Interviewing is often a fraught exercise. You're threading the needle between selling yourself and your accomplishments, while also being humble and self-aware. Say too much and you're unlikeable. Say too little and people wonder if you have the skills.
应聘一般让人左右为难。你既要营销推广我们的收获，同时还要维持谦虚和自我认知。说得太多，你就不讨人喜欢了。说得太少，大家又会怀疑你是不是有这个能力。
So, want to nail your next interview? Read on for five of the most common mistakes a Facebook HR has seen.
那样，你想抓住下一次应聘的机会吗？请继续阅读Facebook人力资源部所见过的五个最容易见到的应聘错误。
1. Being UNPRepared
毫无筹备
During an interview for a role on the Facebook Marketplace team:
在Facebook Marketplace团队的一个职位的应聘中：
Interviewer: What are your thoughts on the Marketplace experience?
应聘官：你对Marketplace的用法经验有哪些怎么看?
Candidate: I've never used it.
面试者：我从来没用过它。
I would understand if the product were an enterprise service, but this is a consumer product. Buying or selling something on Marketplace takes a short amount of time and money.
假如商品是企业服务，我可以理解，但这是消费品。在Marketplace上购买或供应物品仅需花费极少的时间和资金。
The Lesson: By not bothering to familiarize yourself with the product or the space, the interviewer is left wondering if you even want the job since you didn't put in the time to test out the experience.
经验教训：假如你不去熟知商品或空间，应聘官就会怀疑你是不是想要这份工作，由于你甚至都没花时间去体验。
2. Appearing Apathetic
表现得非常冷漠
During an interview at Facebook for a Product Management role:
在Facebook的一次商品管理职位应聘时：
Interviewer: What makes you want to work at Facebook?
应聘官：你为何想在Facebook工作？
Candidate: A recruiter reached out to me, so I thought I would come in.
面试者：一位招聘职员联系到了我，所以我想我应该来。
The interviewer has invested their energy and passion into the company they are at, and they want to hire someone who has the same commitment and excitement. Hearing you say you don't really have a particular interest in their company is an instant turn off.
应聘官把他们的精力和热情投入到他们所在的公司，他们期望能雇用同样有责任心和激情的人。听到你说你对他们的公司并没特别的兴趣，你可能立刻就会被拒绝。
The Lesson: If you are unsure of your interest, say you are excited about the opportunity to learn more rather than give a half-hearted reply.
经验教训：假如你不确定我们的兴趣，请说你对有机会学到更多感到开心，而不是半心半意的回答。
3. Focusing on the Wrong Things
错误的关注点
Interviewer: What are you looking for in your next role?
应聘官：你想在下一个职位上找到什么？
Candidate: Growing my scope and managing a larger product set.
面试者：扩大我的眼界并管理更大的商品集。
Scope and impact go hand in hand. Proving yourself makes it possible for you to grow your influence. Interviewers want to work with someone humble and willing to learn, not someone who sees the job as a stepping stone to something more.
眼界和影响是齐头并进的。证明自己使你大概扩大你的影响力。应聘官想要的是一个谦逊、想学习的人，而不是一个把这份工作视为通往更高目的的垫脚石的人。
The Lesson: Explain how you want to further the company and the team, not just yourself. Show you're a team player by explaining how you've successfully managed projects through to the end.
经验教训：说明你想要怎么样提高公司和团队，而不止是你一个人。通过讲解你是怎么样成功地把一个项目从开始管理到结束，来展示你是一个有团队精神的人。
4. Lacking Self-Awareness
缺少自我意识
During an interview called Leadership + Drive where they test for self-awareness and willingness to take feedback.
在一次名为领导力+实行力的应聘中，他们对自我意识和同意反馈的意愿进行了测试。
Interviewer: What area do you want to work on? What is your biggest gap?
应聘官：你想从事什么范围的工作？你最大的差距是什么？
Candidate: I work too hard and care too much.
面试者：我工作太努力，在乎的东西也太多。
This is not a trick question. What really is your greatest weakness? Couching it in a positive response makes interviewers think you are not self-aware enough to provide an answer, which means you are not open to growth. Our culture at Facebook encourages us tobe open and we look for people aware of their areas of growth.
这并非什么非常难的问题。真的想问的其实是你最大的弱点是什么？正面回答会让应聘官觉得你没足够的自我认知来回答问题，这意味着并没对你的成长史全盘托出。大家在Facebook的文化鼓励大家开放，我要找的是那些了解我们的成长空间在哪儿的人。
The Lesson: By sharing what you are working on and what clear, concrete steps you are taking to improve, you will build a connection with the interviewer and humanize your challenges.
经验教训：通过推荐你正在做的事情和你正在采取的明确、具体的改进步骤，你将与应聘官打造联系，并使你的挑战更容易达成。
5. Selling Rather Than Listening
自我营销推广而不是倾听
Interviewer: We have struggled with product market fit on this product for months.
应聘官：几个月来，大家一直在努力适应商品的市场需要。
Candidate: That's easy. I have done it a dozen times before, here's how.
面试者：这非常简单。我以前已经做过不少次，大家应该如此做
A strong candidate is a great listener. Asking and learning what meaning is behind the question is important. Show you are intellectually curious and want to adapt new information.
一个强大的候选人也是一个伟大的听众。询问和知道问题背后的意思非常重要。表现出你有求知欲并且想要同意新的信息。
The Lesson: When you're in an interview, listen to the question, but also consider the rationale behind it. The interviewer is asking the question to learn more about your skill set. How you respond says a lot about your ability to not only answer the obvious question, but also your deductive reasoning skills.
经验教训：当你在应聘的时候，倾听问题，但也要考虑问题背后的原因。应聘官问这个问题是想知道更多关于你的技能。你的反应非常大程度上不只说明了你回答明面上的问题的能力，还说明了你的演绎推理能力。
