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Most personnel managers agree that job interviews are one of the least objective recruitment methods. But the advantages of testing are not going to change the attraction of the interview to employers. The appeal of the interview has everything to do with the human factor.

Most people believe that they are a reasonable judge of character and trust their instinctive feelings. We might use some kind of test to aid the selection process, but we usually pick a candidate who interviews well, has good qualifications and an impressive work record.

But suppose the candidate lies or is less than completely honest, “This can be a serious problem of employers,” examine Alan Conrad, Chief Executive at Optimus Recruitment. “The most difficult liars to find are those who tell half-truths rather than complete lies.” Research shows that up to 75 percent of resumés are inaccurate on purpose. The most common practice is omission.

Interviewer should therefore concentrate on areas of uncertainty such as gaps between periods of employment and job descriptions that seem strange. “Focusing on these areas will force candidates to tell the truth or become increasingly dishonest. This is usually when people signal their anxiety by their body language. Sweat on the upper lip, false smiles and nervous hand movements all indicate discomfort.”

Conrad does not suggest an aggressive policy style interview technique, but insists that close inspection of a resuméis absolutely essential. Only by asking the right questions can you confirm the suitability of the candidate or put pressure on those who are being less than completely honest.

1．The best title of this passage can be____.

A．How to Catch Out the Dishonest Candidate

B．How to Find a Job by Tricks

C．Disadvantages of Job Interviews

D．Advantages of Job Interviews

2．The liars hard to recognize are those who tell____.

A．complete truths

B．complete lies

C．partial truths

D．mainly truths

3．How were the job applicants able to lie without being detected?

A．By leaving out some necessary information.

B．By providing more information than needed.

C．By using their body language.

D．By telling some unbelievable lies.

4．In order to pick up a qualified and an honest candidate, Conrad suggests that we____.

A．examine the resumés carefully

B．inspect the candidates aggressively

C．correct the resumés intentionally

D．compare one's resuméwith others'

5．What is the author's attitude towards job interviews?

A．Most objective.

B．Too subjective.

C．Suspicious.

D．Credulous.

1．【答案】A

【精析】短文主要講面試者如何發現不誠實的應聘者。第三段開頭的but表明前面兩段的作用是引出主題，做鋪墊，而不能錯把這兩段的內容當作短文的中心思想。故A項是正確答案。

2．【答案】C

【精析】由文章第三段的“The most difficult liars to find are those who tell half-truths rather than complete lies.”可知，最難辨認的是那些說話半真半假者，C項“partial truths”和文中的“half-truths”同義，故選C項。

3．【答案】A

【精析】由文章第三段的“Research shows that up to 75 percent of resumés are inaccurate on purpose. The most common practice is omission.”可推知，應聘者在簡歷上有意隱瞞一些不利的信息以免被發現真實的情況，故選A項。其中“leaving out...”和原文中的“omission”同義。

4．【答案】A

【精析】由文章最后一段第一句話“Conrad does not suggest an aggressive policy style interview technique, but insists that close inspection of a resumé is absolutely essential.”可知，Conrad主張對簡歷仔細甄別。故A項是正確答案。

5．【答案】B

【精析】短文第一段說大部分人事部經理都同意面試是最不客觀的招聘方法，接著又說面試受太多的人為因素影響，故可推斷出作者對面試的看法是覺得它太主觀了。選項A意為“最客觀的”，選項C意為“懷疑的”，選項D意為“輕信的”，均不符合。故選B項（主觀的）。