Background and aim of this post

 

Job interviews in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) these days may be daunting and tricky for you; such interviews may have become battlefields testing endurance, patience, emotional intelligence (EQ), and expertise of job seekers.

 
To help you succeed in job interviews, I am sharing what I have experienced (myself as a business owner and also discussions with fellow business owners and human resource managers) in terms of 10B tips here that may turn you into highflyers.

現在的中小企工作面試可能對你和我來說是艱鉅和棘手的;面試可能已經成為測試耐力，耐心，情商（EQ）和專業知識的戰場。為了幫助你和我在求職面試中取得成功，我在此分享我遇過的，並在這裡編寫了**10B **提示，希望你能成功。

I am splitting a rather long article (about 900 words) into two short posts for your easy reading. Here, you have the first 5Bs.

為了方便閱讀，我將約900字的整篇文章分成兩個迷你文章。在那帖，你可先看到首5個提示。

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1B. Be specific and concise in a CV 具體和簡潔的簡歷

 
Interviewers can be overwhelmed with piles of job applications. They may not have time to read anything wordy. To try not to be eliminated so early, keep your CV within three pages where you should showcase your most valuable experience and expertise.

面試員可能面對會被大量的求職申請。他們可能沒有時間閱讀太長的申請。為盡量不要太早被淘汰，請將您的簡歷盡量保持在三頁內，並展示您最有價值的經驗及能力。

There can be a tendency that you have many adjectives in a CV describing how competent you are. But, please back your qualities with real facts and actual achievements in measurable terms.

很可能你會在簡歷中於許多形容詞描述你的能力。但是，要用真實的事實和實際取得的成就去支持你的描述。

For example, you project yourself as an experienced team leader. You must back this claim with a relevant fact: I am experienced in project managment and led a project team of 30 for a year that eventually yielded a HKD 1 million net profit for the company. If not, your CV is vague and lacks persuasion power.

比如說，你說自己有豐富的團隊領導經驗。您必須以相關事實支持這一說法：我有經驗在項目管理經驗，並領導了30人的團隊一整年，最終為公司帶來了100萬港元的淨利潤。如果沒有，你的簡歷會含糊不清。

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2B. Be an enabler adding and bringing value to the organisation 帶來價值的推動者

 
It is always a business taboo about saying naively like this “I, as a would-be employee, would like to learn at your company ” to an interviewer. Although you may support lifelong learning, many interviewers are reluctant to hear that you see the company as a learning place. There may be a perception that they pay you to work not to learn. To learn, you go to school and pay your own fees.

“我想在貴公司學習知識”總是一個很大的禁忌。儘管你可能是成人終身學習的支持者，但許多面試者都不願意聽到公司是一個學習的地方。他們有一種感覺，他們付錢給你工作不學習。你自己得付錢去學校學習。

To avoid that potential trap, you must make it clear that you will financially invest in after-work learning on your own. Also, you can point it out that your learning will bring good to the company and help them grow.

考慮到這一點，您必須明確表示您將使用您自己的資金並投資於課餘學習。此外，你可以清楚地表明，你的學習為公司帶來什麼好處，並幫助他們成長。

Even more, pinpointing your strengths as unique value can probably make you an ideal candidate too good to miss. For example, you are multi-talented and have an array of technical expertise to offer. Your perceived value may be higher in the eye of an interviewer as you can give and produce more than others, with the same salary.

您還可以通過表現你的優勢作為獨特的價值來讓自己脫穎而出，使自己成為一個很好的求職者，這是一個很好的選擇。例如，你是多才多藝。面試員眼中的你的價值可能更高;因為你可以以相同的工資比其他人付出和生產更多。

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3B. Be a high EQ enabler during an interview 在面試過程中保高情商

 
More interviewers of the day may want to test how emotionally tough you are or simply downplay your financial worth (they can pay less for what you can offer, quite sad!).

今天氣有更多的面試者想要測試你的智力強弱，或者想低估你的價值（他們可以少付錢聘你）。

They may ask some rude and unreasonable questions or even intentionally be critical of your experience and skill set.

他們可能會拋出一些粗魯而無理的問題，甚至會特意批評你的經驗和技能。

Keep your temper and respond positively to show that you are able to stay resilient about unpleasant situations. If you really cannot withstand the offensive and rough treatment in an interview, try to finish it as much as you could. Who knows if one day you would be ahead of the person who has given you a hard time?

保持冷靜及積極回應，以表明你能夠對任何不愉快的事情而保持忍耐。如果你真的對面試感到不舒服，盡可能完成它。誰知道有一天你會領先於那個讓你很難過的人？

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4B. Be reflective after each interview 反思

 
Some interviewers like you but some do not. Job interviews merely are matching games where you produce and convey impressions at the end of the day.

總有一些面試者喜歡你，但有些則不。工作面試僅僅是一個匹配/印象遊戲。

Do reflect on interviews you have gone through. Summarise what interviewers have asked most and focus on these questions. Also, think of and jot down what you could have done better in previous interviews.

反思你的經歷。總結一下最常問到的問題，並將重點放在這些方面。另外，想一想你那裡可以做得更好。

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5B. Be knowledgeable about strengths and weaknesses of the organisation you are applying for 了解公司的長處和短處

 
Do some research into the organisation you are applying for and find opportunities, threats, strengths, and weaknesses of the organisation and also main competitions.

研究一下那公司，找出公司面臨的機遇，威脅，優勢和劣勢，以及主要競爭對手。

You may be asked some questions around those aspects of the organisation in an interview.

在面試中，您可能會被問到圍繞這些方面的問題。

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Conclusion 結論

 
Some interviewers like you but some do not. Job interviews merely are matching games where you produce and convey impressions at the end of the day. That being said, to be a winner and get employed, prepare yourself well beforehand.
總有一些面試者喜歡你，但有些則不。工作面試僅僅是一個匹配/印象遊戲。話雖如此，要成為勝利者，要做好自己的準備。

I hope you enjoyed my first 5Bs and please stay tuned for the rest 5Bs in an upcoming post to be uploaded soon.

我希望你喜歡我的提示，並請繼續關注其他5Bs。

Best of luck to you!

我希望你喜歡我的提示，並請繼續關注其他5個提示。祝你好運！

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Text is original and comes from self experiences. Pictures are adopted from Pixabay

(**I do not have any personal pictures related to this topic. To make the post interesting, stock pictures have been used).