Describe a situation that you got a little angry
• Where it happened
• When it happened
• Who you were with
• and why you felt angry?

回答示例

• Normally, I do not lose my temper easily.
• My friends say that I am as cool as a cucumber.
• However, there have been times when I was a little angry.
• I remember one such time when I was angry with my friend.
• I had to go for a job interview to Jalandhar, and I was very nervous.
• It was a walk-in-interview for a call centre job and I requested my friend Roshni to accompany me.
• I somehow feel very confident when she is around.
• She has a great sense of humour and never lets me feel sad or depressed.
• She promised also to accompany me but on the day of the interview she did not turn up.
• Her phone was also switched off.
• I had to go alone.
• I was very hurt and angry also.
• I appeared for the interview and after coming back home, I went straight to her house.
• I wanted to shout at her and give her a piece of my mind.
• When I reached her home, I came to know that her father had taken ill suddenly and was admitted in the ICU.
• Her phone was also switched off because she was in the ICU attending her father.
• Everything had happened so suddenly that she did not get the time to call and inform me.
• All my anger vanished and I felt ashamed of myself.
• I should have known that she would not ditch me for some trivial reason.
• I should have had more faith in her.
• This incident strengthened our ties of friendship even more.

考官后续提问

1. How do you control your anger?
I control my anger by listening to music. Sometimes when I am very angry, I, clench my fist and start counting. By the time I reach the count of 10, I am generally calm.

2. Why would some people get angry easily?
Some people are short tempered by nature. They have less patience. They get angry easily.

3. How does people’s mood get affected?
People’s mood gets affected by *all things. It is a matter of personal attitude. Some people get irritated very easily, whereas some can manage to remain calm even in very stressful situations. Weather also affects people’s mood. In places where the weather is very cold, generally people are very lethargic (lazy), where as in very hot weather, people get irritated very soon.

4. Is it important to be calm?
Yes, it is very important to be calm. Being irritated and impatient doesn’t help anybody. It only makes things worse.

5. What would you do if you make others angry at you?
If I make someone angry at me, I would try to reason out things with me. If that fails, I would feel sorry and apologize.

6. In what ways can people manage their anger well?
People can manage their anger by practicing yoga and meditation. They can learn to be calm and patient. If these things don’t help, they can get counseling sessions with some psychologist, or in some extreme cases, with a psychiatrist.