VIP Class Notes (Ally)

What is your biggest weakness? Try to spin everything in a positive light.

Vocabulary

trend: qu shi (adj) trendy

prospects: qian tu (n)
ie. This is a company with very nice prospects.

touched: touch your heart

distinguish: fen bian, qu fen

imply: an shi

marital/relationship status: hun yin zhuang tai

valid: 符合逻辑的; 合理的;

familiarize: shu xi.. adapt to…

complacent: zhi zu

Grammar

how old are you? -> complete question sentence
ie. I can’t tell how old you are.

finally= zhongyu = good things
ie. You finally left that deadbeat (fw).

trendy… trending …  = wang hong

Laura is an employee who works proactively with a lot of initiative.

I’m a well-groomed person but I’m not into showing-off.

Why does my staff constantly complain about the meals?

It doesn’t count that you want to do the homework/what you want to do. You have to actually do them.

I’m very touched that you want to come to my bday party.
It is very touching that…
The fact that you want to come to my bday party is already very touching.

Even though I finally leave the company, the fact that I can work so long in this company is very good.
Even though I left the company in the end, the fact that I could work here for so long is already very good. 

I don’t want to initiate any arguments that causes damage/a negative impact/influence to the company./that could hurt the company.

You can realize the new students/newbies from their eager faces.
You can distinguish the new students/newbies/freshmen from the older students by their eager faces./their eagerness.(n)
You can tell who’s a freshman by …

Apparently, Laura is a queen who always comes in late for the meeting./who always keeps everybody waiting.

Q: Why did you quit your previous job?
A: I look at my previous job, I think it was a great prospects. I have set up a standard operation manual for the departments to help them make a good efficiency. However, in the last five years, my boss hasn’t expanded the business for the company. Though I think my value in this company is decreasing. However, I still want to improve my skills in a certain field. So I want to quit the previous job to find another one which can shows my values and improve professions with the company.

A: I look at my previous job as a good learning experience./I see my previous job as…./Looking back on my previous job, I have really learned a lot and I am very grateful. In the first few years, I had set up a standardized operation manual across different departments to increase their efficiency/help them work more efficiently. However, in the last five years of my time there, the company hadn’t expanded at all. So I think my value in this company was decreasing./I can no longer do much for this company and I don’t have any more learning opportunities.  I feel like I haven’t grown, I haven’t had any challenges and I was getting complacent/comfortable. However, I still want to improve my skills in this field, and I want to keep proving my worth in the job market/proving my worth professionally. I recognize why you are worried about this question… I also understand the difficulties/challenges that comes with quitting such a stable job./that it would be challenging for me to quit such a stable job and start somewhere new. But in the long-term, I really want to join a company/a team where I can show/prove my values and improve professionally.