Q : Tell me a little bit about yourself please.
A : My name is Jun ho Kim. I am 26years old. I was born and raised in Seoul.
I am a senior student of Seoul University now. And this coming February
I’ll be getting a bachelor of Arts in English Literature. I like traveling very
much and I enjoy working with people.
인적사항 (About Yourself)
Q : How many people are there in your family?
A : There are six members in my family; my parents, one sister, two brothers and myself.
Q : Do you spend much time talking with your family?
A : Oh, yes. People say there’s a generation gap in the world today, but I don’t
think there is one at our house. We all work at taking time to talk with each
other. Especially at mealtimes, we all get together to eat and talk. Meals are
very lively at our house.
Q : How long does it take to get here from your home to this office?
A : It takes about 40minutes. I walk for 10 minutes to the station, and then there’s a
30-minutes ride on the subway.
Q : That’s quite a ways. Are you planning to find a boarding house nearby, or do you have
relatives you can stay with?
A1 : I think I can commute that far without any trouble. I’m pretty strong.
A2 : Yes, I have relatives living about thirty minutes from here, so I’d planned to stay with them
for a while.
Q : There was a year between the time you graduated from high school and when you entered
the university. What did you do during that time?
A : I failed at my first attempt and had to study for one more year before taking the exams again.
취미,오락,기호 (Interests and Hobbies)
Q: How do you spend your free time?
A: I play the flute with a group of friends sometimes ? we ‘re all amateurs. And I run
or play tennis or do something else like that to get some exercise also keep in shape.
Q : Do you smoke or drink?
A : I like drinking, but I don’t smoke.
성격 (Character-Strengths & Weaknesses)
Q : What would you say are some of your faults and strong points?
A : People say that I tend to do a thankless task. I can take on jobs that bother other people
and just work at them slowly until they get done. I enjoy that sort of thing-that’s a good
point, I tend to be withdrawn. I need to go out and be with other people more, so I’m
working on that.
Q : What kind of personality do you think you have?
A : Well, I approach things very enthusiastically, I think, and I don’t like to leave something
half-done. It makes me nervous- I can’t concentrate on something else until the first
thing is finished.
인생관 (Personal outlook)
Q : what do you think is the most important thing for happiness for you?
A : I think the most important thing is having good friends. A person can’t live by himself,
I think. It takes a lot of people working together and cooperating. It’s really important to
have good friends you can talk to, and the more really good friends I have , the better.
Q : What basic principle do you apply to your life?
A1 : I try to keep to a regular schedule every day. When I don’t, my body isn’t in good shape,
and neither is my mind, so I’ve been keeping to a schedule ever since I started college.
A2 : Not to put off till tomorrow what you can do today. I’ve found out that time and money
get away very easily ? you think you have them, and they’re gone! Putting things off just
makes it worse later, so even if it’s hard at the time, I try to get things done that day and
not let them go.
학창생활 (Student Life)
Q : When you were a student, was there anything you got really seriously involved in?
A : Yes, I decided that the best time to travel was while I was a student , so I worked my way
around the country during vacations, doing part-time jobs here and there. I met all sorts of
different people and it was really a good experience. Of course, there were good parts and
bad parts, but looking back I think it did a lot for me. It changed me a lot, and helped me
grow up.
Q : Was there any teacher who impressed you very strongly?
A : Yes, in high school I had a teacher named Mr. Park. He introduced me to Hermann Hesse’s
book, “Narcissus and Goldmund”, ”Death and the Lover”, and that book made a powerful
impression on me, too.
서클활동(Club and Group Activities)
Q : Were you involved in any club activities at your university? And if you were, what did you
learn from them?
A1: I was in a Bible study group. I’m a Christian, and that was a very good chance for me to
learn more about Christ’s teachings. And in my junior year, I was the leader of the group,
which gave me a chance to try lots of things to build the circle up and bring in more
people. It was a lot of work, but I learned a lot about working with people and I think that
will be useful after I graduate.
A2: I was in a singing club. We put on quite a few concerts, and I learned a great deal about
the importance of teamwork. That was good experience.
A3 : I didn’t join a club, but some friends and I formed a group we called “Friends of Cycling”,
and every Sunday we got together for a bicycle ride somewhere.
A4 : I think the first purpose of a university is study. With lectures, seminars and experiments
there seemed to be no time for anything else
교우관계(Friendships)
Q : Do you have any people you’d call really close friends?
A : Three people, but two of them live quite far away and we only get to see each other every
two or three months. The other fellow helped me through a bad time when I was a
freshman, and we’ve been close friends ever since.
Q : Would you say you have a lot of friends, or just a few?
