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| chenshujian Diglot Senior Member ChinaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5448 days ago 122 posts - 139 votes  Speaks: Mandarin*, English Studies: French | Message 1 of 5 25 September 2013 at 9:53am | IP Logged | ||
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One of my friends went for an interview, and the job he applied for requires fluent English. The interviewer was a Tanzanian, and he started the conversation with something like "mark.. yourself", which my friend just couldn't get it.
Here I guess it might be "market yourself"? Is there such expression that exists in an interview? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| caam_imt Triglot Senior Member Mexico Joined 4860 days ago 232 posts - 357 votes Speaks: Spanish*, EnglishC2, Finnish Studies: German, Swedish | Message 2 of 5 25 September 2013 at 10:33am | IP Logged | ||
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It means that the applicant should convince the employer to hire him, just like when
marketing ads try to convince you to buy their products. It's sort of "selling" oneself. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| chenshujian Diglot Senior Member ChinaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5448 days ago 122 posts - 139 votes Speaks: Mandarin*, English Studies: French | Message 3 of 5 25 September 2013 at 11:45am | IP Logged | ||
Yes, it makes sense. But is it what native speakers would often say in interviews? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| caam_imt Triglot Senior Member Mexico Joined 4860 days ago 232 posts - 357 votes Speaks: Spanish*, EnglishC2, Finnish Studies: German, Swedish | Message 4 of 5 25 September 2013 at 11:59am | IP Logged | ||
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It could be, depends on the kind of interview. If somebody told me that in an interview I
would take it as a friendly "show me what you've got" kind of expression. But I also think that it's not a very serious way of starting an interview. But I'm not a native speaker :) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| chenshujian Diglot Senior Member ChinaRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5448 days ago 122 posts - 139 votes Speaks: Mandarin*, English Studies: French | Message 5 of 5 25 September 2013 at 4:03pm | IP Logged | ||
OK, thank you very much bro. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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