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 A:    Very good. Now, I have a couple of final ques-
       tions.

 B:    I hope they’re not too hard!

 A:    Well, why should we hire you?
 B:     I think that I would be a perfect fit in this com-
        pany. I have a unique combination of strong tech-
        nical acumen¹, and outstanding soft skills; you
        know, I excel at building strong, long-term cus-
       tomer relationships.  For example, when I headed
       the customer support department in my previous
       company, our team solved about seventy percent
       of our customers’problems. I decided  that  we
        needed better information and technical  prepa-
        ration² on our products, so after I  implemented³
       a series of training sessions in coordination⁴ with
       our technical department,  we were able to solve
        ninety percent of our customers’issues. Given
       the opportunity, I could bring this kind of success
       to this company.
 A:     Impressive! So,  what would you consider to be
       your greatest weakness?

 B:    To be honest, I struggle with organization and
       time management. Punctuality has never been a
       strength of mine. I find it hard to organize my time
       efficiently⁵. I have actually addressed  this  weak-
       ness recently, by attending a workshop on effi-
       cient  time  management. It  helped  me  a  lot,  by
        providing me with great insights on how to get or-
       ganized and use my time efficiently, so I think I’m
       getting better now.

 A:    Great...  Well, let me tell you  that I am very
       pleased with this interview. We are short-listing
       our candidates this week, and next week we will
       inform our short listed candidates of the day and
       time for a second interview with our CEO.

 B:    Great, thanks a lot! I hope to hear from you! Good
        bye.
 

1 acumen   

n.敏锐，聪明

参考例句：

• She has considerable business acumen.她的经营能力绝非一般。
• His business acumen has made his very successful.他的商业头脑使他很成功。

2 ration   

n.定量(pl.)给养，口粮；vt.定量供应

参考例句：

• The country cut the bread ration last year.那个国家去年削减面包配给量。
• We have to ration the water.我们必须限量用水。

3 implemented   

v.实现( implement的过去式和过去分词 )；执行；贯彻；使生效

参考例句：

• This agreement, if not implemented, is a mere scrap of paper. 这个协定如不执行只不过是一纸空文。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The economy is in danger of collapse unless far-reaching reforms are implemented. 如果不实施影响深远的改革，经济就面临崩溃的危险。 来自辞典例句

4 coordination   

n.协调，协作

参考例句：

• Gymnastics is a sport that requires a considerable level of coordination.体操是一项需要高协调性的运动。
• The perfect coordination of the dancers and singers added a rhythmic charm to the performance.舞蹈演员和歌手们配合得很好，使演出更具魅力。

5 efficiently   

adv.高效率地，有能力地

参考例句：

• The worker oils the machine to operate it more efficiently.工人给机器上油以使机器运转更有效。
• Local authorities have to learn to allocate resources efficiently.地方政府必须学会有效地分配资源。