2026年06月四级第3套长篇阅读匹配原文翻译及答案

A) These days, phone interviews are an unavoidable part of the job interview process, and for good reason: They save time and effort. But that doesn't mean that phone calls require zero energy on the part of the candidate. Many companies treat phone screening as the official first round of the hiring process. That means candidates are expected to go into them prepared with as much information as possible about the company, position, and their own skills and strengths.

如今，电话面试已成为求职面试过程中不可避免的一环，这是有充分理由的：它们能节省时间和精力。但这并不意味着打电话对求职者而言可以毫不费力。许多公司把电话初筛视为招聘流程的正式第一轮。这意味着求职者应事先做好准备，尽可能多地掌握有关公司、职位以及自身技能和优势的信息。

B) A big mistake people often make is talking about their personal lives. Don't talk about your personal life unless you're directly asked a question about what you like to do in your off-hours. "The point of a phone interview is to focus on getting to know a candidate's professional experience and goals," says Mckenzie Roark, campus talent specialist at Lithko Contracting. "A recruiter is trying to see if they are the best fit for a role, and learning about their personal life doesn't help. For example, when asked where you see yourself in five years, we don't want to know that you hope to be married or that you want to buy a new house. That is nice, but that isn't relative to anything professional."

人们常犯的一个大错是谈论自己的私人生活。除非有人直接问你业余时间喜欢做什么，否则不要谈论个人生活。"电话面试的重点在于了解求职者的职业经历和目标，"Lithko Contracting 公司的校园人才专员 Mckenzie Roark 说。"招聘人员想弄清楚他们是否最适合某个岗位，而了解他们的私人生活并无帮助。比如，当被问到五年后你希望成为什么样时，我们并不想知道你希望结婚或想买新房。那固然很好，但与任何职业方面的事情都无关。"

C) It might be tempting to cross something off your to-do list while on a phone interview, but recruiters and hiring managers can easily tell if your attention is elsewhere. Many interviewers are annoyed to see people who decide to multitask while on the phone interview. There are candidates who wash dishes, go for walks, or do grocery shopping during the interview. Needless to say, this doesn't reflect well on your level of interest in the position you're interviewing for.

在电话面试时顺手划掉待办清单上的某项任务或许很有诱惑力，但招聘人员和招聘经理很容易察觉你是否心不在焉。许多面试官看到有人在电话面试时决定同时处理多项事务，会感到恼火。有的求职者在面试期间洗碗、散步或去买菜。不用说，这可不能很好地体现你对所面试职位的兴趣程度。

D) The question regarding pay is also best avoided. To be frank, it's simply too early in the process for you to be the one who brings up salary expectations. "Chances are if a candidate is participating in a phone interview, this is the first time they have talked with the company, and the first call isn't the appropriate time to talk about 'what's in it for you,'" says Justina Strnad, the Talent Acquisition Manager for Shiftgig. "Trust me, if you are a great candidate and make it to the next step, the hiring team is going to be very transparent about what's in it for you later on."

关于薪酬的问题也最好避而不谈。坦白说，在这个阶段由你率先提出薪资期望实在为时过早。"如果一名求职者正在参加电话面试，那很可能是他们第一次与公司交谈，而第一通电话并不是谈论'这对你有什么好处'的合适时机，"Shiftgig 公司的人才招聘经理 Justina Strnad 说。"相信我，如果你是一名出色的求职者并进入下一轮，招聘团队日后会非常坦诚地告诉你这对你有什么好处。"

E) "After wrapping up a phone interview, it is typical that the interviewer will ask the candidate if they have any questions. I can't stress this enough: ALWAYS ask questions," says Roark. "If we have had a great phone interview and then we wrap up and they don't have any questions for me, it pretty much ruins the whole interview. It tells me that the candidate is uninterested in the role, which in reality might not be the case at all," she notes. But surely, if you're interested in a job, you can think of something to ask your interviewer.

"结束一场电话面试时，面试官通常会问求职者是否有问题要问。我怎么强调都不为过：一定要提问，"Roark 说。"如果我们进行了一场很棒的电话面试，然后收尾时他们却没有任何问题问我，这几乎会毁掉整场面试。它告诉我这名求职者对这个岗位不感兴趣，而实际上或许根本不是这样，"她指出。但可以肯定的是，如果你对一份工作感兴趣，你总能想到一些问题问面试官。

F) It seems basic, but surprisingly, a lot of people are late to phone interviews. "About a quarter of the people with whom I schedule phone interviews aren't on time," says Sophie Cikovsky, who handles U.S. recruiting for Infinite Global. "While this bothers me personally, it's also indicative of someone who isn't very detail-oriented," she explains. "In order to identify this early in the hiring process, I started asking all candidates a few years ago to call me as opposed to calling them at an agreed-upon time. That way, if I hear from them at 1:13 p.m. or 12:49 p.m. instead of our planned 1:00 p.m. interview time, I have an early indicator that they might not be a great fit."

