职场英语：面试时如何解释GPA (Grade Point Average即平均成绩点数)太低

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职场 英语：

面试时如何解释

GPA

（

Grade Point Average

即平均成绩点数）

太低

Answer by Josh Tolan, CEO of

在线视频简历平台

首席执行官 约什?托朗的回答

It’s certainly important to be honest about your grades, but remember that while

you may have to discuss some negative aspects of your career history during a job

interview, you should always highlight accomplishments alongside it as well. Many

college

stu

dents

have

low

GPAs

because

they’re

focused

on

other

things,

like

working at the school newspaper, being heavily involved in clubs, volunteer work,

or building new organizations on and off campus. Or maybe your grades were low

because

you

were

working

a

job

to

pay

off

college

tuition

or

living

expenses.

Explain this to your interviewer, and transition into more positive aspects of your

college experience by saying something like,

affected my GPA, I was able to build my skills in other ways and fulfill a number of

other

accomplishments,

including…

and

provide

some

examples.

Be

sure

your

interviewer knows you weren’t just slacking off.

诚 实面对自己的成绩，

当然很重要，

但要记住，

< br>虽然面试中你可能不得不谈论一些职业生涯

中的负面情况，

但重点是介绍自己在这个过程中所取得的成绩。

许多大学生的平均绩点

(GPA)

较低，

是因为他们将精力用在了其他方面，

比如在校报工作，

积极参与俱乐部、

志 愿者工作，

或在校园内外组建新的社团等。

你的成绩低也有可能 是因为你不得不去打工挣学费或生活费。

向面试官解释自己的原因，然后将话题引到更积 极的方面，比如可以说：

“这些活动虽然影

响了我的成绩，但我 由此锻炼了其他方面的能力，并取得了一些成就，比如……”

，然后提

< br>供一些实例。一定要让面试官知道，你在大学里并没有混日子。

Answer by Stuart Liroff, technical recruiter

技术招聘专员斯图尔特?里诺夫的回答

I

agree

with

telling

the

truth.

However,

I

disagree

that

working

part-time,

doing

other extra curricular activities, (even relevant ones such as student government,

fraternity

leadership,

clubs,

volunteering,

etc,)

are

an

acceptable

excuse.

In

my

opinion, there is no good excuse whatsoever for a low GPA.

我同意说出事 实真相。但我并不认为做兼职或参加其他课外活动（即便是一些相关的活动，

比如学生会 、兄弟会领导、俱乐部、志愿者等）

，是可以接受的理由。在我看来，平均绩点

低，没有什么好的借口。

If

you

use

such

an

excuse,

you’ll

get

categorized

as

a

‘whiner’

and

‘complainer’ and won’t get hired.

如果你找这样的借口，你会被划入“牢 骚者”和“抱怨者”之列而被弃用。

I believe low GPA is a function of not performing higher on whatever standardized

grading system your school was using. Simply that. Therefore, the excuse is that

you

didn’t

study

hard

enough

or

work

hard

enough

to

understand

what

was

expected of you so that you could perform higher. The take away message was that

you learned from that experience and have compensated for those weaknesses by

being humble and by working more studiously at your chosen craft.

我相信，平均绩点低证明你在学校标准化评分系统中的表现不佳。

就是这 么简单。

因此，你

的理由应该是自己学习不够努力，

结果导致成绩不

< br>佳。重点是，你汲取了教训，不再自大，并通过更加勤奋的学习，弥补了自己在成绩上的不

足。

Of course, if there are other more accurate reasons, then of course say it your own

way, but my point in the previous paragraph is to position yourself and be honest

a

bout your low GPA. Say that you’ve learned and are working hard to improve.

当然，如果你确实有自己的理由，当 然要坦诚，我在上一段中的观点，是要让你摆正心态，

诚实面对成绩不佳的现状。但一定 要说自己已经汲取了教训，并且正在努力提高。

I

would

not

get

into

a

long

explanation.

Keep

it

simple,

straightforward,

don’t

dwell, and move on to t

he next topic. I was stupid, I learned, here’s my proof, and

I’m improving as a result.

我不建议进行长篇大论的解释。简单直接，不 要详述，然后进行下一个话题。我不聪明，我

汲取了教训，这是我的证据，我正在进步。

You might be introspective, in fact, and do an assessment. What have you done in

your career to improve? These are good data points to cite, as an example, or proof,

that you’re doing what you say.

你可能正在自我反省，

并进 行一次评估。

为提高成绩，

你做了哪些努力？这些数据都可以作

为例子或证据，证明你说到做到。

Good luck!

祝你好运！

Answer by Brian Gill, CEO of Gilware Inc.

Gilware

公司

CEO

布莱恩?吉尔的回答

If they cared about GPA you

wouldn’t get the interview in the first place. I really

only think GPA is relevant for your first full time job application. Many companies

have realized that its often the 4.0 perfectionists that are not nearly as successful as

the

typically

more

well-rounded(socially)

peers

with

3.0.

That

is

a

massive

generalization of course, as I’ve met many 4.0 PhD folks that are very affable and

like to party.

如果雇主真的非常在意你的平 均绩点，那你在最开始就不可能得到面试机会。我只是认为，

平均绩点与你的第一份全职 工作申请有一定的关系。

许多公司意识到，

那些得到

分的完

美主义者，反而没有那些只得到

3.0

分，但能力更全面的同学，更容易取得成功。当然，这

只是一种非常笼统的观察，

我认识许多平均绩点为

4.0

分的博士生，

他们为人友善，

也喜欢

参加派对。

A 4-year degree, minimum-GPA and relevant experience are potential table-stakes

to get the interview. I can’t ever recall having a post

-interview sit-down with all

the

hiring

managers

and

a

candi

date’s

degree

or

GPA

even

coming

up

in

the

conversation. The interview is all about attempting to figure out if this person will

mesh well with the team, how autonomous and driven they are, what is their overall

upside and how quickly will they hit the ground running.

四年制大学学位、

最低限度的平均绩点和相关经验，

是得到面试机会的基本筹码。

我不记得

在面试结束后与招聘经理们座谈时，

会谈到求职者的学 位或平均绩点。

面试的过程，

就是试

图 弄清楚求职者是否适合团队，

他们的自主性与紧迫感有多强，

他 们的总体优势是什么，

他

们能在多久之后做出成绩。