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めんせつの日

Interview Day

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kyou wa mensetsu no hi desu. suutsu o kite, juugofun mae ni kaisha ni tsukimashita.

Today is interview day. I wore a suit and arrived at the company fifteen minutes early.

mensetsukan ga "jikoshoukai o onegai shimasu" to iimashita. watashi wa namae to keiken o hanashimashita. "zenshoku de wa Web apuri no kaihatsu o tantou shite imashita. tesuto wa hoka no chiimu no shigoto deshita".

The interviewer said, "Please introduce yourself." I talked about my name and experience: "In my previous job, I was in charge of web application development. Testing was another team's job."

"tenshoku riyuu o oshiete kudasai" to kikaremashita. "atarashii gijutsu ni chousen shitai kara desu" to kotaemashita. kazoku no koto wa kikaremasen deshita.

I was asked, "Please tell me your reason for changing jobs." I answered, "Because I want to take on new technologies." They did not ask about my family.

saigo ni "nanika shitsumon wa arimasu ka" to iwareta node, chiimu no kaihatsu no susumekata ni tsuite kikimashita. mensetsu wa ichijikan gurai de owarimashita. mensetsu no ato, "honjitsu wa arigatou gozaimashita" to orei o iimashita.

At the end, they said, "Do you have any questions?" so I asked about how the team develops software. The interview finished in about an hour. After the interview, I thanked them: "Thank you very much for today."

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kono hito wa donokurai mae ni kaisha ni tsukimashitaka.

How early did this person arrive at the company?

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