面試官喜歡問諸如此類的壓力型問題，目的是瞭解你是如何很好在壓力下生存的。最佳辦法就是保持鎮定並且充分放鬆，不要動搖你的信心。
問：如果我告訴你，你今天的面試情況很糟糕，你怎麼辦？
答：首先我會問您，在這次面試中是否有某個具體的環節處理得不妥當。然後我會盡量回憶，在我與您的交談過程中，我犯了什麼錯誤。接着，我會重新考慮我對您的問題的理解上可能存在的問題。有必要的話，我會澄清它。最後如果時間允許的話，我會試着更全面、更恰當地對您給我指出的不恰當的地方再作補充。面試官喜歡問諸如此類的壓力型問題，目的是瞭解你是如何很好在壓力下生存的。最佳辦法就是保持鎮定並且充分放鬆，不要動搖你的信心。
Q:What would you do if I told you that I thought you were giving a very poor interview today?A:Well, the first thing Id do is ask you if there was any specific part of the interview that you thought I might have mishandled. After that Id think back and try to remember if there had been any faulty communication on my part. Then I'd try to review possible problems I had understanding your questions, and I'd ask for clarification if I needed it. Finally, if we had time, Id try to respond more fully and appropriately to the problem areas you identified for me.
問：你被解僱過嗎？
答：在我念大學時，有一年暑假實踐，我在一家軟件諮詢公司工作。仲夏時，由於財務出現困難，一位新上任的董事長要求我們工作組全體辭職。儘管我的工作表現沒有受到任何批評，但我還是與所有人一起被解僱了。假如你從未曾被解僱過，當然這會是一個很簡單的問題。但是假如你曾經被解僱過，你就要準備詳細地解釋一下你的處境，而且有可能要回答隨之而來的一系列非常具體的問題。假如結局超出你控制的能力，例如公司解體，大部分的面試官會表示理解。不過假如你被解僱是因爲表現太差或者其他的問題，你就必須承認錯誤，並且說服面試官你已經改正了錯誤。
雖然這是一個難以回答的問題，但是你應絕對誠實。如果不誠實，並且面試官從你的證明人那裏得到很多資料的話，你可能會被立刻解僱，或者得不到報酬。
Q:Have you ever been fired?
A:During one of my summer internships while in college, I worked for a software consulting company. Midway through the summer a new president was appointed because of some financial difficulties, and he requested the resignation of my entire group. I was swept out with everyone else, even though my work performance had never been criticized.
問：你爲什麼經常換工作？
答：在過去的5年裏，我經常調換工作是因爲我這種職業迅速變化的緣故。我的工作以政府的合同爲基礎。前幾年，國會撥款上下波動，許多公司的合約都被取消，而其他的公司則獲得巨大的、不可預料的鉅額合約。這種易變性造就了許多有利的機會，但也帶來了許多不穩定的因素。由於貴公司的生意大部分以消費品爲主，而不是以政府產品爲主，我喜歡有機會在一個相對較穩定並易於預見的環境下工作。此時要坦率一點，個人的發展、一項大的預算或者其他有助於轉換工作的經歷都是跳槽的有說服力的理由。讓面試官信服你一直對他或她的公司感興趣。
Q:Why have you changed jobs so frequently?
A:My frequent job changes over the last five years have been due to the rapid changes in my profession. My jobs have been based on government contracts, and over the last several years congressional appropriations have been up and down, causing some companies contracts to be canceled, while other companies land huge, unexpected contracts. This volatility creates some good opportunities, but it also creates a lot of uncertainty. Because your business is based mostly on consumer products, and not on government products, I welcome the opportunity to work in an environment where the business cycle is more stable and predictable.
問：爲什麼你上一份工作幹了那麼久？
答：我上一份工作幹了7年多，在那段時間裏，我完成了高等專科的學位，而且還被分配到不同的部門，接受兩項長達6個月的任務。結果是我獲得了一些額外的與那份特定工作沒有聯繫的技能。因此，我想我已取得了很大的進步，而且準備好迎接下一個挑戰。
面試官可會對你個人的提高和對付新任務的能力感興趣。他或者她還很擔心，你是否有安於現狀的傾向。說明你是如何透過有意義的新方式去提高你的責任感。
Q:Why did you stay in your last job so long?
A:I was in my last job over seven years. During that time, I completed an advanced technical degree and also had two sixmonth assignments in which I was loaned out to different departments. As a result, I acquired some additional skills that normally arent associated with that particular job. Therefore, I think I've made good progress and am ready to accept the next challenge.
問：告訴我，你最不喜歡的經理或者教授是什麼樣的。
答：嗯，從經理的角度來說，我十分幸運。我與我的教授們沒什麼過節。我走出大學校門的第一份工作是和一個難相處的經理一起工作。假如你走進他辦公室向他請教，他會感到你在打擾他工作。所以，我們反而學會了互相幫助。我並不是說我很不喜歡他，因爲在很多方面，他的確是個好經理，但我卻寧願他和我們多接近並給予我們更多的指點。
回答這個問題有點像穿越佈滿地雷的雷區一樣，所以要當心！記住面試官並不是想了解你以前的上司，他或她想了解的是你對他們的評價。雖然面試官也許會引誘你去批評你以前的上司，但這樣做會產生許多問題。儘管你的說法是完全真實和公平的，但面試官會認爲你要麼是與別人相處得不好，要麼就是純粹在指責別人。在這種困境中最好的解決方法就是選擇一個並不太反面的例子，簡單地提及它，然後，把回答的重點放在你從這些經歷中學到了什麼。
Q:Tell me about your leastfavorite manager or professor.
A:Well, Ive been pretty fortunate as far as managers go, and I didnt have any problems with my professors. In my first job out of college I worked with a manager who was pretty inaccessible. If you walked into his office to ask a question, you got the sense that you were bothering him, so we just learned to get help from each other instead. I wouldn't say he was my leastfavorite manager, because he was a good manager in a lot of ways, but I would have preferred that he'd made himself more available to us and given us more direction.
問：你遇到過的僱主中，誰最嚴厲，爲什麼？
答：那該是富蘭克林協會的漢森女士了。當忙碌的時候，她會把人推向極限，而且她對細節要求嚴格。但是她總是很公正，並且會獎勵工作做得好、勤勞的人。她是一個嚴格的老闆，但也是一個好老闆。再一次提醒你，無論如何你也要避免對你前任的老闆作任何否定的評價。像這位應聘者那樣，繞過問題，回答積極樂觀的一面。
Q:Who's the toughest employer youve ever had, and why?
A:That would be Ms. Henson at Franklin Associates. She'd push people to their limits when things got busy, and she was a stickler for detail. But she was always fair, and she rewarded good, hard work. I'd call her a tough boss, but a good boss.
問：你是如何處理與老闆之間的緊張關係的？
答：我惟一感到的緊張那次就是我們都很忙碌，以致於無法互相瞭解對方的情況。我的老闆不知道我正與另一位顧客因某些問題而糾纏不清，要求我在短期內完成大量的工作。我堅信員工會議的重要性，同事間應瞭解並尊重相互之間的時間需求。
在這裏，最安全的做法就是舉一個例子，說明你與你的老闆產生誤會時，你是如何去解決的。面試官想了解你是怎樣避免類似的問題再次發生的。
Q:How do you handle tension with your boss?
A:The only tension Ive ever felt was once when we both got too busy to keep each other boss overcommitted me with a short deadline,not knowing that I was bogged down with another client problem.I believe firmly in the importance of staff meetings so that coworkers can respect the demands on each other's time.