{"id":17264,"date":"2012-11-11T13:33:32","date_gmt":"2012-11-11T12:33:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=17264"},"modified":"2017-10-20T14:27:37","modified_gmt":"2017-10-20T12:27:37","slug":"what-you-really-must-know-how-to-say-in-a-french-job-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/what-you-really-must-know-how-to-say-in-a-french-job-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"What You *Really* Must Know How to Say in a French Job Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you are applying for a job in France<\/strong>, or if your entrevue professionnelle <\/em><\/strong>(job interview) must be conducted in French <\/strong>only, there are some key elements that you absolutely need learn how to say en fran\u00e7ais<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n

Today, we’ll go through the strictly essential:<\/p>\n

First of all, you must know how to say your informations personnelles<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>(personal information), which means\u00a0<\/strong>your\u00a0n<\/em><\/strong>om de famille<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(last name), your p<\/strong>r\u00e9nom\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>(first name), your adresse email<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(email address), your num\u00e9ro<\/strong>\u00a0de portable<\/strong><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(mobile number) and\/or your num\u00e9ro de domicile<\/strong><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(home number), your a<\/em>dresse<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(address), as well as your date et lieu de naissance<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(date and place of birth) and your nationalit\u00e9<\/strong><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(nationality.) If needed, specify whether you are un citoyen europ\u00e9en <\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/em><\/strong>(European citizen) or not.<\/p>\n

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In France, as in most places in the world, your prospective employer can ask for your\u00a0situation personnelle et \u00e9tat civil<\/em><\/strong><\/strong>\u00a0(personal and marital status): He or she may wish to know whether you are c<\/em>\u00e9libataire\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/strong>(single), mari\u00e9(e)\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong><\/em><\/strong>(married), or even s\u00e9par\u00e9<\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(separated.)<\/p>\n

But, in any case, the question of les d<\/em><\/strong>ipl\u00f4mes<\/em><\/strong><\/strong>\u00a0(diplomae) is quasi-unavoidable: Most jobs require at least\u00a0un<\/span> Baccalaur\u00e9at universitaire\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>or\u00a0une<\/span> License<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>(Bachelor’s degree.) Ideally, you could have\u00a0un\u00a0<\/em><\/span>Doctorat<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(a PhD) or a M<\/strong>aster<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(a Master’s, which is actually different than a simple\u00a0Ma\u00eetrise<\/strong><\/em>, since a Master corresponds to five years of university, whereas a\u00a0Ma\u00eetrise\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>requires only four.) There are different types of Masters. The most common are:\u00a0une<\/em><\/span> “MSc<\/em>“,<\/strong>\u00a0or\u00a0“Ma\u00eetrise \u00e8s sciences<\/em>”\u00a0<\/strong>(MS: Masters of Science), u<\/span>ne\u00a0<\/em>ma\u00eetrise \u00e8s arts<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>or\u00a0“ma\u00eetrise universitaire \u00e8s lettres<\/em>”\u00a0<\/strong>(MA: Masters of Art), and u<\/strong><\/span>ne ma\u00eetrise en administration des affaires<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(MBA<\/strong>: Masters of Business Administration.)<\/p>\n

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You also need to go through your\u00a0comp\u00e9tences\u00a0et exp\u00e9rience professionnelle<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(qualifications and professional experience), in addition to les langues\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>(the\u00a0languages<\/a><\/strong>) which you speak. <\/strong>For each spoken language, you can specify if your niveau d’aisance<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(fluency level) is that of a natif<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(native), or if it is courant\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>(fluent), lu, \u00e9crit, parl\u00e9<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>(proficient, that is), convenable\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/strong>(intermediary), or if you only have des n<\/em><\/strong>otions de base\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>(basic notions.)<\/p>\n

Finally, you may wish to talk for a bit about your\u00a0loisirs et centres d’int\u00e9r\u00eat personnels<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(leisure and personal interests): la philosophie, le golf, le foot, le th\u00e9\u00e2tre, les voyages, etc.<\/strong><\/em>!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

If you are applying for a job in France, or if your entrevue professionnelle (job interview) must be conducted in French only, there are some key elements that you absolutely need learn how to say en fran\u00e7ais. Today, we’ll go through the strictly essential: First of all, you must know how to say your informations…<\/p>\n

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