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Are you a curious person? Are you always eager to learn new things? Are you willing to help others with their work?
你是一個好奇的人嗎?你總是渴望學習新事物嗎?你願意幫助他人完成工作嗎?
curious(adj.)好奇的be eager to RV渴望~be willing to RV願意~
If you possess one or all of the above personality traits, you might be someone that big companies like Google and Amazon are looking for.
如果你有上述其中一個或所有的特質,你可能是Google等大公司正在尋找的人。
possess(v.)擁有=have
Nancy Wang, former product manager for Google and current senior manager at Amazon, shared her opinions on the personalities of candidates on Quora, a social networking platform.
Google前產品經理和Amazon現任高階經理王南西在Quora社群平台上分享自己對於應徵工作者特質的看法。
former(adj.)先前的current(adj.)目前的candidate(n.)候選人
She believes that the most successful candidates are naturally curious. These people pick things up quickly and always seek solutions to problems.
她認為最成功的求職者都是天生好奇的人。這些人學習速度很快,而且總是在尋求問題的解決辦法。
naturally(adv.)天生地pick up=學習seek(v.)尋找=look for
Another trait that big companies are looking for is whether a person is comfortable being honest about what they don’t know and admitting it when they are wrong. Know-it-alls are the last kind of people a company wants to hire.
另一個大企業看重的特質是「對於自己未知的事物誠實以對」,且能在犯錯的時候勇於承認的人,而假裝自己什麼都會的人是公司最不想找的人。
honest(adj.)誠實的admit(v.)承認know-it-all(n.)自以為無所不知的人hire(v.)雇用
Also, being willing to help others is seen as an important trait. This kind of person tends to be a better collaborator and more pleasant to work with, helping the whole team to achieve success.
此外,願意幫助他人也被視為是一項重要的特質,這樣的人適合與他人合作,與他們共事也會較為愉快,可以幫助整個團隊達成目標。
be seen as=被視為是~be regarded astend to RV易於~collaborator(n.)合作者pleasant(adj.)愉快的achieve(v.)達成
Finally, Wang emphasizes that hiring people is not about testing how smart a candidate is or reviewing which university they went to.
最後,王女士提到應徵員工不是要測試他們有多聰明,或是檢視他們上的是哪所大學。
emphasize(v.)強調=stressreview(v.)審核
Being curious about answers, being honest about the unknown, and being a generous helper are the true qualities that a company should be looking for in their future employees.
對於答案感到好奇、對於未知事物誠實以對、願意幫助他人,這些才是公司看重的好員工特質。
unknown(adj.)未知的generous(adj.)大方的、慷慨的quality(n.)特質=traitemployee(n.)員工