Okuzeka
Job Interviews & Careers vocabulary · Job Offers & Contracts

Job offer

Meaning in job interviews & careers, with examples

nounCore term

In job interviews & careers, job offer means: A formal proposal from an employer to give you a job, usually stating the salary, start date and main conditions.

In Turkish: iş teklifi

How it is used

You receive, accept, decline or turn down a job offer. An offer is often made by phone first (a verbal offer) and then confirmed in writing with an offer letter. People also just say 'I got an offer!'

Example sentences

  1. I got a job offer from a software company in Berlin yesterday!

  2. She asked for two days to think before accepting the job offer.

Common collocations

  • accept a job offer
  • turn down a job offer
  • receive a job offer
  • verbal offer
  • conditional offer
  • offer letterA formal letter or email from an employer that confirms a job offer and states the job title, salary, start date and main terms.
  • counterofferA new offer made in reply to another one, such as a candidate asking for more money, or a current employer offering more pay so that you stay.
  • turn downTo say no to an offer or request, for example when you decide not to accept a job you have been offered.
  • start dateThe day on which you begin working in a new job, agreed between you and the employer.
  • negotiateTo discuss something formally with someone in order to reach an agreement, for example about your salary, start date or working hours.

This word in other fields

The same English word can have a different meaning in another field:

More terms: Job Offers & Contracts

Practise with graded reading

Reading at the right level is the fastest way to make new words stick. Pick free English books by level: