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Role

Meaning in job interviews & careers, with examples

/roʊl/nounCore term

In job interviews & careers, role means: A job or position, or the part someone plays and the responsibilities they have in a team or organisation.

In Turkish: rol, pozisyon, görev

How it is used

Very common in modern job ads and recruiter messages, often instead of job: 'an exciting role', 'the role involves...', 'my current role'. It sounds a little more professional than job and less formal than position.

Example sentences

  1. In my current role, I manage a team of six.

  2. The role involves working closely with clients in Germany and Austria.

Common collocations

  • current role
  • the role involves
  • take on a role
  • leadership role
  • positionA job in an organisation, especially as described in a job ad or a formal letter. It sounds a little more formal than the word job.
  • job descriptionA written explanation of what a job involves, including the main tasks, responsibilities and the skills or experience needed.
  • responsibilityA duty or task that is part of your job and that you must take care of; on a CV, the main things you did in each role.
  • vacancyA job in a company or organisation that is available because nobody is doing it yet, so the employer is looking for someone to fill it.

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