Job interview: Motivation for applying

💬 beaucoup goes right after the verb, not at the end of the sentence as in English. J'aime beaucoup is warm but slightly softer than j'adore "I love".

💬 Use vos for several things and votre for one: vos produits but votre entreprise. The final s on vos is silent here.

💬 Entreprise is the everyday word for a company or business of any size. It doesn't carry the bold, adventurous feel of English "enterprise".

💬 Poste here means a job position, not the post office, which is la poste. Notice that le poste for a job is masculine.

💬 French keeps le and les where English drops "the" when talking about things in general. So it's le contact, not just contact.

💬 After words like pour, you use moi, never je. The same goes for avec moi "with me" and pour vous "for you".

💬 French puts de l' before expérience where English uses no word at all. Similar cases are du travail "some work" and de l'argent "money".

💬 La vente means sales, from vendre "to sell". Someone who works in sales is a vendeur or vendeuse.

💬 The x of deux links to ans as a z sound: (duh-zahn).

💬 Use à before a city name to say "in" a city. Some cities also have French names, such as Londres for London and Édimbourg for Edinburgh.

💬 Use en with countries ending in e, like en France or en Espagne "in Spain". Most other countries take au, as in au Canada "in Canada".

🇫🇷 In an interview, je veux can sound blunt. Je voudrais "I would like" lands more politely.

💬 After je veux, the next verb stays in its basic "to" form: je veux améliorer. You can swap in other verbs, as in je veux travailler "I want to work".

💬 French often uses the plain present for something planned soon. Nous vous rappelons works like "we'll call you back". vous goes before the verb here.

💬 French often uses the present tense for plans that are close and certain: nous vous rappelons means "we'll call you back". Here vous comes before the verb because it's the person being called.

🇫🇷 Merci à vous returns the thanks politely, which is a nice way to close an interview. Adding madame on its own, without a surname, is the normal respectful form in France.

💬 Journée is the day as a stretch of time you live through, which is why you wish someone a bonne journée when parting rather than bonjour. Late in the afternoon, swap in bonne soirée "have a good evening".