商务英语情景口语 面试（2）

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MB: Hi Sarah! I’m Marcia Boardman – we spoke¹ on the phone...

ST: Oh yes, I remember – I was having a bad day!

MB: ...and this is Philip Hart, our CEO.

PH: Hello! ST: Hello, it’s very nice to meet you both.

PH: It says on your CV that you do voluntary work...

ST: Well, when I have time, yes! I do work at a centre for children with difficulties, yes...

PH: That must be very interesting...

ST: It’s rewarding and challenging.

MB: Sarah, can you tell us a little bit about your current position?

ST: I’m assistant sales director for a chain of language schools.

PH: So this post would be quite a change then...

ST: I don’t think so honestly because the skills are the same, despite the product.

MB: Why are you thinking of moving on?

ST: Well I’ve come as far as I can in my current position, I feel and I’m 28 now and would love to take on some more responsibility.

MB: Ok, let’s move on to managing people. Can you give us an example of when you had to deal with a particularly difficult managee?

ST: Well, yes, I had two people working for me who didn’t get along at all – they had no shared values, different temperaments² – and they used to argue a lot, it looked like it was impossible for them to work together. So, I sat down with them, and we talked about their differences and their problems and after that, things went much more smoothly³!

PH: How would you deal with a rapidly changing and uncertain global market?

ST: Ok, that’s actually something I wanted to talk about in my presentation...but I’d say to stay flexible and to diversify⁴ markets and sales strategies⁵..

MB: It says on your CV you speak French and Spanish.

ST: Yes, I do. I lived in both France and Spain for a while.

PH: Any plans to learn other languages?

ST: I’d love to try!

MB: Ok, can you tell us about a time you closed a particularly challenging deal?

ST: Well, the biggest contract I won - and the thing I’m most proud of professionally - was with a large university in India, to provide language training . The contract was full of technicalities and the client⁶ was very picky! – but I still pulled it off.

MB: Ok – do you have any questions for us?

ST: Yes - about your ethical⁷ policy, and your carbon footprint...I was wondering whether you are planning to reduce your carbon footprint and whether all your products are ethically⁸ sourced?

PH: That’s a very good question...and that’s something we’re moving towards at the moment...

MB: Ok, well, let’s move on to the presentation...