(Man) Thank you.

謝謝你

(Woman) Um why don't you start out today by telling me a little bit about yourself?

(女)嗯，你為什麼不從今天開始告訴我一點你的情況呢？

(Man) Sure.

(男人)當然

My name is John Smith, I'm a student at the University of Minnesota.

我叫約翰-史密斯，是明尼蘇達大學的學生。

I'm currently working towards my Bachelor's degree in Animal Science.

我'目前正在努力爭取我的動物科學學士學位。

Um while attaining my degree, I've developed animal handling skills

嗯，在獲得學位的同時，我已經開發了動物處理技能。

while working as a volunteer at The Humane Society.

在人類協會做志願者的時候。

I've also developed Veterinary Medical skills while working,

我'在工作的同時也培養了獸醫的醫療技能。

while job shadowing a Livestock Veterinarian,

在擔任畜牧獸醫的工作時。

so I'm planning to graduate in the spring of 2012

所以我計劃在2012年春天畢業。

and afterwards, I'm hoping to go on and become a veterinary assistant

和之後，我'我希望去和成為一個獸醫助理

so my long term plans are to go on to vet school,

所以我的長期計劃是去上獸醫學校。

become a veterinarian and eventually own my own clinic

當獸醫，最終擁有自己的診所。

and the reason I'm applying to the internship and your vet clinic

也是我申請實習和你的獸醫診所的原因。

is in order to further utilize my education in Animal Science

是為了進一步發揮我在動物科學方面的教育。

and my passion for working with animals.

以及我對動物工作的熱情。

(Woman) Great.

(女人)很好

What are some of your strengths?

你有哪些優勢？

(John Smith) I would say that my two main strengths are my attention to detail

(約翰-史密斯)我會說，我的兩個主要優勢是我對細節的關注。

and my organizational skills.

和我的組織能力。

My attention to detail I developed while working as a hospital sanitary technician.

我在做醫院衛生員的時候，培養了我對細節的關注。

It was my job to go in prior to any surgery and clean and prepare the surgical room

我的工作是在任何手術前去打掃和準備手術室。

and the equipment before they did a surgery

在他們做手術之前，和設備

and so I knew that if I didn't clean and sanitize everything properly

所以我知道，如果我沒有清理和消毒一切適當的

that a patient could get even sicker from my negligence

因為我的疏忽，病人可能會病得更重。

so that really motivated me to pay close attention to what I was doing

所以，這真的激勵我 密切關注我在做什麼。

and developed really good habits that ensure close attention to detail.

並養成了真正的好習慣，確保密切關注細節。

My organizational skills came from working years as a manager at Target.

我的組織能力來自於在Target公司擔任經理的多年工作。

I had to manage five employees, create schedules, track inventory,

我必須管理5名員工，創建時間表，跟蹤庫存。

so all those things really demanded good organizational skills.

所以這些事情真的需要很好的組織能力。

Also maintaining databases, keeping accurate records,

同時維護數據庫，保持準確記錄。

all while going to school full-time also demanded organizational skills.

在全職上學的同時，也對組織能力提出了要求。

So I think those two things would be my strengths,

所以我想這兩點應該是我的優勢。

my close attention to detail and my strong organizational skills.

我對細節的密切關注和我強大的組織能力。

(Woman) Okay.

好吧，我知道了

On the flip side what are some of your weaknesses?

反過來說，你有哪些弱點？

(John) I would say that the biggest weakness in regards to this position

我想說的是，這個位置最大的弱點就是

is the fact that I've never worked in a vet clinic before

是事實，我'從來沒有工作過的獸醫診所之前。

so were I to be hired I would have to learn the different roles of the vet clinic;

所以，如果我被錄用，我就必須學習獸醫診所的不同角色。

the roles of the employees and kind of how everyone works together

員工的角色和大家的合作方式。

in order to make the clinic run properly.

為了使診所正常運轉。

However I am a quick learner and I also think I have a number or experiences

然而我是一個學得很快的人，我也認為我有一些或者說是經驗。

that really helped prepare me for this type of job.

這真的幫助我準備這種類型的工作。

As I mentioned I did job shadowing with a livestock veterinarian,

正如我所提到的，我和一位畜牧獸醫一起做了工作跟蹤。

so I already have some experience with veterinary medical procedures

所以，我已經有一些經驗 獸醫的醫療程序

with the medications and a few techniques.

與藥物和一些技術。

My work as a sanitary technician helped prepare me

我的衛生技術員的工作幫助我準備好了

for working in a sterilized medical environment

在消毒的醫療環境中工作

and my work as a manager at Target showed me how teams work together

而我在塔吉特公司擔任經理的工作讓我知道了團隊是如何合作的。

and how specialized roles can come together to accomplish a group goal.

以及專業角色如何共同完成團體目標。

So while if I were hired I would have a little bit of learning to do

所以，雖然如果我被錄用了，我會有一點學問去做。

I also think I have a number of positions that have really helped prepare me

我也認為我有一些職位，真的幫助我準備好了。

for this type of position.

對於這種類型的職位。

(Woman) Describe a time where you've had to complete multiple tasks

描述一下你不得不完成多項任務的時候。

in a short period of time.

