英语口语面试问题

1. could you please introduce yourself briefly in 3 minutes?
my name is yinshuqi, i graduated from liaoning technical university in2011. my major is information and computing science. i passed college english test band6 in the third year of my college. and after i got my bachelor of science degree, i came back to my hometown-shenyang. now i’m working in shenyang liming turbocharger as manager assistant and sales representative. my responsibilities can be briefly described as play a connecting role in the team, assist manager in dealing with daily works, and also communicate with our customers.
i’m a positive person and a good team player. i have a strong work ethic, can adapt to a new environment very quickly. that’s all. thanks
2. give me a summary of your current job description/what is your job responsibility?
my current job can be described as three main parts.
first, i’m manager’s assistant, i’m in charge with arranging orders’ production, delivery and after-sale service, besides, i’m also in charge with arranging manager’s daily schedule, preparing conferences and making conferences records,
updating customer files, playing the connecting role in the team and do some other things that manager need me to do.
second, i’m also responsible for developing potential customers and maintaining old customers relationships, promoting company’s brand and products, receiving customers when they come to visit our factory.
third, i also prepare my company’s auto parts exhibitions and attend these exhibitions.
3. how much do you know about bba (bmw brilliance automotive)?
bmw brilliance was founded in 2003 in shenyang dadong district. and with its rapidly development, now it’s one of the most known luxury car manufacturers in china. its main produced cars are bmw 3series, bmw 5series li and bmw x1.
this year there’s a new brand called zinoro designed by bba.
also, with the increased demand, bba has set up a new factory and an engine factory in tiexi district. the engine casting factory is also the second engine casting factory for bmw in the world.
4. please tell me something about your family.
my family members are my father, my mother, my pet dog and myself. my parents run a small store in shenyang, sell clothes, shoes and hats. we live in a first floor house in shenhe district. and there’s a small garden for us to plant some vegetables and flowers.
5. what is your personality?
i’m an endurable person, which means i can persist in trying until i reach my goals. also i’m positive and energetic. so even in the dark days i can keep thinking ways to get through.
6. how do you spend your leisure time?
in my leisure time, i could spend some time with my parents, reading some novels that interest me, surfing on the internet or having some fun with my friends.
7. why do you want to work for bba?
first of all. because bba is one of the most famous luxury car manufacturers. its cars, manage system and company culture attract me a lot.
secondly, my current job experience is related to this position. all the training and experience have made me well-prepared for it.
thirdly, bba offers me everything i’ve been looking for, both this position and its overall environment. those are all the reasons i want to be part of bba.

8. why do you want to leave your last/ previous job?
my current company is nice, they teach me a lot and i really appreciate that. but after all, it’s a small family company. and i couldn’t break through myself any more. so i want to look for a job that keeps me updating myself.
9. what did you learn from your job?
my job makes me learn how does a team work, and everything you do should think of the team first. i also learned how to manage things, how to make a program and how to communicate with different people.
10. what did you contribute to your present company?
i play a connecting role in my department. my job makes this team work more efficient and saves a lot of inner cost. and my job also saves more time for manager to do something more important. i also successfully maintain the relationships with our old customers and develop many potential customers.
11. what is important to you in a new job?
keep updating, that means in my job i can keep updating myself and moving forward with company together.
12. what is your greatest strength/weakness?
i think my greatest strength is i have a good work ethic, i will try my best to do my job better.
about my greatest weakness, because i’m a perfectionist, so sometimes i maybe a little bit too strict to something or someone, include myself.
13. how would your friends or colleagues describe you?
i used to ask my friends or colleagues before. in their eyes, i’m a girl like a sunflower, always positive, warm-hearted, smile a lot and diligent.
14. how are you getting along with your colleagues/leader?
colleagues: generally, we’re like a family. even though sometimes we have different opinions in work. but we always like to help each other.
leader: when we are in work time, our relationship is manager and assistant, we both try to do our jobs better. but when we are out of work, we’re more like normal friends, talk about social news, our troubles.
15. could you describe a project that you ever led?
sure, managing exhibitions is part of my job. like this year i’m in charge with a holland exhibition. first i need to contact with different exhibition companies. take booth position, quotation, services, their strengths and weaknesses into consider, then choose the most competitive one. after that, i need to prepare for this fair. contacting with oversea agency, choosing our exhibition products, designing how to decorate our stand, making previous promotion, also arranging our trips to holland.
when after this exhibition, i need to file out visitors information, making notes correspondingly. and then try to contact with them by emails.
16. have you met any difficulty in your job? how did you overcome it?
yes, actually i think part of my job is deal with difficulties. because turbocharger is a very precise and complicated product. and assistant’s job is very comprehensive. so difficulties are inevitable. and i think the key to overcome difficulties is to catch the core of the difficulties, then work on the core, think of all the methods you could to solve the core.

17. what is your understanding of the importance of your present job?
my job plays a connecting role in the department. from the inside, my job makes our team work more efficient, saves a lot of inner cost; from the outside, my job also promotes our brand and our products.
18. can you work under pressure?
yes, one of my advantages is endurance. and in my opinion, pressure can also motivates you to do your job better.
19. are you a good team player? and give me an example.
yes, when i arrange orders’ production and delivery, i need to work with all the staffs very well. because all the steps are connected closely. first i need to check with stock department to see which raw materials we need to purchase. then tell this result to purchase department. also i need to communicate with produce department to rank all the orders according to their priority, then estimate when can we complete.
at last, i need to inform the forwarder to pick up the goods on time.
20. how do you handle failure?
if i fail on something, first i want to see whether i can do something to make up. to minimize the lose. then reflect the whole process, to see why am i fail? then learn from this failure, avoid it happens again.
21. how do you handle your conflict with your colleagues/leader in your work?
when we have different opinions in work, first i need to calm down. even though sometimes the others couldn’t. then think on their points, why they think like that? to see whether i can adjust some to achieve a better result. then try to let them understand my opinion.
22. when you are in charge, how do you communicate and motive your colleagues?
when i am in charge, we can talk on meetings regularly. like where we are now or what are the problems? how can we handle? and i think a little praise can motivate people. like good job, you really surprise me. i think this can create more wonderful ideas.
23. how long would you like to stay with our company?
bba is my dream company, so i want to stay with it as long as the company need me to contribute to its growth and i can keep updating from my job.
24. what is career objective?
my career objective are to be more professional and maximize my value.
25. what is your plan for the next five years

if you joined in our company?
in general, first i need to adapt to the new environment and familiar with my responsibilities as soon as possible. then i would like to be skilled at my job. at last, i want to be my best on this position.
26. what kind of job do you like to do?
i want to do a teamwork job. which means i can communicate and cooperate with people. it can make me learn more and faster, also can make me feel more accomplished.
27. how can you adapt to a new job more quickly?
i can talk with the other colleagues in spare time. listen to their opinions or description. and do my job as much as i can, even some trifles i can learn from them. i can also see how do the others do in their work.
28. why do you think we should hire you? / what do you think you are worth to us？
because my present job is related to this position, all the experience and training made me well-prepared for it. besides, bba is always my dream

company, so i have the enthusiasm to work for bba. at last, i’m a down-to-earth kind of person. i would like to strive step after step. these are all the reasons i think i should be hired.
29. what are your salary expectations?
first i would like to be paid at the same level on this position.
30. do you have any questions?
tel: may i know when can i know whether i have passed this interview or not?
could you tell me, when you think of the person who do this job best, what do you think made their performance so outstanding?