We spend so much of our careers doing good work, meeting interesting people, and learning new skills. But it really all starts with one moment: the interview. 在大家的职业生涯中要花不少时间去做好工作、结识有趣的人和学习新技能。 但这所有都是以面试开始的。
once you get there, you need to be able to package everything together for a nice, neat presentation that's memorable1 in exactly the right way. 一旦要进行面试，你需要可以将我们的所有本领进行包装，以给大家一次干净漂亮、能留下一个自己所期望的印象的展示。
Here are five mistakes a lot of people make -- even people who are great at doing interviews:
下面是五个很多大家会犯的错误--其中不乏那些善于面试的大家。
1. Not preparing for a phone interview
不为电话面试做筹备
Most hiring managers screen candidates on the phone before they bring the candidate in for an interview. This is to make sure there aren't any glaring2 problems. 大多数负责招聘的职员在邀请面试前会通过电话进行预筛选来确保不会出现突出问题。
A phone interview saves time. If you can't get the answers to basic questions right on the phone, there's no point in interviewers watching you botch those questions in person. Also, the hiring manager is looking for you to make a mistake that would rule you out. For example, not knowing that you shouldn't take a call with a screaming baby in the background. So instead of thinking of the phone interview as a precursor3 to the real thing, think of it as something you can prepare for. 电话面试节省了时间。假如在电话里你都不可以把一些基本问题讲清除，那样就没当面叫你回答它们的必要。同样，招聘职员还在挑你的问题来把你剔除。比如，（你）不会不该在有孩子大吵大闹的时候打电话。所以，你不要把电话面试当成是重头戏的插曲前奏（因此不看重它），而应该觉得它是可以筹备的东西。
