2006年考研英语模拟试题一(21)

A headhunter sends a candidate into an interview only if he or she is clearly qualified for the position. In your own job hunt, make the same effort to ensure a good fit. Know the parameters of the job when you walk into the interview. Research the company, finding out about its culture, goals, competitors.

Remember, the employer wants to hire you.

"A company holds interviews so it can find the best person for the job," Corcodilos says. The manager will be ecstatic if that person turns out to be you because then he or she can stop interviewing and get back to work.

(44) Pretend the interview is your first day at work.

Most people treat an interview as if it were an interrogation. The employer asks questions, and the candidate gives answers. Headhunters go out of their way to avoid that scenario.

(45) Got an offer? Interview the company.

When an employer makes an offer, he does more than deliver a title and a compensation package he also cedes part of his control over the hiring process. Once you get that offer, "You have the power," says Corcodilos, to decide whether, and on what terms, you want to hire that company.

[A] Consider how Corcodilos coached Gerry Zagorski of Edison, N.J., who was pursuing an opening at AT & T. Zagorski walked over to the vice president's marker board and outlined the company's challenges and the steps he would take to increase its profits. Fifteen minutes later, as Zagorski wrote down his estimate of