Chapter 13 Interview Preparation
After completing the first part of her resume, she felt that she was slowly approaching life, slowly approaching the life of a normal person, and slowly approaching the life she was pursuing.
The second part of the resume is Shen Youxia's personal experience, and she thinks it's better to write it realistically. She remembered that when she was in Nairobi, Yang Shu had joked that after returning to China, she could write an extra story on her resume, so she typed her personal experience step by step - after graduation, she joined the Youth Aid Africa Volunteer Team, and spent two years in the slums of Nairobi with the team, during which time she designed and built an orphanage school. Liu Hotaru thought that this was probably her only bright spot, so she wrote it in the main position, and then wrote step by step what she was responsible for in the team in the past two years, and the final result.
After writing this item, Liu Hotaru is generally quite satisfied, followed by the personal skills of the last item.
In terms of personal skills, she wrote about a few things, such as the various certificates she obtained at university, and the language she knew, and finally thought about it, and even wrote about some first aid knowledge she learned in Nairobi.
After the resume was completed, Liu Ying began to submit her resume aimlessly, she looked at many companies, some were familiar and some had never heard of, and after seeing more than a dozen companies, she finally voted out two copies, and then she received a message from "Jiang Huo".
"To give you a few warm tips: the content of the resume should not exceed one page of A4 paper, too much content will make HR dizzy and unable to grasp the point; save it in PDF format, the computer difference may cause Word to open and your format does not match; when saving your resume, the file name is named according to the name plus the format of the job position, so that the HR who receives your resume can make the first judgment from the file name. ”
Liuying looked at the message sent by "Jiang Huo", she didn't know that there were so many side things to pay attention to when writing a resume. She looked at her resume again, and it seemed that she hadn't done the other two except for the first one that Shen Youxia had deliberately reminded her. So she re-saved her resume according to the warm reminder of "Jiang Huo", and the newly saved resume was sent out several times.
In the process of waiting for the news for a long time, Liu Ying was not idle, she pulled Xia Midou to accompany her to choose clothes, Xia Midou often put a sentence on her lips, that is, "a good outfit is the first business card to show personal ability", and she said to Liu Ying at this time: "You are a designer, people with vicious eyes can make a first impression of your design ability through your wear, so you must have some of your own ideas in dressing." ”
She didn't have any idea about it at all, and she said weakly, "I think it's okay to wear it on my body." ”
Xia Midou looked up and down at Liuying's solid-colored T-shirt and slacks and a pair of cloth shoes, and said, "You are too studently, this is not good, at least the impression score will be greatly reduced during the interview." This way, you can try to add some workplace and fashion vibes to what you originally liked. ”
In this way, accompanied and suggested by Xia Midou, Liuying tossed for nearly half a day before finally buying five sets of clothes that Xia Midou and herself were satisfied with, three pairs of shoes and a lot of accessories, and Xia Midou also specially told her which set to wear during the interview.
At dinner, Xia Midou also suggested that Liuying cut a neat short haircut, but Liuying refused, she said: "If your hair is too short, you will be exposed to the air, so it's better to have long hair and feel safe." ”
Xia Midou just laughed at her Gu Shi theory, and didn't argue with her too much, as long as she liked it.
On the second day of the resume, Liuying received interviews or sorry notices one after another, and finally received interview notices from four companies after submitting more than ten resumes, which was already a great encouragement for Liuying, and she originally thought that her resume might be brushed down in the first round.
After receiving the notice, Liuying flipped through a lot of books and had a general understanding of some of the precautions during the interview process and the questions that the interviewer might ask, but Liuying still didn't know the bottom of her heart, and she began to get nervous alone before the interview arrived. She found "Jiang Huo" in desperation, she thought that "Jiang Huo" was her predecessor in this industry, and he should be able to give her some good advice, in fact, when she was in Nairobi, "Jiang Huo" has always been her mentor. It probably had something to do with the psychology he studied, and he always figured out what advice and opinions she wanted most.
"Thank you for all the reminders you gave me earlier, I received the interview notice, but I was a little nervous, afraid that I was not fully prepared, can you tell us a little more about your experience?"
After typing these words, Liuying pressed the "send" button after making sure that there was no problem.
"Can you tell me why you're nervous?" and soon "Jiang Huo" replied to her.
