GPA太低同學(xué)們面試時如何解釋.

　　誠實面對自己的成績，當(dāng)然很重要，但要記住，雖然面試中你可能不得不談?wù)撘恍┞殬I(yè)生涯中的負(fù)面情況，但重點是介紹自己在這個過程中所取得的成績。但是同學(xué)們的GPA成績太低，在面試的時候該如何向招生官解釋呢?請看下面的雙語文章。

　　Manycollege students have low GPAs because they’rocused on other things, like working at the schoolnewspaper, being heavily involved in clubs, volunteerwork, or building new organizations on and off campus. Or maybe your grades were lowbecause you were working a job to pay off college tuition or living expenses.

　　許多大學(xué)生的平均績點(GPA)較低，是因為他們將精力用在了其他方面，比如在校報工作，積極參與俱樂部、志愿者工作，或在校園內(nèi)外組建新的社團(tuán)等。你的成績低也有可能是因為你不得不去打工掙學(xué)費或生活費。

　　Explain this toyour interviewer, and transition into more positive aspects of your college experience by sayingsomething like, “Although these activities negatively affected my GPA, I was able to build myskills in other ways and fulfill a number of other accomplishments, including…” and provide someexamples. Be sure your interviewer knows you weren’t just slacking off.

　　向面試官解釋自己的原因，然后將話題引到更積極的方面，比如可以說：“這些活動雖然影響了我的成績，但我由此鍛煉了其他方面的能力，并取得了一些成就，比如……”，然后提供一些實例。一定要讓面試官知道，你在大學(xué)里并沒有混日子。

　　Answer by Stuart Liroff, technical recruiter

　　技術(shù)招聘專員斯圖爾特?里諾夫的回答

　　I agree with telling the truth.

　　我同意說出事實真相。

　　However, I disagree that working part-time, doing other extra curricular activities, (evenrelevant ones such as student government, fraternity leadership, clubs, volunteering, etc,) arean acceptable excuse. In my opinion, there is no good excuse whatsoever for a low GPA.

　　但我并不認(rèn)為做兼職或參加其他課外活動(即便是一些相關(guān)的活動，比如學(xué)生會、兄弟會領(lǐng)導(dǎo)、俱樂部、志愿者等)，是可以接受的理由。在我看來，平均績點低，沒有什么好的借口。

　　If you use such an excuse, you’ll get categorized as a ‘whiner’ and ‘complainer’ and won’t gethired.

　　如果你找這樣的借口，你會被劃入“牢騷者”和“抱怨者”之列而被棄用。

　　I believe low GPA is a function of not performing higher on whatever standardized gradingsystem your school was using. Simply that. Therore, the excuse is that you didn’t study hardenough or work hard enough to understand what was expected of you so that you couldperform higher. The take away message was that you learned from that experience and havecompensated for those weaknesses by being humble and by working more studiously at yourchosen craft.

　　我相信，平均績點低證明你在學(xué)校標(biāo)準(zhǔn)化評分系統(tǒng)中的表現(xiàn)不佳。就是這么簡單。因此，你的理由應(yīng)該是自己學(xué)習(xí)不夠努力，或者沒有努力去了解學(xué)校對自己的期待，結(jié)果導(dǎo)致成績不佳。重點是，你汲取了教訓(xùn)，不再自大，并通過更加勤奮的學(xué)習(xí)，彌補了自己在成績上的不足。

　　Of course, if there are other more accurate reasons, then of course say it your own way, butmy point in the previous paragraph is to position yourself and be honest about your low GPA.Say that you’ve learned and are working hard to improve.

　　當(dāng)然，如果你確實有自己的理由，當(dāng)然要坦誠，我在上一段中的觀點，是要讓你擺正心態(tài)，誠實面對成績不佳的現(xiàn)狀。但一定要說自己已經(jīng)汲取了教訓(xùn)，并且正在努力提高。

　　I would not get into a long explanation. Keep it simple, straightforward, don’t dwell, andmove on to the next topic. I was stupid, I learned, here’s my proof, and I’m improving as aresult.

　　我不建議進(jìn)行長篇大論的解釋。簡單直接，不要詳述，然后進(jìn)行下一個話題。我不聰明，我汲取了教訓(xùn)，這是我的證據(jù)，我正在進(jìn)步。

　　You might be introspective, in fact, and do an assessment. What have you done in yourcareer to improve? These are good data points to cite, as an example, or proof, that you’redoing what you say.

　　你可能正在自我反省，并進(jìn)行一次評估。為提高成績，你做了哪些努力?這些數(shù)據(jù)都可以作為例子或證據(jù)，證明你說到做到。

　　Good luck!

　　祝你好運!

　　Answer by Brian Gill, CEO of Gilware Inc.

