The Job Interview1一次求职面试

Simon Gatsby is waiting for a jobinterview. He is wearing his suit2. He isvery nervous3. There is another man inthe waiting room. The other man is alsowearing a suit. He looks very relaxed. Heis playing games on his smartphone.Simon will finish university4 soon. Hemust find a job. He saw an advertisement5in the paper. It said，“We arelooking for a recent6 graduate7.Exciting position8 for the right person.”There was no more information. Simonsent his CV to the address9 in theadvertisement. He then got a lettersaying he was on the shortlist10， and hecould have an interview.

西蒙·盖茨比正在等待工作面试。他穿着西装，很紧张。等候室里还有一个人，这个人也穿着西装。他看起来很放松。他正在用智能手机玩游戏。西蒙很快就要大学毕业了，他必须找份工作。他在报纸上看到一则广告，上面写着：我们正在寻找一名应届毕业生。好岗觅良才。没有更多的信息了。西蒙把他的简历寄到了广告上的地址。他后来收到一封信，说他在候选名单上，可以参加面试。

“It’s very strange，” thoughtSimon. “I don’t know anything aboutthis job. I don’t know what thiscompany wants. I don’t know whatthey would want me to do. How can Igive the right answers to theirquestions？”A woman comes into thewaiting room. “Mr. Mellow，”she says.The other man in the waiting roomstands up. He follows the woman intoanother room.

“That guy’s name is Mellow，”thinks Simon. “He looks very confi -dent11. If we both want the same job， Iam sure he will get it.”Simon waits.After about 10 minutes， the other mancomes back to the waiting room. Hesmiles at Simon and walks out. Thewoman comes back into the room andsays，“Mr. Gatsby？”Simon follows herto an office.

The woman opens the door andsays， “Mr. Malbeau， this is Mr.Gatsby.”She walks away， and Simon goes into the office. There is only oneperson in the room. A very large man issitting behind a desk.“Sit down，” hesays to Simon. He points12 to a chair infront of the desk. Simon feels verynervous. “Thank you for giving me thisinterview...”

The man starts talking before Simonhas finished. “Now. Do you want thisjob？”“I don’t know what it is，”saysSimon.“Why do you want to know whatthe job is？”asks Mr. Malbeau.“Youwill finish university very soon. Youneed a job. I will give you a job. What isthe problem？”Simon is very puzzled13.“But what do you want me to do？ Whatare the working hours？ What aboutmedical insurance14？ Vacation time？”Mr. Malbeau looks angry15. “Medicalinsurance？ Vacations？ Do you think I’mcrazy？ I want someone who will work forme seven days a week. You will doeverything I tell you to do. I wantsomeone who will be available16 24hours a day.”

“这太奇怪了。”西蒙想，“我对这份工作一无所知。我不知道这家公司想要什么。我不知道他们想让我做什么。我怎样才能正确回答他们的问题呢？”一位女士走进等候室。“梅洛先生。”她说。等候室里的另一个人站了起来，并跟着那位女士走进另一个房间。

“那家伙的名字叫梅洛。”西蒙想，“他看起来很自信。如果我们在争取同一份工作，我肯定他会得到的。”西蒙一直在等。大约10 分钟后，那个人回到了等候室。他对西蒙笑了笑，然后走了出去。那位女士回到房间说：“盖茨比先生？”西蒙跟着她来到一间办公室。

那位女士打开门然后说：“马尔博先生，这位是盖茨比先生。”说完她走了，西蒙走进了办公室。房间里只有一个人。一个非常高大的男人坐在桌子后面。“请坐。”他指着桌子前的一把椅子对西蒙说。西蒙感到很紧张，“谢谢你给我这次面试机会……”

西蒙还没说完，男人就开始询问了。“现在，你想要这份工作吗？”“我不知道这是什么工作。”西蒙说。“你为什么想知道这份工作是什么呢？”马尔博先生问，“你很快就要大学毕业了。你需要一份工作。我会给你一份工作。有什么问题吗？”西蒙很困惑，“可是你要我做什么呢？工作时间是怎样的？医疗保险呢？休假时间呢？”马尔博先生看起来很生气，“医疗保险？假期？你觉得我疯了吗？我想要一个每周为我工作七天的人。我让你做什么你就做什么。我想要一个24 小时都能随叫随到的人。”

Simon thinks about it. If he wantsme to be available to work all the time，he will pay a lot of money. I could pay17back my student loans18. “How muchwill you pay me？”he asks. Mr. Malbeautells Simon the salary19. It is very， verylow. It is less than Simon would get forworking in a fast food restaurant for onlytwenty hours a week. And Mr. Malbeauwants him to work seven days a week！“So， do you want the job or not？”asksMr. Malbeau.

Simon stands up. “No. Thank you，Mr. Malbeau. You want a slave20. I don’twant to be a slave. Good bye.”Simonwalks out of the office. He walks throughthe waiting room， and out onto the street.The man named Mellow is standing inthe street.

He sees Simon， and walks towards21him. “Did you take the job？”he asksSimon. “No！ Of course not. Did you？”Mellow laughs. “No way. There must bebetter jobs we can find. I waited to talkto you. I thought you looked like a niceguy. I wanted to tell you to say‘no’.The man must be mad22.”“Maybe hethinks new graduates will take any job，”said Simon.“It’s very difficult to find ajob， but it would be better to work in arestaurant or a gas23 station.”

Mellow is laughing. “I am sure Mr.Malbeau has interviewed many people. Iam sure they all said ‘no’. Let’s buy anewspaper and get a cup of coffee. We canlook for real jobs and help each other.”Simon feels happy. He doesn’t get a jobbut he has met a very friendly guy calledMellow. Simon thinks he has made afriend. It wasa successful24 job interview.

西蒙想了想，如果他想让我一直工作，他会付很多钱，我可以偿还我的学生贷款。“你愿意付我多少钱？”他问道。马尔博先生告诉西蒙薪水数目，非常非常低。这比西蒙每周只在快餐店工作20 小时挣的还少。马尔博先生想让他一周工作七天“！ 那么，你到底想不想要这份工作？”马尔博先生问。

西蒙站起身来，“不想。谢谢你，马尔博先生。你想要一个奴隶，我不想当奴隶。再见。”西蒙走出了办公室。他穿过等候室，来到街上。那个叫梅洛的人站在街边。

他看到了西蒙，朝他走去。“你接受那份工作了吗？”他问西蒙。“没有！当然没有。你呢？”梅洛大笑，“没门。我们一定能找到更好的工作。我等着跟你聊一聊。我觉得你看起来是个好人。我想告诉你说‘不’。那人一定是疯了。”“也许他认为应届毕业生什么工作都会做。”西蒙说，“工作很难找，但在餐馆或加油站工作会更好。”

梅洛在笑，“我相信马尔博先生面试过很多人。我肯定他们都说了‘不’。我们买份报纸，然后去喝杯咖啡吧。我们可以找份真正的工作，互相帮助。”西蒙感到很高兴。他没有找到工作，但他遇到了一个非常友好的人，名叫梅洛。西蒙认为自己交了一个朋友，那这次面试就算成功了。

（英语原文选自：er-central.com）