BBC Learning English - Real Easy English: Talking about job interviews

Episode 261023 / 23 Oct 2026

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核心介绍

项目	内容
节目	Real Easy English
集数	Episode 261023
发布日期	23 Oct 2026
级别	Easy (A2)
主持人	Becca, Neil
时长	约 6 分钟
主题	工作面试、词汇、职场英语

中文简介

本期节目探讨工作面试话题。Becca 和 Neil 用简单英语聊聊面试时的紧张感，以及面试中常见的问题，比如 “Why do you want this job?"。还会介绍如何谈论自己的 skills、经历，并用 examples 来支持你说的话。Becca 还会透露她最不喜欢回答的面试问题。

重点词汇表

单词/短语	英文释义	中文释义	来源语境
nervous	worried about something	紧张的；担心的	面试前感到紧张
confident	fairly sure you are going to do well at something	自信的；有把握的	对自己的回答有信心
skills	things that you can do well	技能；擅长的事情	在面试中展示自己的 skills
examples	stories or achievements which you can use to support the things you say about yourself	例子；事迹	用过去工作中的例子证明自己

课文重点解析

1. 面试让人紧张

Becca: Ooh, they make me feel a little bit nervous, Neil.

Becca: 嗯，面试让我有点紧张，Neil。

Becca: Exactly. And I think it is natural to be nervous and natural to worry a little bit, because if you’re not worried, it means that you don’t care.

Becca: 没错。而且我觉得紧张是很自然的，担心一点也很自然，因为如果你不担心，那就说明你不在乎。

2. 展示自己的技能与经历

Neil: And also, it’s a little bit false when you are talking in an interview because you are answering the questions, but you’re also trying to display lots of things, so you’re trying to tell someone about your skills and your experience, for example.

Neil: 而且，在面试中说话有点不真实，因为你既在回答问题，也在试图展示很多东西，所以你想告诉别人你的技能和经验，比如。

Neil: Your skills are the things that you can do that will make you good for the job. And the experience, of course, is if you have done this kind of thing before.

Neil: 你的技能是你能做、能让你胜任这份工作的事情。当然，经验是指你以前做过这类事情。

3. 用例子支持你的说法

Neil: Yeah, and it’s best if you use examples – examples of real things that you’ve done that you can tell people, so it doesn’t sound like you just took these examples from the internet.

Neil: 对，最好是使用例子——你真正做过的真实事情的例子，这样就不会听起来像是你从网上抄来的这些例子。

Becca: And on top of that, another way to prepare for a job interview is to research the company or wherever it is that you’re interviewing because if you can give them examples that fit, maybe with the job that you’re interviewing for, then they’ll really like that.

Becca: 除此之外，准备面试的另一种方式是研究公司或你要面试的地方，因为如果你能给他们提供合适的例子，也许与你面试的工作相关，他们会很喜欢。

批判性思考题

面试中的紧张感：面试时感到 nervous 是正常的吗？适度的紧张如何反而能帮助你表现得更好？natural, worry, care
技能与经验的区别：skills 和 experience 在面试中分别起什么作用？面试官更看重哪一个？good for the job, done this kind of thing before
用例子说话：为什么面试官更喜欢听具体的 examples，而不是泛泛而谈？如何准备几个能打动面试官的例子？real things, successful result
谈论自己的弱点：面试官常问 “What’s your weakness?"，你该如何诚实回答，又不至于给自己找麻烦？strengths, weaknesses, honest
公司调研的重要性：Becca 建议面试前研究公司。这样做如何帮助你提供更贴合的 examples？research the company, fit

完整对话记录

Transcript

Becca Hi Neil. How are you?

Neil I’m very well, Becca. How are you?

Becca Yeah, I’m very well as well, thank you. Today on Real Easy English, we’re talking about job interviews.

Neil Job interviews… they’re quite hard, aren’t they?

Becca They are. They’re a little bit stressful.

Neil Very stressful.

