There are many ways for an interview to go wrong. You show up late. There's a stain on your shirt. You accidentally insult the interviewer's mother. All avoidable mistakes.

搞砸一個面試的方法有很多。你遲到了，你把襯衫弄臟了，你無意中侮辱了面試官的媽媽。所有這些都是可以避免的錯誤。

Sometimes, however, there simply isn't a clear explanation for why an interview isn't going well. Sometimes, no matter what you do or say, an interview just fizzles.

但是有時候，并沒有一個清楚的理由來解釋為什么面試會變得很失敗。有時候，不管你做什么或是說什么，面試就是失敗了。

Don't panic--you can save this interview.

別驚慌失措--你還能把面試挽救回來。

The first step: Smile.

第一步：微笑。


Body language plays an important part in an interview. If you relax your shoulders and give a big ol'grin, you'll feel more comfortable ... and so will the interviewer. Smiling also helps increase your energy and project confidence -- all plusses in an interview.

肢體語言在面試中能起到非常大的作用。如果你放松你的雙肩加上一個大大的笑容，你會覺得更舒服......面試官也一樣。微笑能夠提升你的能量，增強你的自信--這在面試中都會被加分。

While smiling is a good start to turning an interview around, there are other steps you can take.

微笑是轉變面試方向的一個好的開始，下面還有一些你能采取的步驟：

Ask the Interviewer Questions

向面試官提問

This is known as the "switcheroo."

這叫做"突變" 。

If you feel that you just aren't giving the right answers to an interviewer's questions, try changing tactics--and ask the interviewer a few questions of your own.

如果你感覺對于面試官的提問你就是不能做出正確的回答，試試換個策略--問面試官一些你自己的問題。

If you momentarily switch the focus from yourself to the interviewer, it will give you a chance to regroup and compose yourself. Also, it will make the interviewer do some talking, perhaps giving you a clue to what he or she is looking for.

如果你能暫時性的把焦點從你自己這里轉移到面試官那邊，你就有機會重新理清思路。同時，還能讓面試官說說話，也許能給你一點有關面試官在尋找什么特質的人的提示。

Be sure to prepare your questions in advance and make sure they are appropriate. Some examples:

一定要提前準備好問題，并且確定這些問題問得合適。這里有一些例子：

* What's your favorite thing about working at this company?

在這家公司工作你最喜歡什么？

* How would you describe the working environment here?

你覺得這里的工作環(huán)境怎么樣？

* What's a typical day like in the department?

這個部門通常一天是怎么過的？

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