hua. I’m from Jiangsu province. I’m
now studying in Suzhou University. And I’m majoring in international trade there.
Interlocutor: Thank you. Mr Li. Now Mr. Wang, can you tell me about your
ambitions?
Wang: Yes. I am now a student with Suzhou University majoring in business
administration. I hope I can get my MBA and join a world-famous multinational
company. And after I have had enough experience, I am going to start a company of
my own.
Interlocutor: Thank you, Mr. Wang. And Mr. Li, could you tell me about your
ambitions?
Li: A big question for me indeed. I’ve never thought about it, but I bet I’ll
work towards a CEO of a big multinational corporation. That’s my goal in life. And
that’s why I am spending so much time on English, business English in particular.
Interlocutor: Mr. Li, you said you’re spending a lot of time on business English.
Do you think business English is difficult to learn?
Li: Not exactly, though it may be difficult at the initial stage. The thing is that
you need to have some business knowledge before you start to learn business
English.
Interlocutor: How about you, Mr. Wang? Is it difficult for you?
Wang: Not really. You know, I like English very much, and my major is business
administration. So I have always found business English very interesting.
Stage II
The importance of having a good CV
Well, in my opinion, you can never underestimate the importance of having a good
CV.
In the majority of cases, your CV is the employer’s first impression of you, your
first chance to impress your potential employer, let’s say. It is the essential
illustration of your suitability for the job, showing how your skills and
experience match your employer’s requirements.
But more than that, it shows your ability to summarize, prioritize and present
information effectively, essential skills in today’s job market. It also shows
your linguistic and communicative abilities.
Even though employers these days use a variety of selection techniques, such as
analyzing your handwriting, a good TV is still the single most important part of
any application.
Stage III
Time Management
Your company has found that ineffective time management is one of the major problem
areas throughout the workforce. You have been asked to put forward some
suggestions for improving the situation.
Discuss, and decide together:
why poor time management can become a major problem in companies
what procedures could be adopted to ensure that time is managed effectively.
Zhang: Hi, Ms Wang, you know, our company is sort of out of control these days.
Don’t you think so?
Wang: Yeah. Everything seems to be in disorder here in our company. And that
obviously has a lot to do with poor time management.
Zhang: You mean poor time management has caused all these problems. Why?
Wang: When time is not well planned within a company, they usually do not allocate
blocks of time to specified tasks. They do not have a definite idea of when they
should complete a certain task. And …
Zhang: And I think they often neglect the ordering of priorities. I mean certain
tasks need our prior attention. But in our company every task is treated on an
equal basis, even if it is a very urgent task.
Wang: That’s the point. So time should be planned according to the importance of
the tasks we need to deal with.
Zhang: So what do you think we can do so that time is managed effectively here in
our company?
Wang: You mean what procedures we can adopt?
Zhang: Sure. That’s what our boss is asking us to do. Right?
Wang: Right. I think we’ve got a lot to do. First, we should make all the staff
members realize how important effective time management is to our company.
Zhang: Yes, I think we can give them instruction in time management, especially
those in supervisory positions.
Wang: Right, perhaps we can run a few training programs for them. If need, we may
invite some experts from outside to help us.
Zhang: Another thing we can do is to make all the managers, or even every staff
member, come up with a job description of their own. In this way, they can be
pretty sure about what they are responsible for and what they are not.
Wang: Yes, that’s a good idea. And I think, the top managers of our company should
come up with a set of rules as to what kind of jobs should be given priority to. In
this way, we can make sure that important tasks are dealt with first.
Zhang: Good idea. So to sum up, our company should run a few training programs, and
every staff member should write a job description of their own.
Wang: And rules should be made as to what kind of job should be given priority to. |
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| 发布日期： (2005-12-15) |
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