
Career event networking: Exploring Career Opportunities
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Key Phrases
哪家公司
nǎ jiā gōng sī
Which company
市場部門
shì chǎng bù mén
Marketing department
軟體工程師
ruǎn tǐ gōng chéng shī
Software engineer
Skills You'll Learn
Learn to introduce yourself and work details
學習如何介紹自己和工作細節
xué xí rú hé jiè shào zì jǐ hé gōng zuò xì jié
Ask about interests and expertise
詢問興趣和專長
xún wèn xìng qù hé zhuān zhǎng
Exchange contact information
交換聯絡資訊
jiāo huàn lián luò zī xùn
Lesson Roleplay
Imagine a professional networking conversation between two individuals at a business event. One person works in marketing at Microsoft Taiwan, while the other is a software engineer keen on transitioning to marketing. They discuss their current roles, interests, and explore the possibility of collaborating and staying in touch for potential opportunities.
您好,我叫 Emily Smith 。
nín hǎo wǒ jiào ^FIRST^ ^LAST^
Hello, my name is Emily Smith.
您好,我是李明。請問您是哪家公司的?
nín hǎo wǒ shì lǐ míng qǐng wèn nín shì nǎ jiā gōng sī de
Hello, I am Li Ming. Which company are you from?
我在台灣微軟工作。
wǒ zài tái wān wēi ruǎn gōng zuò
I work at Microsoft Taiwan.
太好了!我對微軟很感興趣。您在哪個部門工作?
tài hǎo le wǒ duì wēi ruǎn hěn gǎn xìng qù nín zài nǎ gè bù mén gōng zuò
That's great! I am very interested in Microsoft. Which department do you work in?
我在市場部門。您呢?
wǒ zài shì chǎng bù mén nín ne
I'm in the marketing department. How about you?
Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases
您好
nín hǎo
Hello
🇹🇼 [您好] is polite and works well at career events with new contacts, recruiters, or anyone older or senior. With peers after the first greeting, many people switch to the friendlier [你好].
See breakdown →我叫
wǒ jiào
My name is
💬 [我叫] is the usual way to say your name: [我叫王小明]. For a more formal self-introduction, you can also say [我是] + name.
See breakdown →哪家
nǎ jiā
Which company
💬 [哪家] is for asking "which" with businesses or places that come in units like companies, banks, or restaurants: [哪家公司]、[哪家銀行]. Use [哪個] for many other nouns instead, like [哪個部門].
See breakdown →公司
gōng sī
Company
哪家公司
nǎ jiā gōng sī
Which company
💬 With companies, Chinese often uses [家] in the middle: [哪家公司], literally "which + company unit + company." You can reuse the same pattern with other business-like nouns, like [這家公司] or [那家銀行].
See breakdown →我在
wǒ zài
I am at
💬 In [我在...工作], [在] marks the place where you work: [我在台北工作] or [我在微軟工作]. Chinese often says "at + place + work" where English would use "work at."
See breakdown →工作
gōng zuò
Work
我在...工作
wǒ zài gōng zuò
I work at
💬 To say where you work, use [在] before the place and put [工作] at the end: [我在微軟工作]. You can swap in any company or city there.
See breakdown →台灣
tái wān
Taiwan
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