Interview

Interview in China and America Interview is widely accepted to recruit new employees in business. However, the essay aims to compare and contrast the similarities and differences both in Chinese style interview and American style interview. First of all, it focus on comparing the preparations before the interview, and then it will compare the process of the interview. Firstly, both the Chinese and American business leaders will check the resume of the applicant prior to the interview. The reason is that resume is very important that it includes the experiences and past achievements of the interviewee, also it help interviewer to understand the applicant. Another feature of resume is that the applicant is supposed not to provide any information about the salary in it. Otherwise business leaders might think the applicant care more about the money than the nature of the job. Anyway, a great resume is key to getting the job in both nations. Then, before the interview different interview laws are applied depending on different country. In the USA, there is law names anti-discrimination law concerns interview, and its counterpart in China is named the labor law. For example, in America, the examiner cannot discriminate any applicants because of their age, looking or marriage conditions, as these information are very private and personal, so a disabled man can have a fair chance to find a good job as a healthy man. In China, according to the labor laws, the interviewee need to give a complete and real resume which includes photo, age and relationship to leaders. The reason is that Chinese government realized that this relationship might affect the character and attitude of this particular interviewee in the future work. Therefore, the interviewee needs to know the laws before having any interviews in these nations. Secondly, the processes are basically the same in both countries. For instance, in both countries, the first thing to