Interview with Yang Kai, Director of Nestle Shanghai Sales Department: How to stand out in the interview of foreign companies?

The BEC Summit of New Oriental invited Mr. Yang Kai, the sales director of Nestle Shanghai. As a battle-hardened veteran, Mr. Yang gave many suggestions based on his own personal experience. Nowadays, people choose their careers in only three directions: foreign companies, state-owned enterprises and starting their own businesses. Students attending the BEC summit obviously prefer foreign companies. Compared with other employment directions, foreign companies have a very competitive salary system, good corporate benefits, a stage for you to give full play to your personal abilities, a predictable career development plan, an international vision, a good working atmosphere, advanced ideas and so on. Moreover, foreign companies' standards for talents also involve IQ, EQ and MQ. For students who want to do business, IQ requirements are generally above 70, EQ requirements are above 9O, and what is more needed is your soft skills. Soft skills include team spirit, communication ability, innovation ability, adaptability and problem-solving ability. I have to mention communication here. Teacher Yang said that what is important in communication is how to say it, how to say it and what to say is not important. Teacher Yang said that BEC has become more and more popular among college students, and has even become the mainstream of college students' English learning. The biggest difference between business English and general English is that it is efficient, direct, concise and professional. Business English requires high ability in working environment, which is reflected in four aspects: reading, writing, listening and speaking. As for the interview with foreign companies that everyone has been concerned about, Teacher Yang said that it must be the screening of resumes at the beginning, and some even give you some written tests, generally taking more tests in mathematics and English. Mr. Yang said that after the first round of screening, everyone was basically on the same starting line. The next link to enter is the team battle link as the saying goes. The so-called team battle means that the company will let the first batch of people who pass participate in some situational interviews. In this process, Nepal should not only show your competitiveness, but also show strong cooperation ability. In fact, this situation is also reflected in BEC's oral examination. BEC's oral test requires two people to work together, and there is no time to prepare the content of this cooperation, and even your partner is temporarily assigned to you. When talking with your partner, if the other person encounters words that can't be expressed, you can help him with the language on the basis of understanding, which shows your English ability on the one hand and your cooperative spirit on the other hand, which is of great benefit to the overall score. Of course, due to the popularity of this kind of situational interview in recent years, companies have tried their best to come up with various scenarios to select the talents they want. Among them, the most popular scene is picking up garbage. In fact, as we all know, as soon as candidates enter the company, they may see the garbage on the ground of this company. If you take the initiative to answer it, it shows your sense of responsibility, and MQ has great points. But many people deliberately look for the company's garbage, and even take the initiative to clean it with a broom as soon as they arrive at the company. This radical method is not feasible. Mr. Yang said that such an interview has been known by too many people now, and it is unlikely to take the exam. The company also doesn't want the interviewer to do such a thing on purpose, and it has no quality in itself. Mr. Yang said that personally, he had met a company that would test the viability of a desert island before. Interviews like this that sound fresh but test people's ability emerge one after another, which is beyond everyone's expectation and preparation. But you must learn to pay attention to details, which is a prerequisite to help you pass the second round. Many companies believe that attention to detail is a prerequisite for future success. You will pay attention to details and be considerate in the future decision-making process, which will greatly enrich the interests of the company. Mr. Yang said that the only thing you can prepare is to have a general understanding of the company you are going to meet before the interview, understand their corporate culture, and at the same time have an understanding of your job position, and even go to some small companies to do simple internships to prepare for the interview of big companies. And you must have a career plan for yourself. This is very helpful for your third interview, which is also known as "one-on-one". Speaking of the third interview, that is, the final interview, you may face the HR of the company or your boss in the future. Finally, the interviewer is experienced and observant. They pay more attention to your potential and can even see your future development from your interview. First of all, you should have a clear plan for your future, at least know why you want to join this company. Then don't be nervous. Many final interviews will take the form of stress interview, which may deliberately exaggerate the serious atmosphere and challenge your psychological quality. These should be what you expected in advance and what might happen. At the summit, Teacher Yang also had a mock interview with many students who were volunteers, and everyone responded positively. Teacher Yang said that I hope that everyone will pay attention to the cultivation of personal ability in the future and pay attention to some places that others often ignore, and they will definitely stand out among the applicants. Finally, I wish all those who want to take part in the job search good luck! ! (Editor: Lan)