Career event networking: Learning About Company Culture
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Key Phrases
Guten Abend. Darf ich Ihnen eine Frage zu Ihrer Firma stellen?
Good evening. May I ask you a question about your company?
Unsere Firma hat eine offene, herzliche Kultur.
Our company has an open, warm culture.
Die Kollegen helfen einander viel, und wir arbeiten meist im Team.
The colleagues help each other a lot, and we mostly work in a team.
Skills You'll Learn
Introduce yourself and greet someone politely in a formal setting.
Sich vorstellen und jemanden in einer formellen Situation höflich begrüßen.
Ask respectful questions about a company and its culture.
Respektvolle Fragen über eine Firma und ihre Kultur stellen.
Describe teamwork, atmosphere, and communication at work.
Teamarbeit, Stimmung und Kommunikation am Arbeitsplatz beschreiben.
Lesson Roleplay
Imagine you are meeting someone from a company for the first time in the evening. You introduce yourself politely and ask about the company’s culture, daily atmosphere, teamwork, leadership style, and shared activities.
Guten Abend, ich bin Emily Smith . Darf ich Ihnen eine Frage zu Ihrer Firma stellen?
Good evening, I am Emily Smith. May I ask you a question about your company?
Sehr gern, willkommen. Unsere Firma hat eine offene und herzliche Kultur.
Of course, welcome. Our company has an open and warm culture.
Das klingt schön. Wie ist die Stimmung im Alltag?
That sounds nice. What is the atmosphere like in everyday life?
Die Kollegen helfen einander viel. Es fühlt sich oft fast wie eine Familie an.
The colleagues help each other a lot. It often feels almost like a family.
Arbeitet man eher allein oder im Team?
Do people work more on their own or in a team?
Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases
Guten
GOO-ten
Good
Abend
AH-bent
Evening
Guten Abend.
GOO-ten AH-bent
Good evening.
Ich bin
ikh bin
I am
Ich bin Emily Smith .
ikh bin
I am Emily Smith.
Darf ich
darf ikh
May I
Ihnen
EE-nen
You (formal)
🇩🇪 Use [Ihnen] with someone you've just met at a career event; it's the normal polite form. Switching to [du] usually happens only if the other person suggests it.
See breakdown →Eine Frage
EYE-nuh FRAH-guh
A question
Stellen
SHTELL-en
To ask
💬 With [eine Frage stellen], German uses [stellen] where English uses "ask." You can reuse the pattern with other nouns too, like [einen Antrag stellen] for "submit an application/request."
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