　　Gilware公司CEO布萊恩?吉爾的回答

　　If they cared about GPA you wouldn’t get the interview in the first place. I really only think GPAis relevant for your first full time job application. Many companies have realized that its oftenthe 4.0 perfectionists that are not nearly as successful as the typically more well-rounded(socially) peers with 3.0. That is a massive generalization of course, as I’ve met many4.0 PhD folks that are very affable and like to party.

　　如果雇主真的非常在意你的平均績點，那你在最開始就不可能得到面試機會。我只是認(rèn)為，平均績點與你的第一份全職工作申請有一定的關(guān)系。許多公司意識到，那些得到4.0分的完美主義者，反而沒有那些只得到3.0分，但能力更全面的同學(xué)，更容易取得成功。當(dāng)然，這只是一種非?；\統(tǒng)的觀察，我認(rèn)識許多平均績點為4.0分的博士生，他們?yōu)槿擞焉?，也喜歡參加派對。

　　A 4-year degree, minimum-GPA and relevant experience are potential table-stakes to get theinterview. I can’t ever recall having a post-interview sit-down with all the hiring managers anda candidate’s degree or GPA even coming up in the conversation. The interview is all aboutattempting to figure out if this person will mesh well with the team, how autonomous anddriven they are, what is their overall upside and how quickly will they hit the ground running.

　　四年制大學(xué)學(xué)位、最低限度的平均績點和相關(guān)經(jīng)驗，是得到面試機會的基本籌碼。我不記得在面試結(jié)束后與招聘經(jīng)理們座談時，會談到求職者的學(xué)位或平均績點。面試的過程，就是試圖弄清楚求職者是否適合團(tuán)隊，他們的自主性與緊迫感有多強，他們的總體優(yōu)勢是什么，他們能在多久之后做出成績。

　　If for some reason your GPA does come up the interview, honesty is the best policy … tosome extent. If you were going through some substance abuse issues or general healthissues that have been overcome, it’s really none of their concern at this point. Being overlyhonest might cause an unfair red-flag. A simple explanation that, ‘while I’m smart I’m notmuch of an academic.. I’m very happy to get out into the real world and put school behindme..’ should be good.

　　如果由于某些原因，面試中提到了你的平均績點，誠實是最好的選擇……至少在某種程度上是如此。如果你經(jīng)歷過濫用藥物問題或一般健康問題，并且已經(jīng)克服，這不會引起他們的擔(dān)憂。過度誠實可能會導(dǎo)致一個對你不公的危險信號。簡單的解釋便足夠了，比如“雖然我很聰明，但我在學(xué)術(shù)方面并不擅長……我很高興能夠離開學(xué)校來到現(xiàn)實世界……”

　　Answer by Bill Florin, writer and entrepreneur

　　作家、創(chuàng)業(yè)者比爾?弗洛林的回答

　　You can’t get around the truth, so think about ways to present your successes in ascompelling a way as possible.

　　你不可能避開事實真相，所以盡可能以更令人信服的方式展示自己取得的成功。

　　Did you get great grades in a particular subject/discipline?If so, you can talk about how thissubject area was a particularly strong interest for you. Explain how it will be especially valuableto the employer.

　　是否有一門課程得到了優(yōu)秀的分?jǐn)?shù)?如果是，你可以說自己對這門課程是如何感興趣。解釋一下為什么它對雇主有特殊的價值。

　　Did your grades get better later? If so, discuss how you learned from your mistakes earlier inyour academic career, found a new focus and finished strong.

　　你的成績后來是否有所提高?如果是，討論一下自己從初期所犯的錯誤中汲取了哪些教訓(xùn)，如何找到新的關(guān)注點，最終以不錯的成績畢業(yè)。

　　Did you work on a particular project that was very successful that could mitigate the GPAreality? For example, if you are interviewing for a position in a given field and you didprojects/coursework that will be especially relevant, discuss that project. Though it didn’tnecessarily improve your GPA markedly, you found it engaging. Connect the dots to explainhow it will be valuable to the employer.

　　你是否參與過非常成功的項目，可以緩解平均績點不高帶來的壓力?例如，如果你在面試某個領(lǐng)域的職位，而你做過的項目或課程作業(yè)與此有特殊的關(guān)系，你便可以談?wù)撨@個項目。雖然這沒有明顯提高你的平均績點，但你發(fā)現(xiàn)它與你求職的工作有密切的關(guān)系。根據(jù)兩者之間的關(guān)系，解釋這樣的項目對雇主有怎樣的價值。

　　Don’t make excuses.As others have mentioned, excuses sound like whining, and that will nothelp.

　　不要找借口。正如其他人所說，借口聽起來像是抱怨，不會有任何幫助。

　　Get creative in how you choose to explain your college experience. Good luck!

　　在解釋自己的大學(xué)經(jīng)歷時，盡量采用一些有創(chuàng)意的方式。祝你好運。