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Return offer

Meaning in job interviews & careers, with examples

nounCommon term

In job interviews & careers, return offer means: An offer to come back to an employer after an internship or earlier placement.

In Turkish: yeniden katılma teklifi

How it is used

Common after internships; check whether the new role is another placement or a permanent job.

Example sentences

  1. At the end of her internship, she received a return offer for the following year.

    The invitation follows an existing period with the employer.

  2. My return offer was for a graduate role after I finished university.

    Returning can involve a different employment stage from the original placement.

Common collocations

  • receive a return offer
  • accept a return offer
  • internshipA fixed period of work at a company, often for students or recent graduates, to gain practical experience; it may be paid or unpaid.
  • job offerA formal proposal from an employer to give you a job, usually stating the salary, start date and main conditions.

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