Knowingwhat an employer is looking for in a potential employee can help us to preparefor an interview. An interviewer may have such questions in his mind: Whatspecific skills am I looking for in the people who apply for a job? And how doI identify these skills?

了解雇主在尋找潛在職員的時候看的時候可以幫助我們準備面試。面試官會在他的腦海里可能會有這樣的問題：在求職者中我尋找的是擁有什么樣技能的人？我如何確定這些技能？

First,most important for him in the way of skills is the ability to communicate ---can people speak clearly? Can they express the kind of person they believethemselves to be? In what kind of situation do they perform well? What aretheir strengths and weaknesses? So what he’s looking for is an ability toverbalize an idea in clear, simple, understandable language.

首先，對他來說最重要的技能是溝通能力---人們是否能夠表達得清清楚楚？他們能不能表達自己是屬于哪一類人？在哪種情況下，他們表現得出色？他們的優點和弱點是什么？所以他所尋找的是一種能用清楚，簡單，易懂的語言表達思想的能力。

Second,he is looking for creativity. He will ask some “odd” questions. How do they respond in these tough situations --- canthey be creative with their answers? This is very important when they are outin business situations with customers. They will have to respond to very suddenchanges and problem-solving situation that they are not familiar with, and theinterviewer wants to know if they can handle them.

第二，他們在尋找的是創新。他會問一些“奇怪的”問題。在這樣艱難的情況下他們會如何反應，他們的答案是否有創新性？這是很重要的在他們并未身處商業中時。他們將不得不對這突發的變化作出回應并解決他們不熟悉的問題，而面試官則想知道他們是否能夠處理。

Third,what he looks for the most are personal qualities --- assertiveness, drive,ambition and a competitive instinct. They should be high achievers and want towork hard. How they present their experiences? Forexample, an assertive person will say, “I can do these things” and “I decidedin this course of action,” whereas a more passive person might say, “These arethe experiences I have had.” All of these things describe the person in someway.

第三，他最想要尋找的是個人素質：自信，進取，抱負和競爭的本能。他們應該有大成就，而且想努力工作。他們如何講述自己的經歷。例如，一個自信的人會說，“我能做這些事”和“我決定采取這一行動方針，“而被動的人則會說，“這就是我做過的經歷。”所有的這些事情都在某種程度上描述了一個人。