A : Not so many, but not really just a few, either, I suppose. There are about six people that I
see quite a bit of now. They’re good friends.
존경하는 인물(People You Respect)
Q : Can you name one person that you respect very much?
A : My English teacher in college. She had so much humor and vitality, and I was very
impressed with her tactfulness. She could make a person see the contradictions in his
thinking without making him feel foolish. I learned a lot from watching the way she applied
herself to her teaching, and how she led people to see things.
A : Dr. Martin Luther King . He impressed me as a man with a great deal of love for mankind,
the way he worked for Black liberation and equality. His “ I have a dream.” sermon has a
big effect on me. I’ve listened to that tape hundreds of times.
좋아하는 책과 작가(Books and Authors You Like)
Q : What kind of books do you like?
A : I like mysteries very much ? I like to try to figure out “who did it” before the author explains
everything. My favorite character is Hercule Poirot in the Agatha Christie mysteries.
I’ve read all of those.
A : I like biographies. It’s interesting to read about the backgrounds of people who have
become famous, and see that I can learn from their lives.
Q : Who is your favorite author?
A : When I was at university I read a lot of French literature, especially existentialists like
Sartre and Camus. They’ve given me a lot to think about.
취업면접(Job Interview)
지망동기(Ambitions and Aspirations)
Q : What was it that made you decided to made you decided to choose this company?
A : Well, in most Korean companies no matter how much ability you have, if you’re young,
you don’t get much responsibility. But people say that in this company, if you can do the
job, people will trust you with even important work. That’s challenging, I think. Also, I have
a friend working here already, so I know a little about the company. And I’m very interested
in cars, and I enjoy developing new designs, so I think I could do a good job for you.
직업관(Views on work)
Q : Tell me what do you think a job is?
A : Well, a way to make a living, of course, but beyond that I think a job is a way of developing
as a person. As a man finds a job he really wants to do, he’s found a treasure to last him
all his life. Of course, it’s also a heavy responsibility, and not always easy. I have a very
positive attitude to work, because it is my work that supports me and my family.
I think one of the best ways I can express my ability is through my work.
입사후의 희망(Aspirations after Entering the Company)
Q : If you enter this company, what department would you like to work in?
A : I’d sure any line will go well with me . But I wish to play the role as a member of the export
department.
다른 회사에의 지원유무(Applications to other Companies)
Q : Have you applied for work with any other companies?
A : Yes, I also applied to AAA Co., in case I haven’t head the results yet.
Q : If you are accepted at both places, which company will you choose?
A : This one, of course. Your company is my first choice. I want to work for you.
이직에 대한 질문(leave your present job)
Q : What made you decide to change your job?
A : I’m a hard worker when I have something challenging to do, but I felt the job was not challenging enough.
급여에 관련된 질문(Salary)
Q : What starting salary would you expect?
A : I have to take care of my mother, so I’d like to start at around 900,000won a month.
회사에 관한 질문(Questions about the Company)
Q : What do you know about our major products and our share of the market?
A : Your company’s products are mostly marketed in Europe and the United States,
but particularly BBB has sold very well here in Korea, so I think in the future you’ll find
to be a profitable market, too. It’s said that you are one of the major producers in your
field.
Q : Tell me what you know about our company.
A : Well, the company was founded in Ulsan in 1948 by Hee Park who was the first president.
It’s capitalized at \30 billion, employs 2,500 people, and is the largest ? or maybe the
second largest ?company in its field in Korea. The president now is In Soo Choi.
He is the second president, after Mr. Park. Starting last year, the company has been
putting a lot of effort into exporting petroleum products.
Q : Do you have any particular conditions that you would like the company to take into
consideration?
A : No, nothing in particular.
자격, 면허, 경력(Special Qualifications)
Q : Do you have any special skills?
A : My father is an architect, and so I naturally got interested in architecture when I was quite
young. Recently I’ve done some blueprints and designing for my father, and have been
helping him, so I know something about architecture.
일반상식(General Knowledge)
Q : Which countries are members of the European Communities?
A : France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxemburg, Great Britain, Ireland,
Denmark and Greece Ten counties altogether.
Q : What are the two basic causes of inflation?
A : That’s a difficult question! But I think you usually have inflation when demand outruns
supply, forcing costs up, and costs go higher and higher.
시사문제(Current Topics)
Q : The stock market puts out the Dow Average every day. Do you know what that is?
A : Yes, the Dow is the average price of stocks for that day, computed according to the
methods of the Dow Jones Company in the United States.
Q : The North-South problem is getting a lot of attention all around the world recently.
Can you explain briefly what that is ?
A : Well, most of the developing nations are in the Southern Hemisphere ,or at least relatively
far south, and most of the industrially developed nations are in the north.
