Interviewers Tough Questions
Hiring managers are known to create a tough interviewing experience in order to challenge candidates and test their thinking abilities under pressure. To find out which companies have the toughest interviews, we turned to Glassdoor.com, which put together a list of the 25 most difficult companies to interview with. The site looked through 80,000 interview reviews, ranking companies based on a 5-point interview difficulty scale. Glassdoor also included a “negative interview experience” and “employee satisfaction” rating, to see if employees were ultimately satisfied with their jobs.
公司聘用经理人时会创造一种艰苦的面试体验，其目的在于挑战候选人，测试他们在面临压力时的思考能力。为了找出哪些公司的面试是最艰苦的，Glassdoor.com这个网站给出了一份列表，列出了25家最难面试的公司。该网站对8万次面试进行了统计，按照5分制的评分标准对采访难度进行了评级。此外，调查还加入了“负面的面试体验”和“雇员满意度”两项评价，目的是观察雇员最终是否对其工作感到满意。
榜单三甲——最难的未必最知名
The First Three — Difficulty Doesn t Match Popularity.
You might think companies that are the most popular to work for, like Google and Amazon, would put job seekers through the most rigorous interview process, but not so, according to recently released research. It s the lower-profile, highly specialized niche firms that are the most difficult to get into. Consulting firm McKinsey and Company, based in New York City, tops the list.
或许你的第一反应是一些全球知名的大公司的问题是最刁钻古怪的，但是调查显示，那些低调且专业化程度相当高的公司更容易提出让人崩溃的面试问题，这不，占据前三的都是高端咨询公司。
No.3 Oliver Wyman
Interview difficulty rating: 3.7
Negative interview experience rating: 9%
Employee satisfaction: 3.6
Tough interview question: “What is the profit potential of offering wireless Internet service on planes?”
Tip:奥纬咨询公司是全球领先的专注金融行业策略和风险管理的著名咨询公司,凭借在金融行业积累的广博的专业知识帮助客户解决日益复杂的经营挑战。作为金融服务行业发展的重要参与者与观察者，奥纬的客户涵盖了全球100家最大金融机构的80%。“在飞机上提供无线互联网服务的盈利潜力如何?”——这是奥纬咨询顾问的面试问题，如果无备而来参加奥维咨询的面试，那就等着被秒杀吧。
No.2 Boston Consulting Group
Interview difficulty rating: 3.8
Negative interview experience rating: 10%
Employee satisfaction: 4.1
Tough interview question: “How many people would use a drug that prevents baldness?”
Tip: Boston Consulting Group （BCG）1963年在波士顿成立。现在世界各地有60个分公司，拥有约5000名咨询顾问，是世界上屈指可数的顾问公司之一。虽然题目足够让人抓狂，但是作为世界知名咨询公司，BCG的员工评价是相当高的，2010年，BCG蝉联美国《财富》杂志最佳雇主百强榜第二位。“有多少人会使用防止脱发的药物?” 这是波士顿顾问集团合伙人的面试问题，这不是天问是什么？
No.1 McKinsey & Company
Interview difficulty rating: 3.9
Negative interview experience rating: 13%
Employee satisfaction: 4.1
Tough interview question: “There are 3 products: tomatoes, luxury cars, t-shirts. What value added-tax is applied to each product type?”
Tip:麦肯锡咨询公司是美国1926年成立的专门为企业高层管理人员服务的国际性公司，可视为全球咨询业的领导者。可以说，哪里的经济活跃，哪里就有麦肯锡。麦肯锡初级助理的面试问题之一：“这里有三种产品，分别是西红柿、豪华车和T恤衫，每一种产品适用的增值税是多少?”
小编百度百科了一下：增值税是以商品（含应税劳务）在流转过程中产生的增值额作为计税依据而征收的一种流转税。从计税原理上说，增值税是对商品生产、流通、劳务服务中多个环节的新增价值或商品的附加值征收的一种流转税。实行价外税，也就是由消费者负担，有增值才征税没增值不征税。但在实际当中，商品新增价值或附加值在生产和流通过程中是很难准确计算的……看到最后一句时候，终于明白，这个变态问题冠军头衔实至名归呀。
知名公司——知名的也不简单
The Famous Ones，Not Easy Ones.
Now, Let s have a look at some famous companies tough questions.
备受关注的一些知名公司当然也不是省油的灯，面试问题虽然不及咨询类公司的专业与刁钻，但也绝非常规问题。这不，大名鼎鼎的Google就排在第九位，近年来风头势不可挡的Facebook和电子商务巨头Amazon分别排在第24和25位。
No.9 Google
Interview difficulty rating: 3.5
Negative interview experience rating: 18%
Employee satisfaction: 4.1
Tough interview question: “How many hotels are there in the US?”
Tip: 谷歌产品经理的面试问题——“美国有多少家酒店?”如果没有过目不忘的本领，现场回答这个问题的话，面试者需要极强的的反应能力、估算能力、观察能力，当然还需要不错的记忆力，这真不愧为谷歌面试的经典问题之一，后来也被众多大公司竞相模仿。
No.24 Facebook
Interview difficulty rating: 3.3
Negative interview experience rating: 19%
Employee satisfaction: 4.6
Tough interview question: “It s 6 p.m. and your work day is over, what happened during the day that made it awesome?”
Tip:“时间已经是下午 6 点，你的工作日结束了。在这一天里发生了什么事情让你觉得有所不同?”——这是客户经理的面试问题。这类主观性比较强的问题，就得等各位挑战者各显身手了。
No.25 Amazon
Interview difficulty rating: 3.3
Negative interview experience rating: 18%
Employee satisfaction: 3.3
Tough interview question: “If you were to rank quality, customer satisfaction, and safety in order of importance, how would you rank them? Discuss.”
Tip:“如果让你来为质量、客户满意度和安全性排定重要性的先后次序，那么你会怎么排?详细说明理由。”——这是亚马逊地区经理的面试问题，算是中规中矩的问题，又能从中看出很多面试者的素质，正所谓“简约而不简单”。
When you have extensive technical knowledge, interviewing is highly recommend. Even if the work schedule is not for you, it will prepare you for any interview. Just because the interview process is challenging, however, it doesn t mean it s a bad experience. Interviewers are very thorough and put a variety of interesting and challenging scenarios forward for immediate response. If you re not confident or comfortable with your skill sets and problem-solving abilities, this is not the place for you.
当你准备投入职场之前，多参加一些面试，获得一些经验，不然很容易与心仪的工作失之交臂。面试的确难，不过面试真的难于上青天？其实面试都不过是你所要面临的职场一个小小的测验，真实的职场永远比想象的更为复杂与难以预计，所以面试官们一些看似天问的问题，其实也是一种试水，试你的能力、潜力与信心，合适的位置当然希望找到最合适的人才。各位，加油吧！（西子/选编）
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site n 位置,场所
rating n 级别,额定值
popularity n 普及,流行
Amazon n 亚马孙河
rigorous a 严格的
profile n 剖面,侧面
niche n 壁龛,合适职务
olive n 橄榄,橄榄树
wireless a 无线的
extensive a 广大的,广阔的
scenario n 剧情说明,情况
本文系新华网国际频道独家刊载《英语沙龙》XX期文章，转载请注明出处。
(原标题：面试官的“天问”:高端咨询公司面试问题让人崩溃)
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