Q: Will you be out to take my job?
提问：你会取代我的地位吗?
A: Maybe in about twenty years, but by then, I suspect you'll be running the entire company and will need a good, loyal lieutenant to help you manage this department!
回答：也许20年后会。不过到那个时候，您将会掌管整个公司，并且需要一个优秀的、忠诚的员工来协助您管理这个部门。
Q: What is your biggest weakness that's really a weakness, and not a secret strength?
提问：你最大的缺点是什么?我指的是真的缺点，而不是披了缺点外衣的优点。
A: I am extremely impatient. I expect my employees to prove themselves on the very first assignment. If they fail, my tendency is to stop delegating to them and start doing everything myself. To compensate for my own weakness, however, I have started to really prep my people on exactly what will be expected of them.
回答：我很没有耐心。我希望我的下属能在接到任务的第一时间就证明自己的实力。如果他们失败了，我就不会再把任务交给他们去做，而是自己亲力亲为。不过，为了弥补这个缺点，我会在一开始把工作交代给他们的时候，就说清楚我希望得到的是什么样的结果。
Q: If you knew that things at your company were rocky, why didn't you get out of the company sooner?
提问：如果你知道你之前所在的公司正在面临困境，那你为什么不早点离开那里呢?
A: I was working so hard to keep my job while everyone around me was being cut that I didn't have any time left over to look for another job. With all of the mergers that have been happening in our field, layoffs are a way of life. At least I gave it my best shot!
回答：当我的同事纷纷被解雇的时候，我还在努力地工作，我没有时间去找其他的工作。我们这个行业常常会有兼并，下岗也就成了常态。至少，我坚持到了最后。
Q: If you were running a company that produces X and the market wastanking for that product, what would you do?
提问：如果你所经营的公司是生产X产品的，而现在市场对该产品的需求不高，你会怎么做?
A: I would search for new markets for the product while I spurred the engineers to change the product to make it more marketable to its original core audience.
回答：我会为该产品寻找新的市场，同时，我会鼓励工程师对原产品进行改革升级，使它更适应原目标客户的需求。
Q: Are you telling me that, now that you're forty-something, you would be willing to start at an entry-level position just to get your foot in the door here?
提问：你现在已经40多岁了，而你愿意从头开始，接受一份入门级的工作，你是这个意思吗?
A: Sometimes you need to take a step backward to move your career forward. Starting in an entry-level role would allow me to learn your business from the ground up. The career that I've been in is so different than yours that I would love the opportunity to start over again in your field. The salary cut will be well worth it.
回答：有时候，退后一步才能有助于职业生涯更好地进步。从头做起可以让我全面地了解所从事的这个行业。我之前所做的工作与现在的这个太不一样了，我很愿意在这个领域从零开始。我相信即使薪水变少了也很值得。