Job interview: Self introduction

💬 Use 两 (liǎng), not 二 (èr), before a counted amount like years. Then add 了 to mean "and still continuing": 三个月了 "three months now".

💬 The place goes after 住在, not at the end of the sentence the way English puts it. Swap the city to reuse it: 住在上海 "live in Shanghai".

💬 Time words like 现在 go before the action, right after the person: "I now live in Beijing". Never put them at the end like English does.

💬 什么 "what" sits in the same spot the answer would go. To answer, just replace it: 做老师工作 or simply 我是老师.

💬 Chinese has no past-tense verb ending. 以前 alone is what moves this question into the past.

💬 To say how long you did something, put the length of time after the verb and 了. For example, 学了两年 means "studied for two years".

💬 Before a group or institution, you can drop 的: 我们公司 rather than 我们的公司. The same goes for 我们学校 "our school".

🇨🇳 Interviewers expect a good answer to praise the company and talk about growing with the team. Personal reasons like salary are best left out.

💬 Put 多 "more" before a verb to mean "do more of it". For example, 多练习 means "practise more".

🇨🇳 Saying you want to 多学习 comes across as modest and eager, which is a well-liked attitude in Chinese interviews.

💬 给 plus a person goes before the action to mean "to/for someone", so this is literally "to you make a call". The same pattern gives 给他发邮件 "send him an email".

🇨🇳 This is a polite way to close an interview. It doesn't promise an offer, so following up once later is fine.

💬 下 means "next" and 上 means "last" with time units. For example, 上周 means "last week" and 下个月 means "next month".

💬 打 usually means "hit", but here it's simply the verb for making a call. The person you're calling goes before it with 给.

💬 您 (nín) is the respectful form of 你 "you".

🇨🇳 Use 您 with an interviewer, a boss or an older person. It shows respect without sounding stiff.