GPA太低面试时怎么解释？

    在线视频简历平台Sparkhire.com首席执行官约什•托朗的回答

    诚实面对自己的成绩，当然很重要，但要记住，虽然面试中你可能不得不谈论一些职业生涯中的负面情况，但重点是介绍自己在这个过程中所取得的成绩。许多大学生的平均绩点(GPA)较低，是因为他们将精力用在了其他方面，比如在校报工作，积极参与俱乐部、志愿者工作，或在校园内外组建新的社团等。你的成绩低也有可能是因为你不得不去打工挣学费或生活费。向面试官解释自己的原因，然后将话题引到更积极的方面，比如可以说：“这些活动虽然影响了我的成绩，但我由此锻炼了其他方面的能力，并取得了一些成就，比如……”，然后提供一些实例。一定要让面试官知道，你在大学里并没有混日子。

    技术招聘专员斯图尔特•里诺夫的回答

    我同意说出事实真相。

    但我并不认为做兼职或参加其他课外活动（即便是一些相关的活动，比如学生会、兄弟会领导、俱乐部、志愿者等），是可以接受的理由。在我看来，平均绩点低，没有什么好的借口。

    如果你找这样的借口，你会被划入“牢骚者”和“抱怨者”之列而被弃用。

    我相信，平均绩点低证明你在学校标准化评分系统中的表现不佳。就是这么简单。因此，你的理由应该是自己学习不够努力，或者没有努力去了解学校对自己的期待，结果导致成绩不佳。重点是，你汲取了教训，不再自大，并通过更加勤奋的学习，弥补了自己在成绩上的不足。

    当然，如果你确实有自己的理由，当然要坦诚，我在上一段中的观点，是要让你摆正心态，诚实面对成绩不佳的现状。但一定要说自己已经汲取了教训，并且正在努力提高。

    我不建议进行长篇大论的解释。简单直接，不要详述，然后进行下一个话题。我不聪明，我汲取了教训，这是我的证据，我正在进步。

    你可能正在自我反省，并进行一次评估。为提高成绩，你做了哪些努力？这些数据都可以作为例子或证据，证明你说到做到。

    祝你好运！

    Answer by Josh Tolan, CEO of Sparkhire.com

    It’s certainly important to be honest about your grades, but remember that while you may have to discuss some negative aspects of your career history during a job interview, you should always highlight accomplishments alongside it as well. Many college students have low GPAs because they’re focused on other things, like working at the school newspaper, being heavily involved in clubs, volunteer work, or building new organizations on and off campus. Or maybe your grades were low because you were working a job to pay off college tuition or living expenses. Explain this to your interviewer, and transition into more positive aspects of your college experience by saying something like, “Although these activities negatively affected my GPA, I was able to build my skills in other ways and fulfill a number of other accomplishments, including…” and provide some examples. Be sure your interviewer knows you weren’t just slacking off.

    Answer by Stuart Liroff, technical recruiter

    I agree with telling the truth.

    However, I disagree that working part-time, doing other extra curricular activities, (even relevant ones such as student government, fraternity leadership, clubs, volunteering, etc,) are an acceptable excuse. In my opinion, there is no good excuse whatsoever for a low GPA.

    If you use such an excuse, you’ll get categorized as a ‘whiner’ and ‘complainer’ and won’t get hired.

    I believe low GPA is a function of not performing higher on whatever standardized grading system your school was using. Simply that. Therefore, the excuse is that you didn’t study hard enough or work hard enough to understand what was expected of you so that you could perform higher. The take away message was that you learned from that experience and have compensated for those weaknesses by being humble and by working more studiously at your chosen craft.

    Of course, if there are other more accurate reasons, then of course say it your own way, but my point in the previous paragraph is to position yourself and be honest about your low GPA. Say that you’ve learned and are working hard to improve.

    I would not get into a long explanation. Keep it simple, straightforward, don’t dwell, and move on to the next topic. I was stupid, I learned, here’s my proof, and I’m improving as a result.

    You might be introspective, in fact, and do an assessment. What have you done in your career to improve? These are good data points to cite, as an example, or proof, that you’re doing what you say.

    Good luck!