VIP Class Notes (Tibo) [S]

Homework

Distinguish Yourself in your introduction

explain how you are unique/special

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How do you explain Meitu to someone who has never heard about the company?

Who Are You?
I’m Robin, I have more than 10 years experience in the internet industry. I currently work for Meitu and manage the monetization in the Shanghai area.

Boil It Down
I lead a team of 15 people and we communicate closely with FMCG brands to help them get the best out of their advertising business while also ensuring the success of my company.

Distinguish Yourself

Set yourself apart by explaining how you are unique.

Speaking exercise

I most focus on communication with my boss and the VP of the sales team and a lot of things for the team control.
its confused.
Its my first time to have an interview with the MBA university.
I will do some research to know the interview and there are 3 parts in the interview: introduce yourself with the hosts, discuss with the group to analyze a business case and after that you may use the English to ask some questions.

You can take the questions in the book 3 out of 10.


I mostly focus on communication with my boss and the VP of the sales team. I do a lot of things for/related to team management.
it’s confusing / I’m confused / it makes me confused.
It’s my first time to have an interview for an MBA. / an MBA related interview. / an interview related to an MBA.
I will do some research to know more about/ understand the interview and there are 3 parts/sections in the interview: First you have to introduce yourself with the hosts, then you discuss with the group to analyze a business case and after that you may use English to ask some questions.

you can take 3 questions out of 10 from a random box.

Speaking exercise

I’m work for Meitu and my position is the general manager. I am in charge of sales team in Shanghai dissection. I have / I’m manager 15 team members in my work and I use to service all kinds of the global FMCG branding. I make the revenue from advertisement about 4,000,000,000 RMB. So I want to improve my team management on the business side experience and make some social network and in my opinion Jiaotong Uni is the famous and the most great MBA class in the Shanghai so I am wish to there and to have a study in the Jiaotong MBA.


I’m working for Meitu and my position is general manager of Shanghai area. I am in charge of the sales team in Shanghai area. I’m managing 15 team members and I work with many FMCG brands / I have experience/ I am experienced in dealing with FMCG brands.
We deal manage big advertising contracts, for example this year my team and I have already signed more than 400 million RMB in revenue.

We are growing fast and I will have to manage a much bigger team in the future.
I realize that my current skills are not enough and I want to join Jiaotong to get the knowledge I need to help the company in the future.
I want to improve my team management skills and get more business experience.
In my opinion Jiaotong University is the most famous and offers the best MBA class in Shanghai. so I want to study here.

Vocabulary

monetization : finding ways to make money.
I had a meeting this morning to think discuss the monetization of our platform.

To monetize : to make money out of something
Many social networks find it hard to monetize their content at first.

to predict : to guess the future
It is hard to predict the weather in Shanghai.

related to: which has a link
All the contracts related to the Loreal case must go though me for approval.

changeable: changes easily
The weather in Shanghai is very changeable

district : a way to divide a city
I live in Huangpu district but I work in Pudong district.

area : zone
I am the GM of the south East Asian area. before that I used to be the manager of the Northern area.

brand : 平拍
The most popular phone brand in China is probably Huawei or Xiaomi.

branding : marketing/how to make a brand recognizable
XYZ decided to change their branding. They designed a whole new logo.

coma (,)
you use a coma to write numbers.

parts : sections
There are 3 parts in the interview

Grammar

Compare: between 2 things (comparative)
short word (less than 2 syllables) +r/er
Tom is taller than John.
A Huawei phone is cheaper than an iPhone.

Long word ( 2 or more syllables) use more in front of it
An iPhone is more expensive than a Huawei phone.
Jenny is more beautiful than Kelly.

Say one is the best among  3 things or more (superlative)
short word (less than 2 syllables) +est
Xiaomi offers the cheapest phones.

Long word ( 2 or more syllables) use the most in front of it
Jennifer is the most beautiful in the office.
Vertu offers the most expensive phones.

Pronunciation

How to say numbers:
100  one hundred
1,000 one thousand / ten hundred
10,000 ten thousand
100,000  one hundred thousand
1,000,000 one million
10,000,000 ten million
100,000,000 one hundred million
1,000,000,000 one billion

Pronunciation

analyse