这看似再基本不过，但令人意外的是，很多人电话面试会迟到。"在我安排电话面试的人当中，大约有四分之一不准时，"负责 Infinite Global 公司美国区招聘的 Sophie Cikovsky 说。"虽然这让我个人感到困扰，但它也表明此人不太注重细节，"她解释道。"为了在招聘流程早期就识别出这一点，几年前我开始要求所有求职者主动打给我，而不是在约定时间由我打给他们。这样一来，如果我在下午1点13分或12点49分收到他们的电话，而不是我们计划的1点整面试时间，我就得到了一个早期信号：他们可能并不合适。"

G) "Make sure you test your headset and connection before dialing in," recommends Roark. "There is nothing more frustrating for a recruiter who has a structured interview guide in place having to repeatedly ask the same question over and over because they could not understand your answer due to dropped signals." Test-call a friend beforehand, or even call yourself from a landline if necessary; it will take less than a minute.

"务必在拨号前测试好你的耳机和网络连接，"Roark 建议道。"对于一名手握结构化面试提纲的招聘人员来说，最令人沮丧的莫过于因为信号中断听不清你的回答，而不得不反复问同一个问题。"事先给朋友试打一通电话，必要时甚至用固定电话给自己打一通；这用不了一分钟。

H) You might be eager to get your point across or talk about your experience, but interrupting the interviewer is awkward and rude. "Interviewing can be stressful, and sometimes that stress manifests itself in speaking too fast, speaking too loud, talking over the interviewer, or attempting to answer the interviewer's question before they have actually finished asking the question," says Chris Dardis, a recruiting expert. "Don't do this." There's a big difference between being assertive (自信的) and being aggressive, and interviewers can always recognize it.

你可能急于表达自己的观点或谈论自己的经历，但打断面试官既尴尬又失礼。"面试可能令人紧张，而这种紧张有时会表现为语速过快、声音过大、抢在面试官前面说话，或在面试官还没真正问完问题时就试图作答，"招聘专家 Chris Dardis 说。"不要这样做。"自信与咄咄逼人之间有很大区别，而面试官总能分辨出来。

I) It's tough not to say things like "um," "uh," and "like" in everyday speech, but these verbal habits become much more pronounced when speaking on the phone, says Dardis. "In face-to-face interviews, they're not as noticeable, because there are other things like your hair, suit, or body language to distract people." But in a phone interview, the only thing you have to go on is what you say and how you say it. "That's why it's so important to eliminate these words from your speech when doing a phone interview."

Dardis 说，在日常说话中很难不说"嗯""呃""就是"之类的词，但这些口头习惯在打电话时会变得明显得多。"在面对面的面试中，它们不那么引人注意，因为还有你的发型、西装或肢体语言等其他东西会分散人们的注意力。"但在电话面试中，对方唯一能凭借判断的就是你说了什么以及你怎么说。"这正是为什么在电话面试时把这些词从你的话语中剔除如此重要。"

J) Not knowing anything about the company or job you're interviewing for is way more obvious than you'd think. "Many people think that they don't have to put as much effort into researching the role or the company," says Steve Pritchard, an HR consultant. And if you have your laptop in front of you during the interview to do a few quick searches, they won't know the difference, right? Not exactly. "Seasoned interviewers will know whether an interviewee is researching while on the phone. The interviewer can often even hear the typing as they ask the question," he adds.

对你所面试的公司或职位一无所知，其暴露程度远比你想象的要明显。"很多人以为自己不必花那么多精力去研究这个岗位或这家公司，"人力资源顾问 Steve Pritchard 说。那么，如果你在面试时把笔记本电脑放在面前做几次快速搜索，他们就不会察觉，对吧？并非如此。"经验丰富的面试官能察觉出面试者是否在电话中一边通话一边查资料。面试官在提问时甚至常常能听到打字声，"他补充道。

K) "The key to success during a phone interview is clear and concise answers," says Dardis. "People's attention spans tend to be shorter over the phone. You don't want your future employer to lose interest in the conversation." He recommends practicing answers to questions you know will be asked ahead of time in order to be clear on what you're going to say. That way, you can prevent talking in an aimless manner.

"电话面试成功的关键在于回答清晰而简洁，"Dardis 说。"人们在电话里的注意力持续时间往往更短。你不会希望未来的雇主对谈话失去兴趣。"他建议提前练习那些你知道会被问到的问题的答案，以便清楚自己要说什么。这样一来，你就能避免漫无目的地说话。