本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛到达香港的当天，我就联系了加成香港总部进行最后一次面试辅导。那位顾问是个年轻的小姐，似乎很忙，一脸公事公办的表情。问了我几个问题，然后把这些都写在一张纸上，让我回去后多按这个准备一下。对我不远千里带来的那些书，她似乎不屑一顾，认为面试官不会看，根本不用带去。说完那些，利索地收拾起东西离开了。

面试前的那个晚上，感冒刚好，还有些头晕，差不多十一点就睡了。一个小时不到就醒了，而且十分清醒，翻来覆去怎么也睡不着。好像高考前的那个晚上就是这样的。后来迷迷糊糊睡着了，梦见在什么地方买东西，好像是一件衣服，袖子、领子、扣子什么的，一件一件地买，然后又拼起来，总之是一塌糊涂。

面试安排在9点15分。我们住在西环，乘电车到中环，只需5分钟时间。我和老婆8点15分就来到了交易广场。上了12楼，一出电梯，就看到有几个人站在过道里，有人用手机打电话，大概是以此消磨时间吧。门口两个保安，问，来干什么？我说是来面试。移民面试。他们先看了我的面试通知，又检查了我装着所有证件、证明的包。然后按了门口一台机器的某个钮，出来一张小纸头，上面有个A打头的号，叫我到七号、或八号窗口去。

进了门，正对着门一溜窗口，从六号到九号，这里比两边凹进去一些。窗口的两边各有五个小门，差不多就是一个个的电话亭。大厅里摆着一排排的椅子，中间正对门的地方空出来一块。坐在椅子上，与对面的人正好脸对脸，好像坐在剧场里等着戏开演。

八号窗口的小姐拿了我的面试通知和门口拿到的号码纸，给了我一个H打头的号码，叫我们坐着等候叫号。坐在那里，抬头就可以看到一个显示屏。叫号的时候，上面可以看到号码和面试房间的号码，广播里用普通话、粤语、英语重复播着下一个面试者的号码。八点半，一对夫妇和他们的孩子进了五号。去卫生间路过门口，看到他们都站着。前排来了一对夫妇，丈夫是主申请人，十分紧张。我试图说些无关紧要的话帮他放松，他好像并不领情。

九点三刻左右，我们的号出现在显示屏上。12号。有人刚从那里出来，好像呆了起码50分钟，不免令我有些紧张。推开门，门里面两张椅子，很高，可以转的那种。有了许多前辈的介绍，我就根本没打算往那上面坐。老婆进来，我关上门。突然听到有人在说话，说什么没有听清楚。才意识到是面试官在讲话。以前看到的许多前辈的文章，面试官总会来一段著名的开场白，说自己是谁，代表加拿大政府什么的。不过这位？…

我将包放在左边的一把椅子上，再定睛打量这个地方和玻璃后面的这位为我两年半的等待打分的人。这里除了小一些之外，绝对像银行的柜台：也是玻璃，也是玻璃下面的柜台上一个凹下去的小口，玻璃后面一位40岁左右的华裔女士，右手边一台电脑。这位应该就是移民官了。她低着头，往电脑里输着什么。老婆捅了我一下，我才意识到自己应该说些什么。可说什么呢？Good morning? How are you? How do you do? I am …? 好像都不对，因为我没有听清移民官的话。只好抬头无辜地看着玻璃后面的她。她还是低着头，十分温柔地说了句什么话，我总算听清了how are you，忙不迭地回答，Fine, thanks. 按照教科书，这后面还应该有And you? 不过我没有照本宣科。更多精彩文章及讨论，请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net

本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛下面就是我和移民官的对话。因为移民官的话我听得不是十分清楚，只好如实记录，没有听清的，就用省略号代替了。

