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Work experience

Meaning in job interviews & careers, with examples

nounCore term

In job interviews & careers, work experience means: The jobs you have done and what you learned from them; in British English it can also mean a short unpaid placement for school pupils.

In Turkish: iş deneyimi, iş tecrübesi

How it is used

A main section on every CV, usually listed from the most recent job backwards. In interviews you talk about your relevant work experience. In the UK, school pupils often 'do work experience' at a company for one or two weeks.

Example sentences

  1. I have five years of work experience in logistics.

  2. My work experience section starts with my current job and goes back to my first internship.

Common collocations

  • relevant work experience
  • years of work experience
  • previous work experience
  • gain work experience
  • CVA document that lists your education, work experience and skills, which you send to an employer when you apply for a job. It is short for curriculum vitae.
  • achievementSomething good that you did successfully through effort or skill, often shown on a CV with a result or a number.
  • 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.
  • internshipA fixed period of work at a company, often for students or recent graduates, to gain practical experience; it may be paid or unpaid.

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