Interviul de angajare poate schimba o carieră.

Because Romanian usually puts the definite article at the end of the noun.

• interviu = interview / an interview
• interviul = the interview

So interviul de angajare means the job interview.

A useful extra point: Romanian often uses the definite form in places where English might use a more generic expression.

de angajare literally means of hiring / for employment.

• angajare = hiring, employment
• de = of / for

Together, interviu de angajare is the normal Romanian expression for job interview or employment interview.

So this is not a word-for-word copy of English structure; it is the natural Romanian way to build the phrase.

Because interviu is the main noun of the whole phrase, and de angajare just describes what kind of interview it is.

So:

• un interviu de angajare = a job interview
• interviul de angajare = the job interview

Romanian normally marks definiteness on the head noun, not on every word in the phrase.

interviu is a neuter noun.

In Romanian, neuter nouns behave:

• like masculine in the singular
• like feminine in the plural

That is why the singular definite form is interviul.

For example:

• singular: un interviu, interviul
• plural: două interviuri, interviurile

poate is the 3rd person singular present form of a putea, which means to be able to / can.

Here it matches the singular subject interviul.

So:

• eu pot = I can
• tu poți = you can
• el/ea poate = he/she/it can

In this sentence, poate means can.

After a putea, Romanian commonly uses the infinitive:

• poate schimba = can change

So schimba here is the infinitive to change.

This works much like English:

• can change

not

• can changes

The verb after the modal does not agree with the subject.

Because with a putea, Romanian often uses the infinitive directly:

• poate schimba

That said, Romanian can also use să after a putea in many contexts:

• poate să schimbe

Both are possible. The version in your sentence is just the more compact infinitive structure.

So the sentence is perfectly normal as written.

Because o carieră means a career, an indefinite noun.

• o carieră = a career
• cariera = the career

Here the idea is general: a job interview can affect a career.

Also, carieră is a feminine noun, which is why the indefinite article is o.

ă is a very common Romanian vowel. It sounds like the a in English about or sofa: a schwa-like sound.

So carieră ends with something roughly like -ruh, not a clear English -ra.

This is useful to remember:

• a and ă are different vowels in Romanian
• carieră must be pronounced with ă at the end

The structure is:

• Interviul = the interview
• de angajare = for employment / job-related
• poate = can
• schimba = change
• o carieră = a career

So grammatically it is a very straightforward subject + verb + object sentence, much like English.

Yes. It uses very normal Romanian word order:

• Subject: Interviul de angajare
• Verb phrase: poate schimba
• Object: o carieră

Romanian word order can be flexible, but this version is the most neutral and natural one for a simple statement.