Introduction
If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.
– Sun Tzu, The Art of War
Speaking
Rule 1: await 5s
when ever you counter a hard question. Do NOT answer immediately but utilize first 5 seconds after the examiner finish saying the question to truly comprehend the question, structure your answer
Rule 2: non-universal things
Giving a short introduction about the thing that you believe is not well known by many people
e.g: One of myy favorite book is Clean Architecture - Martin, a must-read book if you are a Software Engineer.
Rule 3: the magic number 3
It is crucial to give 3 examples or list 3 things. 2 is not enough but 4 will become too much
Rule 4: paraphrase
Applying the same principle of paraphrasing questions as we do in Writing. It not only make your answer longer but also show the ability to use diverse vocabularies.
Rule 5: Discourse marker (Conjunction)
- Same-sided:
- First and foremost
- Furthermore, Moreover, Additionally, In addition
- Last but not least
- Opposite-sided:
- In contrast
- On the other hand
- However
- On the contrary
- Nonetheless/Nevertheless
- Having said that
- On the flip side
- On the other end of spectrum
- Fillers:
- Well
- Actually (justify)
- Speaking context:
- To be honest
- In fact
- Frankly speaking
- Truth be told