在短時間內。

(John) Sure. Well last December I was going to school full-time

當然了，去年12月我還在上全日制學校呢

and I was working at Target part-time

我在塔吉特公司兼職

and I was also the acting treasurer of the Animal Science Club

而我也是動物科學俱樂部的代理財務主管。

so finals were approaching for school, Target was ramping up its inventory

所以，期末考試臨近學校，目標是加緊其庫存。

and hiring new employees to get ready for the holiday rush

並招聘新員工，為節日高峰做好準備。

and the Animal Science Club was getting ready to do a big fundraiser

而動物科學俱樂部正準備做一個大的籌款活動

so all of these things were demanding more time from me

所以所有這些事情都要求我花更多的時間

and I knew that if I wanted to accomplish them all

我知道如果我想完成所有的任務

I would really have to get organized and effectively manage my time

我真的要組織起來，有效地管理我的時間。

so my strategy was to actually use the calendar on my Smartphone

所以，我的策略是真正使用智能手機上的日曆。

to manage my time and make sure that I gave proper attention

管理我的時間，並確保我給予適當的關注。

to everything that I needed to get done.

到我需要完成的一切。

So I prioritized whatever I needed to get done according to the deadline.

所以我把需要完成的事情按照截止日期優先處理。

I estimated the amount of time that it would take to accomplish each task

我估算了完成每項任務所需的時間。

and then I blocked out that amount of time on my calendar, on my phone,

然後我在我的日曆上，在我的手機上封鎖了這段時間。

and this allowed me to manage my schedule at any time

這讓我可以隨時管理我的日程安排。

and also to make sure that I was following the plan that I created.

同時也是為了確保我是按照自己制定的計劃進行的。

Wherever I went I would always have my phone on me so-- and I also created--

無論我走到哪裡，我都會帶著手機，所以... 我還創造了...

alarms in order to remind myself what I should be doing at that time

鬧鐘，以提醒自己當時應該做什麼。

just in case things got hectic and I needed to be reminded.

以防萬一，事情變得忙碌，我需要被提醒。

This really allowed me to effectively manage my time

這真的讓我能夠有效地管理自己的時間

to give proper attention to each task that I had to get done

適當關注我必須完成的每一項任務。

and the result was that I got a 3.3 GPA for that semester,

而結果是我那學期的GPA是3.3。

we raised over $5,000 for the Animal Science Club

我們為動物科學俱樂部籌集了超過5,000美元的資金。

and I was also awarded the Outstanding Manager of the Holiday Season for Target.

而我也被評為目標公司假日季的優秀經理。

(Woman) Okay.

好吧，我知道了

Can you describe a time when you've been in conflict with a co-worker

你能描述一下你與同事發生衝突的時候嗎？

or a team member and how you handled that situation?

或團隊成員，你如何處理這種情況？

(John) Sure. Well in my small animals class, we were assigned to a group

當然，在我的小動物課上，我們被分配到了一個組

and given the responsibility of researching and writing a report

並負責研究和撰寫報告。

on a small domesticated animal.

在小型家養動物上。

My group decided to split up the different sections of the report

我所在的小組決定將報告的不同部分進行拆分

and have everyone do an individual portion,

並讓每個人都做一個單獨的部分。

then bring everyone's portion together to form the final product.

然後把每個人的部分彙集在一起，形成最終的產品。

So we did that and when it came time to put everyone's parts together for the final report,

所以我們就這樣做了，當到了把大家的部分放在一起做最後的報告的時候。

it was obvious that one team member, who I'll just call James,

很明顯，一個團隊成員，我就叫他詹姆斯。

didn't do his part up to standard.

沒有'做他的部分達標。

It was obvious that he didn't put a lot of time or effort into it

很明顯，他並沒有投入很多時間和精力'。

so myself, the other team members, we were kind of upset

所以我自己，其他隊員，我們都有點不高興了

that we had worked so hard on our portions but he hadn't

我們已經努力在我們的部分，但他沒有';。

and now our grade would suffer because of it.

而現在我們的成績會是以受到影響。

But rather than confronting James, I took him aside,

但我沒有和詹姆斯對峙，而是把他帶到了一邊。

away from the other group members and asked him what had happened.

離開其他組員，問他發生了什麼事。

So I listened to him as he explained to me that he wasn't able to put

所以我聽他向我解釋說，他不'能把。

as much time into the report as he would have liked

儘可能多的時間在報告上，因為他希望。

because he had some very legitimate personal issues going

因為他有一些非常合理的個人問題去

on so he apologized to me and I sympathized with the situation

所以他向我道歉，我也很同情他的處境。

and I offered to help him finish his part of the report.

我主動提出幫他完成他那部分的報告。

So we analyzed what needed to be done, what was left to be done.

於是我們分析了需要做的事情，剩下的事情。

We divided up the responsibilities and then we collaborated on the finished product

我們分工負責，然後合作完成產品

and we actually ended up getting it down that same day and getting it handed in on time.

而我們居然在當天就把它弄下來了，並按時上交。

So the result was that we got an A on the report with compliments from the professor.

所以結果是，我們的報告得了A，還得到了教授的誇獎。

(Woman) Okay.

好吧，我知道了