Xiaoxue went to a company for an interview. During the interview, the interviewer asked a very strange question. Of course, this question did not seem to be related to the secretarial work she was interviewing for. It just didn't occur to me that the interviewer insisted on asking Xiaoxue to answer this question. Let's take a look today: what exactly did Xiaoxue experience during the interview, and why did the interviewer so stubbornly ask Xiaoxue to answer this question?

a question that must be answered

The interviewer saw Xiaoxue coming, and then told her: The most important job of a secretary is to observe words and expressions. If you can't observe words and expressions, then I am very sorry, even if you have the ability, you are not suitable for this position. Next, let me ask you a question to see how your ability to observe words is.

If one day you go to a meeting somewhere with the boss of the company, but before the meeting you suddenly find that the boss of the company is not dressed properly, how will you remind him at this time? In fact, Xiaoxue didn't even think about it, and then told the interviewer directly: Because the meeting is a relatively urgent matter in the company, so in this case, I may not have time to think about it, and my instinct will be in the shortest time. tell the boss of the company.

If I don’t remind me in advance, it will lose even more face if I get noticed by the employees, so in this case, I almost don’t even think about it, and then tell the boss directly: Boss, the buttons of your clothes are not fastened. Going out like this would be a shame for the company, so I suggest you take the time to button up your clothes.

After listening to this, the interviewer shook his head and said, " No, no, no, your answer seems reasonable on the surface, but in fact it hurts the face of the company boss and the self-esteem of the company boss. So I can only give you 8 points for this answer. If the full score is 100 points, you have not even passed the most basic passing line. It is somewhat difficult to enter this company. Next, I will give you another chance. Do you have any other feasible answers and solutions?

How should we answer?

Someone said: In such a situation, you should tell the boss what he did wrong as soon as possible. If he didn't tell the boss at the first time, then the boss didn't know. Being laughed at by other employees, or ridiculed by employees of other companies, or even more terrifying is being targeted by the opponent's competing customers, and even talking about this matter, it is really his own dereliction of duty.

This is indeed the case. Under normal circumstances, we should all tell the boss at the first time: what is wrong, and what is done right, but nothing can represent an absolute routine, and nothing is not. There is only one way. When we answer this kind of question, we must consider two directions, the first direction is the face problem, and the second direction is the executable degree problem.

• Comprehensive consideration of face problems

How do we alert the boss of the company in that situation? The first thing we should consider is, in that special situation, how many bosses are there around? If there are only two people around, you and the boss, then just tell the boss of the company directly. At this time, the boss of the company will still feel that he is considerate of him and knows to save face for the boss of the company.

But the crux of the problem is: if the company is preparing to hold a meeting before you say this, and when the meeting is held, there are 10, 20 or even hundreds of people sitting around, you should tell the boss directly in front of the hundreds of people that you have a If the strap is not fastened, where do you put the face of the boss of the company?

Once the boss of the company feels shameless, he is very likely to take his subordinate employees to vent his anger. As for which subordinate employee to take out, I don't need to talk about it more. Because of the selection and selection, apart from you, there is no other person who can make the boss angry.

• Consideration of Executability Issues

What is Executability?

Let's take a simple example. The boss of the company wears his clothes upside down. If we tell the boss in a public place: You wear your clothes upside down, can the boss of the company change your clothes in the shortest possible time? Certainly not, you can't expect the boss of the company to change clothes in front of so many people in public, right?

The boss of the company will not change clothes, and even if the boss of the company changes clothes, his face will be flushed and his expression will be twisted. So in this case, even if the boss of the company does something wrong, it seems that we can only take the wrong as the right. If the timing is right or there are not too many people around at an appropriate port, you can subtly tell the boss that the clothes are not right or that the buttons are not well fastened, and then let the boss of the company make his own decision.

Of course, if the situation is urgent or encounters an emergency or will meet the customer of the other party within the next 3 to 5 minutes, and this customer will sign a large order with us, it is very likely that the order is signed or not. Because of the company boss's appearance, he will go to different branches, so in this case, don't take into account the problem of face.

At this time, we are concerned about our face, and we ultimately lose a lot of opportunities. Therefore, we should tell the boss directly at the very beginning: Because we will meet with customers next, you must find a single room and take the time to organize your clothes. There are several inappropriate places on the clothes. Let's go to that room and talk about it, and then we can make up for the clothes as soon as possible.

Workplace Apocalypse

Someone said: Isn't it because the boss of the company has a button that is not fastened or the clothes of the boss of the company are not suitable? If it were me, I would tell the boss as soon as possible that this was inappropriate, and let the boss of the company correct it. This kind of thinking itself is correct, and if there is a mistake, it is time to correct it, but the crux of the problem is that the boss of the company is different from the employees of the company.

If the boss of the company says something is wrong, he will not be able to change it immediately. He needs to consider additional factors in the surrounding area. Only when the additional factors in the surrounding area are in line or when there is no major change in the additional factors in the surrounding area, can the company Correct it immediately.

However, if the surrounding factors do not meet the requirements or there are major changes in the surrounding factors, if the company owner can make up for the large losses in the shortest time, it needs to be considered comprehensively. After all, the appearance of the company owner is completely different from that of the company employees. Guys, what do you think about this? You are welcome to leave a message in the comment area.