Becca But first, before we get started, we need to remind our listeners and our watchers that there is a transcript and a worksheet and activities over on our website, bbclearningenglish.com.

Neil So, Becca, job interviews – how do they make you feel?

Becca Ooh, they make me feel a little bit nervous, Neil.

Neil Nervous? Is that because it’s an important thing and you really want it to go well, so it’s that feeling of being worried that it won’t go well?

Becca Exactly. And I think it is natural to be nervous and natural to worry a little bit, because if you’re not worried, it means that you don’t care.

Neil That’s true, yeah. And it’s actually… it’s a really strange situation, a job interview, because you meet these people, who you don’t know, and you have to be friendly and smiley and show that you’re a nice person, but also that you are serious and you can do the job.

Becca And it is difficult to find that balance between being very friendly and also seeming very confident in yourself. What are some common questions that you might be asked in an interview?

Neil So, a really common interview question is, “Why do you want this job?” and it’s a good question because if you don’t want the job, it means that you’re lying immediately and that’s not a good sign. So, I think that’s a really good question, but it can be difficult to answer so you should probably be prepared and think about it before the interview.

Becca I think with that question as well, it’s really important to be confident in your answer, because there will be lots of people who are answering that same question as well.

Neil Yeah, absolutely. And also, it’s a little bit false when you are talking in an interview because you are answering the questions, but you’re also trying to display lots of things, so you’re trying to tell someone about your skills and your experience, for example.

Becca Yeah.

Neil Your skills are the things that you can do that will make you good for the job. And the experience, of course, is if you have done this kind of thing before.

Becca Yeah. And usually, you’ll give the interviewer your CV, your cover letter, which is a piece of paper that has your skills and experiences, but they’ll still ask you about these things, and they’ll want a little bit of a more detailed explanation so that they can get to know you a bit more.

Neil Yeah. And what they really want is examples. So, I think it’s very easy to say, “Oh, you should do this or you should do this in this situation.” But if you can say, “I did this in a previous job. I did this and then it was a successful result,” then that is what people want to hear.

Becca Absolutely, yeah. And on top of that, another way to prepare for a job interview is to research the company or wherever it is that you’re interviewing because if you can give them examples that fit, maybe with the job that you’re interviewing for, then they’ll really like that.

Neil Yeah, that’s really good advice on how to prepare for a job interview.

Neil Now, job interviews don’t always go well. Can you think of a time you’ve had a really bad question? What’s the worst question you’ve had?

Becca Ooh… often the interviewer will ask what your weakness is. So, you have your strengths – those are the things that you’re really good at – so, like, your skills. And then your weaknesses are the things that you might not be so good at, so you don’t really want to tell the interviewer what you’re not good at! But it is important, I think, to be honest.

Neil Yeah.

Becca Maybe it’s difficult to balance me saying what my weaknesses are, but also, you know, kind of making that good for the job.

Neil Yeah, it’s really… it’s really tricky to answer because you don’t want to be completely honest and say, “Oh well, my weakness is I really hate working and I can’t get up on time.”

Becca Yeah…!

Neil But you also don’t want to pretend that you’re perfect because nobody believes that somebody is perfect.

Becca Absolutely, yeah. Alright Neil, it’s time to recap some of the vocabulary that we used in this conversation. And the first is an adjective that we all probably might feel in a job interview and that is nervous. So, nervous is when you feel worried about something.

Neil Yeah, we also heard, or we used, the word confident. If you are confident, it means that you are fairly sure that you’re going to do well at something.

Becca And you can be confident in your skills, for example. So, your skills are the things that you can do. And when you’re in a job interview, you need to tell the person interviewing you which skills you’re good at.

Neil Yes, and it’s best if you use examples – examples of real things that you’ve done that you can tell people, so it doesn’t sound like you just took these examples from the internet.

Becca Well, that’s it for this episode of Real Easy English, but we have a worksheet on our website. That’s at bbclearningenglish.com.

Neil Join us again next week for another easy conversation. Bye for now.

Becca Bye!

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