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答：我说服上司改变公关公司。我确信以芝加哥为基地的公司不能满足我们在西海岸的利益，通过向上司展示客源统计变化后，我说服了他。
这与描述“你按他人的建议行事的经历”是相对立的。你能提出有建设性的建议并且让他人明白你的想法吗？请举出具体的例子来说明。
Q:Tell me about a time when you had to defend an idea to your boss.
A:Once I had to convince my boss to change PR firms.I really believed that our interests on the West Coast werent being met by our Chicagobased firm.I was able to convince him after showing him the demographic shift in our customer base.
问：你想改变你的管理形式的哪些方面？
答：别人向我征求意见时，我常常控制着自己不把答案直接告诉别人。我认为使别人学会如何解决问题更为重要。我越来越善于教导别人并提出问题，但我从不告诉别人该怎么做。
谈谈你正在努力改进的管理方式的一个方面。告诉面试官你采取的步骤，并给出证据来说明你取得的进步。
Q:What aspect of your management style would you like to change?
A:Ive been working on holding back the urge to tell people the answers when they ask for advice.I think its more mportant to teach people how to solve their own problems.Ive gotten better at coaching and presenting questions and feedback without telling people what to do.
问：你有没有感到上司及同事对你的排斥？
答：我必须说明一下为何我曾认为黑白色调更切合保险小册子的内容。最初，办公室里没有人赞同这个想法，因为我们都习惯于彩色的册子，人人都认为黑白册子看上去显得低档。最后我终于说服大家，用更为巧妙的方法呈现死亡抚慰金这一大难题会更行之有效。
举出具体例子说明你为自己的观点辩护的例子。避开谈及个性抵触、怨恨情绪或愤怒的争吵。你如何令别人理解你的观点？结果如何？一定要以积极的语气结束谈话。
Q:Have you ever felt defensive around your boss or peers?
A:I had to explain once why I thought a blackandwhite brochure was more suitable for the content of an insuranceproduct brochure.No one in my office liked the idea initially,because we were all used to color brochures,and everybody felt that black and white looked cheap.Eventually I convinced them that a more subtle approach would work better to present information about a difficult topicdeath benefits.
问：谈谈影响你管理风格的一次学习经历。
答：我早期在银行工作时，给一位副执行主席发信，但忘记给在他手下做事的两位副行政主席发副本。其中一位断定我有意作梗。从那以后，我对关键环节非常小心。
把你的回答内容稍作改变，用以回应这个问题：“谈谈你最不喜欢的经理或监督员”。在此描述一次正面或反面的使你获得有效管理经验的教训，或者描述一位经理让你做你认为难以实现的事情的手段，他是如何激发你的？
Q:Tell me about a learning experience that affected your management style.
A:Early in my job at the bank，I wrote a letter to an EVP but failed to make copies for the two AVPs who worked for him.One of them was impacted by the content of the memo and concluded that Id circumvented him on purpose.Ive really been careful about chain of command ever since.
问：你有没有仿效过别人的管理形式？
答：我在许多方面效仿我的第一位上司。我在桌上为每个工作成员准备了一个文件袋。他们可把便条、想法、要我检查的工作或其他东西放在那儿，我就用这些材料来处理事情。这成为我们大家沟通的另一种形式。那么，当我们坐下来谈论时，要解决的问题都在手头上了。
你应该描述一位自己认识的上司，用积极的方式激发你去达到超出你自己目标的要求。详细说明他是如何实现这种做法的。
Q:Have you patterned your management style after someone in particular?
A:Ive emulated my first boss in many ways.I keep a file for each member of my staff on my desk.They can throw notes,ideas,work they want me to review,or anything else in there,and I do the same with material I have for them.It's an xtraform of communication whenever one of us gets an idea.Then,when we sit down to talk,the issues we need to cover are in one place,at our fingertips.