How to Answer: When you are interpreting, do you try to establish a relationship with the person or do you try to keep the relationship formal and more detached?
Advice and answer examples written specifically for a Language Interpreter job interview.
17. When you are interpreting, do you try to establish a relationship with the person or do you try to keep the relationship formal and more detached?
How to Answer
Talk a bit about your personality when interpreting, and the type of relationship that you prefer to have with the person whom you are interpreting for.
Answer Example
"When I am interpreting, I do try to establish some form of connection with the person whom I am translating for. It helps me to better catch on to their dialect and 'isms' when they speak. This is not always possible but I do try to establish a connection whenever possible."