(一)
Good morning Sir, (What will you say if it is a woman?)
I am glad to be here for this interview. First, let me thank you for
finding time in the midst of Pssing affairs.
I am 25 years old and I am local. (I live locally sounds better) I am
seeking an opportunity to work with XXX as Sales. (IN sales or As a Sales
rePsentative/whatever)。My professional experience and my awareness of your
unparalleled reputation have led me to want to work for your company.
I have a bachelor degree with a major in Mechanical and Electrical
field.(pause) Graduated from the XXX university in 20xx. Over the past three
years, I have worked with XXX Co.,Ltd as Sales (again, in sales or as a sales
man/person/rep?) who responsible (with responsibility mainly) for the market of
Hunan. During this period, I have learnt much. I learned the values of teamwork
and commitment, how to win, how to work hard, how to concentrate and focus on
goals, and how to balance my time and priorities. Additional experience in other
fields such as graduation practice in factory and commercial negotiation also
reinforces my value to your company.
I enjoy thinking, enjoy learning, enjoy working, (and I am )able to bear
work Pssure.
In my free time, I often participate (in) activities such as table tennis
(and) badminton.
I am expecting to become your colleague on some day. (More tactful to say
’I would love to become you colleague/join the company)
Because being offhand in advance, let’s leave it at that. (This sentence
makes no sense. ’Being offhand’ means to be rude, inconsiderate, ill-mannered so
I don’t think that is whay you mean! In advance of what? ’Let’s leave it at
that’ is a command, it sounds rather abrupt and ill-mannered to me, again I
don’t think this is what you meant. How about ’I would love to join your company
and you would not regret giving me this opportunity.’ and just finish with a
smile!)
Thanks.
(二)
I am a third year master major in automation at Shanghai Jiao Tong
University, P. R. China. With tremendous interest in Industrial Engineering, I
am writing to apply for acceptance into your Ph.D. graduate program.
In 1995, I entered the Nanjing University of Science & Technology
(NUST) -- widely considered one of the China’s best engineering schools. During
the following undergraduate study, my academic records kept distinguished among
the whole department. I was granted First Class Prize every semester, and my
overall GPA(89.5/100) ranked No.1 among 113 students. In 1999, I got the
privilege to enter the graduate program waived of the admission test. I selected
the Shanghai Jiao Tong University to continue my study for its best reputation
on Combinatorial Optimization and Network Scheduling where my research interest
lies.
At the period of my graduate study, my overall GPA(3.77/4.0) ranked top 5%
in the department. In the second semester, I became teacher assistant that is
given to talented and matured students only. This year, I won the Acer
Scholarship as the one and only candidate in my department, which is the
ultimate accolade for distinguished students endowed by my university.
Presently, I am Pparing my graduation thesis and trying for the honor of
Excellent Graduation Thesis.
Research experience and academic activity,When a sophomore, I joined the
Association of AI Enthusiast and began to narrow down my interest for my future
research. In 1997, I participated in simulation tool development for the
scheduling system in Prof. Wang’s lab. With the tool of OpenGL and Matlab, I
designed a simulation program for transportation scheduling system. It is now
widely used by different research groups in NUST. In 1998, I assumed and
fulfilled a sewage analysis & dispose project for Nanjing sewage treatment
plant. This was my first practice to convert a laboratory idea to a commercial
product.
In 1999, I joined the distinguished Professor Yu-Geng Xis research group
aiming at Network flow problem solving and Heuristic algorithm research. Soon I
was engaged in the FuDan Gene Database Design.
My duty was to pick up the useful information among different kinds of gene
matching format. Through the comparison and analysis for many heuristic
algorithms, I introduced an improved evolutionary algorithm -- Multi-population
Genetic Algorithm. By piding a whole population into several sub-populations,
this improved algorithm can effectively Pvent GA from local convergence and
promote various evolutionary orientations. It proved more efficiently than SGA
in experiments, too. In the second semester, I joined the workshop-scheduling
research in Shanghai Heavy Duty Tyre plant. The scheduling was designed for the
rubber-making process that covered not only discrete but also continuous
circumstances. To make a balance point between optimization quality and time
cost, I proposed a Dynamic Layered Scheduling method based on hybrid Petri Nets.
The practical application showed that the average makespan was shortened by a
large scale.
I also publicized two papers in core journals with this idea. Recently, I
am doing research in the Composite Predict of the Electrical Power system
assisted with the technology of Data Mining for Bao Steel. I try to combine the
Decision Tree with Receding Optimization to provide a new solution for the
Composite Predictive Problem. This project is now under construction.
Besides, In July 2000, I got the opportunity to give a lecture in English
in Asia Control Conference (ASCC) which is one of the top-level conferences
among the world in the area of control and automation. In my senior year, I met
Prof.Xiao-Song Lin, a visiting professor of mathematics from University of
California-Riverside, I learned graph theory from him for my network research.
These experiences all rapidly expanded my knowledge of English and the
understanding of western culture.
I hope to study in depth .In retrospect, I find myself standing on a solid
basis in both theory and experience, which has Ppared me for the Ph.D.
program. My future research interests include: Network Scheduling Problem,
Heuristic Algorithm research (especially in GA and Neural network), Supply chain
network research, Hybrid system performance analysis with Petri nets and Data
Mining.
Please give my application materials a serious consideration. Thank you
very much.