B
: Well, I suppose a strong point of mine is that I like developing new things and
ideas. But I am afraid I am a poor talker and that isn't very good, so I've been studying
how to speak in public.
A
: Do you have any people you'd call really close friends
?
B
: Not too many, but not too few, either, I suppose. There are six people that I see
quite often now. They're all my good friends.
A
: What kind of sports do you like
? And do you watch or play
?
B
: I like both watching and playing. And I enjoy almost all sports, but I especially
like tennis. I was in the tennis club all through high school, so particularly in the case of
tennis I prefer doing to watching.
A
: What kind of books do you like
?
B
: I like biographics. It's intersting to read about the backgrounds of people who
have become famous, and see what I can learn from their lives.
A
: Who is your favorite writer
?
B
: I like the novels of Charles Dickens very much. I've read almost all of them in
the original.
A
: Can you name one person that you respect very much
?
B
: My English teacher at college. He has so much humour and vitality, and I am
very impressed with his tactfulness. He can make a person see the contradictions in his
thinking without making him feel foolish. I've learned a lot from watching the way he
applies himself to his teaching, and how he leads people to seeing things.
A
: What basic principles do you apply to your life
?
B
: Not to put off till tomorrow what you can do today. I feel that time gives away
very easily —— you think you have it, and it is gone quickly
! Putting things off just
makes it worse later. So even if it is hard at the time, I try to get things done that day
and not leave them till the next day.
A
: Tell me why you are interested in working for this company, will you
?
B
: I think working in this company would give me the best oppotunity to use what
I've learned at college, studying public administration for four years. I think this
company has a great future and I'll be able to develop my own capabilities here. So for a
long time I've been thinking I'd like to work with this company.