The job interview
| Spanish | English |
|---|---|
| la impresión | impression |
| honesto | honest |
| el conocimiento | knowledge |
| la organización | organization |
| expresar | to express |
| ideal | ideal |
| particular | particular |
| la importancia | importance |
Dar buena impresión is to make a good impression; tener la impresión de que… is to have the feeling that something is so.
| I want to make a good impression at the interview. | Quiero dar buena impresión en la entrevista. |
| I have the impression that the interview has gone well. | Tengo la impresión de que la entrevista ha ido bien. |
What job ads ask for
Spanish CVs and job ads usually talk about conocimientos in the plural: what you know of a language or a field.
| An accountant with knowledge of German is wanted. | Se busca contable con conocimientos de alemán. |
Honesto describes someone who does not lie or cheat; sincero is someone who says what they really think. The two often overlap.
| An honest and responsible person is wanted. | Se busca una persona honesta y responsable. |
Ideal and particular
Both have one form for both genders: el candidato ideal, la empresa ideal, un caso particular, una razón particular. Most adjectives ending in -l or -ar work the same way (español, española is an exception). En particular is in particular.
| You are the ideal candidate for this job. | Eres el candidato ideal para este trabajo. |
| Is there anything in particular that you want to ask? (formal) | ¿Hay algo en particular que quiera preguntar? |
Dar importancia a
Where English attaches importance to something, Spanish gives it importance: dar importancia a something. No tiene importancia means it doesn't matter.
| The company attaches a lot of importance to experience. | La empresa da mucha importancia a la experiencia. |
| I don't attach importance to the salary. | No le doy importancia al sueldo. |
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