English proficiency issues in foreign trade interviews

About the English proficiency of foreign trade interviews

I have a bachelor’s degree and a CET-6. I know that my English level is definitely not as good as professional English! But at that time, there were less than 10 people in our class who had passed CET-6, so I thought my English was pretty good! After graduation, I worked as a foreign trade salesperson for a year. During the process, my boss (who is illiterate in English) often complained about your poor English! If your English were better, your performance would definitely soar. In one year, I earned about 130,000 for him. I developed all the customers myself, and there were no old customer resources for me. I personally feel that my work has never been difficult due to poor English. I have never heard a customer complain that my English is not good and terminate the cooperation! On the contrary, many customers praised my English in person! (Of course, I know it’s not very good! It’s just that the communication is smooth, I can understand the customer, and the customer understands what I mean) Personally, I think language is just a tool, and it’s OK if it can be used. Because we are not engaged in learning, we do not necessarily need to reach the level of scholars. (Don’t scold me if you have different opinions)

But I recently went to a company for an interview. The online recruitment information said that I should be professional. I boldly submitted my resume and got the interview. notify. I took a written test to respond to inquiries. After waiting for 20 minutes, a man came and asked some unrelated interview questions (I went out three times in just about 5 minutes!). Then a woman came and said she was from the Ministry of Foreign Trade. The manager came up and asked about your previous work situation, followed by an English conversation: asked about your sense of responsibility, past work content, team spirit, strengths, weaknesses, and future plans (about 8 minutes later, you went out for 10 minutes) and then came in. Just say "Go back and wait for our call." Is this the interview I rushed to for 3 hours? To be honest, the questions "your sense of responsibility, past work content, team spirit, strengths, weaknesses, and future plans" are completely trivial questions. I think they don't get to the point! However, my English level can be detected from the English conversation, which is not good but not too bad. When I came out, I told myself that this company would probably not reply. Even if there was a reply asking me to go to work, my answer would be "NO".

So I am asking myself now, is my English bad? I feel that this interview did not ask about a candidate's ability and interest and expectations for his company at all, and there was no mutual understanding at all. If this company thinks that speaking fluent English is the first prerequisite for doing business, then it is not suitable for me! It doesn’t depend on the salesperson’s business ability, hard-working ability, negotiation ability, and adaptability to deal with things. A scholar who is a scholar does not necessarily know how to do business! ! !

So, I would like to hear the opinions of all foreign trade salesmen. What is your English level? Are they all professional level 8 speakers fluent in oral sex? Do you all understand every word of English spoken by foreigners? Regardless of other people's opinions, I still think that I am an excellent foreign trade salesperson, and my customers will never say goodbye to me because my English is not good! ;