3.12 面试技巧
虽然再去找奚涛做最后的挽回，然后一起回国仍然是程弈田不时的冲动，但是之前去西部的想法却也是一直挥之不去。两种相互矛盾的选择不停地在程弈田的脑腔里冲撞，搏斗。程弈田与尹伯文的对话很自然地转到了对未来的讨论上： “Where do you want to live and what do you want to do after you graduate?”
“I already did.”MSN的另外一个优点就是你可以回去看看自己说的，可以及时更正或者解释，尹伯文看了那行字，这才发现自己的思维有些跳跃，“I mean, I already graduated.”
“But, you are still staying in the graduate student dorm.”程弈田很是不解。
“Yeah, it's a deal I made with Prof. Little. I convinced him to be on the board of my company. Finally, he accepted my offer, and extended my research assistant fellowship. I need the money, you know. ”
程弈田一直都想问尹伯文这个问题，他总是口口声声说自己需要钱，但是因为每次他们相遇时都有其他的事情发生，弈田一直都没有机会问起。“How come? You don't need much to support yourself here, living as a student. I live a decent comfortable life with the stipend prof. Harald provided. Wait a moment; you said you have a company?”
“Yep, I do, that's why I need the money. ”尹伯文瞟了一眼计算机屏幕上的时钟，“I am sorry, Yitian, I got to go, I have a meeting with the CFO and COO, TTYL.”
TTYL，弈田猜，这是talk to you later 的缩写。他有个公司？CFO，COO都有了，难道他还是个CEO？一个外国人，在美国创业？想来也好笑，这个CEO当得也挺窝囊，整天嚷嚷着要钱，那摆着着的500块一小时的工作不要，偏要去干20块一小时的法语老师；原本7900块可以卖掉的车，就让奚涛一封长信吃掉了900块，那可是45个小时法语课的报酬。好吧，程弈田是猜不透他的，不需花这个心思。弈田倒是有个忙要请他帮，留言好了。回不回，由这个CEO来定。“I wanted to keep my options open, so, I applied to a few openings in the west coast, and got some interviews. I am wondering if you could do some mock up interviews with me. Matt, my lab mate and good friend, just left for a long vacation. So, you will not turn me down, would you?”
程弈田希望MSN有个智能选项：只有重要或者有意思的事情才会把人从半夜里吵醒。“My pleasure.”大半夜里，一骨碌爬起来的弈田没来得及披个睡袍，看到的是这个可有可无的鸡肋。这两天Ashdown的空调好像有点毛病，几十秒的功夫，她浑身所有保护机制都快速启动，露在短袖睡衣外的胳膊上摸起来让人心麻的鸡皮疙瘩越来越多，提醒她赶紧回去穿件衣服。她满心期待，盯着屏幕，不舍得失去即时看见来自Charles河对岸的新消息的机会。“TTYT”又是一个缩写，好吧，tomorrow，希望这15分钟寒夜里的等待不会让自己感冒。程弈田坐下打出“talk to you tomorrow too”她这才想起来自己只顾着等看他说些什么，忘了对他的消息做回应，当然，人家就只能说talk to you tomorrow.
“Oh, you are there! Great.”
“You woke me up！”尹伯文看见了一个不高兴嘟着嘴的小人在屏幕上一闪一闪。
“Ah, that's even better! You are already up, let's talk!”那个人耍起赖来，程弈田遇到了对手。
不行，真的需要一件棉衣，弈田伸手拿了挂在床上的长款羽绒服，抓起散在地上的厚棉袜，5秒钟就武装起了自己。“So, you got time tomorrow? I guess it's gonna be in the afternoon then, since I don't think we are going to be done until we are totally consumed tonight:)”
“Really? I am going to sleep soon.”这回没有表情符号，看不见人，程弈田不知道他是不是在开玩笑。
这也是程弈田最不喜欢MSN的地方，对话中没有表情符号的时候，就像进行一场空对空的交流。没有语气，面部表情，神态和手势的阅读，你永远不能非常确定的知道对方想要表达的意思。
以前，奚涛总是说不能让程弈田太辛苦，不用太经常去看他。虽然已经同城了一年多，除了60几个星期天是程弈田去看奚涛的日子，其他的时候的交流还是靠MSN。多么不方便。她多么希望，多么渴望，生命的某个时刻起，她可以面对面跟某一个人轻松地，完全地交换彼此的思想，分享彼此的爱好，承担彼此生命中最美最重的寄托。可是奚涛和程弈田，没有做到。
“Good night”他还真是说到做到，程弈田也礼貌的回了句“Good night”，将电脑置为静音。
“Dear Yitian, It would be my pleasure to do the mock up interview with you tomorrow. I am not an expert in doing interviews, but I did manage to get job offer for 80% of the time. So, I would like to share some interview skills with you.”
“First of all, be confident. You are one of the girls I know who are very confident and very assertive. Continue being yourself; look into other people's eyes when they talk to you. The first time we had the big 'debate' you looked into my eyes as if you were sure you were gonna win, no matter what.”
“Second, listen well, think as you listen. Try to summarize and repeat what you hear from the interviewer. It shows you understand their points and you are giving them the hint that you are going to respond to their points and questions accordingly. That also calms them down and gives them the confidence that you will be able to present yourself well.”
“Third, be concise when you talk. Crisp, to the point. Show them your thought first, in a short way. If time permits and if they are interested in the details, then, give out details.”
“Fourth, ask smart questions. Companies want to know your motivation, your expectations before hiring people. Show them you are interested, give them the feeling that if they miss you they will lose a great person who can help to resolve all the important operational issues. At the end, they can't afford not to offer you an on-site interview opportunity.”
“The last but not the least, be polite, thank them for a nice talk with you, you are appreciated that they presented a wonderful way to be successful. Good luck.”
发信时间是临晨2：37分, 弈田重新回去睡觉之后的1个小时。