Liuying thought about this question seriously, but after pondering for a long time, she couldn't come up with an accurate answer, she felt that she might be because she was diagnosed with the sequelae of autism by a doctor since she was a child, and the inferiority complex that accompanied her growth had gone deep into the bone marrow, she was a normal person like the general public in her own eyes, but what about in the eyes of others?
Low self-esteem, Liuying thought, but she didn't have the courage to tell "Jiang Huo" this answer, so she just replied lightly: "I don't know why I'm nervous." ”
After a while, "Jiang Huo" sent her a long message: "Actually, being nervous is not necessarily a bad thing, you don't need to be depressed, and being nervous means that you attach great importance to this interview, and the success rate of paying attention to interviews will usually be greatly improved." My advice to you is to first face up to your own tension in order to overcome it step by step. There are three main types of nervousness before the interview, the first type is nervousness due to low self-esteem, the second type is nervousness due to excessive expectations, and the third type is habitual nervousness. I'm not sure what type of nervousness you are, so I'm sending you advice on all three. Because of low self-esteem and nervousness, you must first understand that you are the only you in this world, no one can replace you, you must know that no one is perfect, everyone has their own strengths, and you also have places that others cannot match, so you must have self-confidence. Before the interview, keep your head up and make yourself smile, smile more at the people around you, and when others respond to your smile, your nervousness will be reduced a lot. If you have too much expectation and are nervous, you are actually putting too much pressure on yourself, so think about the results you have achieved and give yourself appropriate positive psychological cues. Take a deep breath before the interview, repeat it a few times, and try to slow down your speech as much as possible to relieve it. Habitually nervous, then there is only one sentence to say, practice makes perfect. The most practical way to do this is to practice in front of the mirror and repeat the questions that the interviewer might ask until you can answer them smoothly, until you feel the feeling of heartiness and you will no longer be nervous. I wonder if there's anything I can do to help you?"
"Jiang Huo" analyzed all aspects, she benefited a lot, and she was convinced that she belonged to low self-esteem and habitual nervousness. Regardless of whether the methods mentioned by "Jiang Huo" can relieve her tension and anxiety, these two methods are beneficial and harmless, and she might as well try them. She replied to "Jiang Huo": "I have benefited a lot, thank you." ”
"Don't always say thank you to me. ”
Liuying was stunned for a moment, about the matter of "thank you", this is the second time that "Jiang Huo" has brought it up. Liuyingda is actually very afraid of other people's misunderstandings of herself, so she usually pays attention to her words and deeds, especially the things that must be thanked and apologized, but she didn't expect that these two words that she often said on weekdays would make "Jiang Huo" deliberately bring it up twice.
Liuying thought for a moment and replied, "You are also a teacher and friend to me, I am really grateful to you, not polite. ”
"Don't be grateful, just hope that you will be the first to think of me when you need help, this is the best gift for me. ”
Liuying looked at the words of the familiar stranger on the screen, and her heart warmed for no reason, she remembered that Xia Midou once said that a person will meet about 290,000 people in his life, and the chance of meeting someone who can make you feel warm is 1 in a million, that is to say, you can only meet about 29 people in your life who make you feel warm. Liuying decided that "Jianghuo" was one of these twenty-nineties, and she felt extremely satisfied. It's just that "Jiang Huo" doesn't know about her situation, if she knew, would she still say this?
Liuying put aside all distractions, shook her head, and let her mind return to business. She began to follow the advice of "Jiang Huo", silently telling herself in her heart that "Gu Liuying is the only Gu Liuying in this world", and then smiled relaxedly, and then she began to practice over and over again in front of the mirror from self-introduction.
She had summarized more than a dozen common interview questions when she was looking at relevant books, listed each question in a notebook, and then wrote down the words she thought was most appropriate in the notebook, and rehearsed the answers to these questions many times in front of the mirror until she could finish them smoothly. I have never been able to experience the hearty feeling that "Jiang Huo" said, but it seems to have increased a lot of self-confidence, and the tension of Liuying has also been reduced.
In this way, she continued these exercises until the day of the interview. Interviews are staggered across all four companies, with two companies on the first day and the other two on the second day. And she is fully prepared to welcome a new chapter in her life.