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参加面试 · Going to a Job Interview

Cānjiā miànshì — Waiting, questions, and a polite goodbye.

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今天jīntiān一家yì jiā公司gōngsī面试。miànshì

Today I went to a company for an interview.

七点qī diǎnjiù起床了。qǐchuáng le

I got up at seven.

穿了chuān le最好的zuì hǎo de衣服。yīfu

I wore my best clothes.

面试的miànshì de地方dìfang我家wǒ jiā有点yǒu diǎn远。yuǎn

The interview location was a bit far from home.

提前tíqián一个yí gè小时xiǎoshí出门。chūmén

I left an hour early.

到了dào le公司,gōngsīzài前台qiántái等了děng leshí分钟。fēnzhōng

At the company I waited ten minutes at the front desk.

然后ránhòu面试官miànshì guānjiàojìn办公室。bàngōngshì

Then the interviewer called me into the office.

问了wèn le很多hěn duō问题。wèntí

He asked me a lot of questions.

有些yǒu xiē问题wèntí比较bǐjiàonán回答。huídá

Some were harder to answer.

尽量jǐnliàngshuō实话。shíhuà

I tried to tell the truth.

面试miànshì一共yígòng进行了jìnxíng le四十sìshí分钟。fēnzhōng

The interview lasted forty minutes in total.

shuō下个星期xià gè xīngqīgěi消息。xiāoxi

He said he'd let me know next week.

希望xīwàngnéng得到dé dào这份zhè fèn工作。gōngzuò

I hope I get this job.

Vocabulary in this story (55 words)

WordPinyinMeaning
今天jīntiāntoday
I
went to
一家yì jiāa
公司gōngsīcompany
面试miànshì(for an) interview
七点qī diǎnat seven
jiùalready
起床了qǐchuáng legot up
穿了chuān lewore
最好的zuì hǎo demy best
衣服yīfuclothes
面试的miànshì dethe interview
地方dìfanglocation
from
我家wǒ jiāmy home
有点yǒu diǎna little
yuǎnfar
提前tíqiánin advance
一个yí gèone
小时xiǎoshíhour
出门chūménleft home
到了dào learrived at
zàiat
前台qiántáithe front desk
等了děng lewaited
shíten
分钟fēnzhōngminutes
然后ránhòuthen
面试官miànshì guānthe interviewer
jiàocalled
jìninto
办公室bàngōngshìthe office
he
问了wèn leasked
很多hěn duōa lot of
问题wèntíquestions
有些yǒu xiēsome
比较bǐjiàorelatively
nánhard
回答huídáto answer
尽量jǐnliàngtried (as much as possible)
shuōto tell
实话shíhuàthe truth
一共yígòngin total
进行了jìnxíng lelasted
四十sìshíforty
下个星期xià gè xīngqīnext week
gěiwill give
消息xiāoxinews
希望xīwànghope
néngcan
得到dé dàoget
这份zhè fènthis
工作gōngzuòjob

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