IO: Please show me your passport and hukoubu. （她的确是这么说的，绝对不是Household Register）
M: OK.（护照和户口簿塞进柜台上的小口，她在电脑上记录着什么）
IO: Do you have a copy?
M: Yes. (面试前的晚上在酒店复印的，花了我2块一张)
IO: And your education certificates?
（我拿证书的时候，她离开了一会儿，回来时，手里拿着一份NOC的Editor 的Main Duties）
M: （我把四本证书拿出来，可是有一个太大，塞不进去）Should I take the certificate out?
IO: No. (我把能塞进去的，都塞进去了)
IO: Have you had any professional training?
M: Yes. I received one month’s full-time training in editing in 1997. This is the training certificate and its translation. (把培训证书以及复印件和翻译件塞了进去) And I had about two months’ part-time training in 2001. ( 说了一些有关培训内容方面的话) This is the certificate issued by our publishing house.
IO: What’s this? (手里拿的是我的培训证书)
M: That’s the professional training certificate I got after the one-month full-time training. (她好像有些心不在焉，要不就是我没有说清楚？)
IO: What are your main duties as an editor?
M: (这个问题我准备过)　I think there are mainly three duties. Firstly, I solicit contributions from authors and evaluate their suitability for publication. And I also select titles from foreign book catalogues available, search the Internet for new titles and decide whether or not they are worth publishing in China. Secondly, I read and correct solicited manuscripts and the translations. Thirdly, I participate in cover and layout design of the books. I put forth certain requirements on the artistic design of the books and the designers do as required. Of course, I also work together with the marketing and sales departments in preparing promotional materials.
IO: Do you have any proof of your editing work?
M: I bring with me some books and tapes I edited.
IO: Show them, please.
M: (给她看了我的一些书籍，说了一些和书有关的话)
IO: Where is your name?
M: (指给她看了)
IO: Have you written anything?
M: I wrote a small book for children.
IO: Do you have it now?
M: Sorry, I did not take it with me. But I translated some books. Do you want to see any? I translated a book from Chinese into English. It was published last year by a Hong Kong press.
IO: Yes, please.
M: My name is here. (没等她问我，就自己指给她看了)
IO: I want to see your non-criminal …
M: (两份公证递进去)
IO: All right. Have you done any research about job … in Canada? (是不是到这一步就差不多通过了？不过我当时可一门心思跟她聊天呢，没有意识到这一点。)
M: Yes. I often visit websites like monster.ca, jobbank, worklogic. I have actually printed a few pages. Would you like to see them?
IO: No.
M: （看见她在忙着输入什么，我就接着说了）I know there are a lot of publishing houses in Toronto and some of them offer job openings on their website. They also recruit by posting ads on some professional job websites. And some employers prefer to refer to their employees to recommend. I believe my friends in Toronto would be of some help to me. Actually, my friend in Toronto has written me a letter and offered to help me settle down in Toronto. (我放慢语速，一边说，一边看着移民官，看她要不要看那封信。见她好像没有那个意思，我也就没有拿出来)
IO: …funds...?
M: Yes, I have a certificate of deposit issued by Bank of China.
(我在包里找的时候，她问我老婆几个问题)
IO: Do you speak English?
LD: Yes.
IO: You are a teacher?
LD: No. I am a sales at a foreign company.
IO: But your passport says you are a teacher.
LD: I started to work in the company in ….
（这时我找到了存款证明）
IO: …meet the requirements... medical examination…right of landing fee… Do you take medical examination in Hong Kong? (我没有听到类似于congratulations 或者accept的话)
M: Yes.
IO: …within 60 days... Pack up your things and leave the booth.
(说完，就拉下了窗帘。前后大约20分钟，面试结束了。)更多精彩文章及讨论，请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net

体检与登陆费

面试结束了，就去楼下的汇丰银行交登陆费。问了银行工作人员才知道，没有该行的账户，是不能汇加元的，必须兑换成港元。

特别提醒：准备在香港交登陆费的朋友们，不要费心去银行换加元了。拿人民币就行，到香港随便找个Money Exchange就可以换成港元，不收手续费的。银行收。

将加元换成港元，买了汇票，去附近的General Post Office邮寄了。随后便去体检了。出了交易广场的门，向右看，可以看到一幢黑黑的大楼，那就是Wing On House（永安大厦），体检的私人诊所在29楼。向右，再向左，过了天桥，向右拐，就到了。很容易找。实在不清楚也可以问门口的保安，他们好像已经回答过很多次同样的问题了。

自从2002年1月的某个时间起，移民体检增加了HIV测试，所以体检的结果第二天才能全部出来。如果不放心，可以先要个他们的电话号码，打电话去询问。

我不厌其烦地列出了移民官提的问题以及我的答案，是希望能对以编辑的身份面试的朋友有些帮助。我感觉，除了英语一定要很好之外，很重要的一点是带上一些自己做的东西给移民官看。我觉得这很有说服力。