The economic development isn’t spread out evenly; it tends to be concentrated in a few
areas. I think The North-South problem is mostly a problem of unbalanced economic
development.
전공,졸업논문(Major, Graduation Thesis)
Q : How do you think the education you’ve received will contribute to your work in this company?
A : I’ve already learned a lot in the classroom and I hope to be able to make practical use
of it in business, so that even if the job gets tough I have a lot of confidence in my ability
to see it through to the end.
아르바이트(Part-Time Jobs)
Q : What did you do with the money you earned?
A : I like to travel, so I saved up the money for that. I saved up enough to go on a trip to
Che-ju Island in the summer vacation of my junior year.
기타(Any question? unexpectedness & perverse)
Q : What do you do to keep fit?
A : I enjoy jazz-dancing and jogging once a week.
Q : How long do you think that we can depend on your working here?
A : If I like the job and I feel I am making progress in the work, I would stay until I reach the
age limit.
Q : You are single now, but what will you do when you get married?
A : I’ve thought about that a lot. I know a lot of women take a job, planning to make a career
of it, and then they change their mind. But I’m hoping to make it my life time work.
So if I marry, I will find some way that I can continue my work, too.
Q : What do you think you would bring to the job?
A : I know a lot about how the Korean economy works, and how business is done in this
country. And I’m a hard-worker when I have something challenging to do.
Q : You are single now, but what will you do when you get married?
A : I’ve thought about that a lot. I know a lot of women take a job, planning to make a career
of it, and then they change their mind. But I’m hoping to make it my life time work.
So if I marry, I will find some way that I can continue my work, too.
비자인터뷰(VISA Interview)
인적사항(About Yourself)
Q : What do you do now?
A : I work in the sales department of a company called Samwon Trading.
Q : How long have you been working there?
A : I joined right after graduating from university, so I’ve been in this job for 3 years now.
Q : Did you ever go abroad?
A : Yes, my father’s job took him to America for 2 years, and he decided to take me along.
학력(Educational Background)
Q : What schools have you attended?
A : I finished Seoul Elementary School in1979, and entered Seoul Junior High School that
same March. I graduated from there in February of 1982 and entered Seoul High School
in march of that year. I graduated in February of 1985, and that March I entered Seoul
University. I did a B.A. in economics at the university in 1985.
학업성적(Grades)
Q : Your grades aren’t high. Please tell me the reason?
A1: My grades weren’t very good. I spent almost all my time on club activities, and missed
a lot of classes. Of course the first purpose of a university is study, but the social life is
also very important for character development.
A2 : The first two years were general studies rather than major classes, and I didn’t find them
very interesting, but from my junior year I was able to choose my own course, and I got
really interested in what I was studying, so I did better than average.
유학동기(Motive)
Q : Why do you want to study in the U.S.A.?
A : I want to get more advanced knowledge of genetic engineering, but there are no advanced
programs here, in Korea.
Q : What will you do after you graduate?
A : I expect to return to the company where I am working now.
Q : Since your graduation, many years have passed. Do you have any special reason to study
in the U.S. now?
A : I want to further my education in the U.S. and use my MBA as a springboard for my career
improvement.
Q : What made you change your major?
A : My major is English literature but my mind isn’t liberal-arts-oriented, I guess. I’ve been
interested in architecture since I was a sophomore.
지원 대학에 관한 사항 (About University)
Q : What made you choose this university?
A1 : My professor recommended the university. And excellent programs in education are
offered at the university.
A2 : The school offered a scholarship.
A3 : It has a very strong economics department.
영어능력(English Ability)
Q : Can you make yourself understand lectures in English?
A : I think so, but I ‘m afraid my English is a little weak. So I intend to take a language course
for foreigners in the university.
재정상태(Financial Support)
Q : Who is going to pay for your tuition and living expenses?
A : The school offered enough scholarship help to enable me to study in the U.S..
Q : What’s your sponsor’s job?
A : He worked for a bank until he was 58 ,and then he retired.
수학기간(Length of Stay)
Q : How long do you plan to stay in the U.S.?
A : I expect to take 4 years to earn M.A. and Ph.D.. I hope it doesn’t take any longer.
영주 의사(Settling Down in the U.S.)
Q : What will you do when you have completed your studies in the U.S.?
A : I hope to work for a research institute like KAIST and want to have a chance to apply
what I learn.
유학생활(Student Life)
Q : Where will you live while attending the university?
A : I’ve made arrangements to live in the school dormitory.
Q : Will you look for a part-time job at the university?
A : I think the first purpose of a university is study. With lectures, seminars and experiments
there seem to be no time for anything else.