Hi Anisha,

I'm not sure if it is appropriate to ask if the interview could be held in my native language.
e.g. I'm applying for this job

http://www.headmatch.de/de/stellensu...infrastructure

I mean, it says "English required". Wouldn't it be unprofessional to ask for German interview?

The OP's location says India. So, I assumed that he would apply for jobs in India.
Hindi is the national language there.

My fault - I didn't use the word "Assumption:"

@ Anisha - Well thanks for raising some points that I did not even think about... e.g sitting down comfortably - I really did not notice that when giving the interview - perhaps my brain is so full of things that physical and mental comfort is pushed away.
As far as blanking out is concerned it happens in the first ten minutes and after that I am ready to take on anything/anyone but by that time it is too late. The first impression is created within the first few minutes and so the interview becomes something of a no-win situation.
As far as opposite sex is concerned - I believe sometimes they dress very unprofessionally (or pick up presonal calls during the interview) and that makes me wonder are these guys serious.
As far as English is concerned I have a lot of BPO expreience and so I think I am ok there.
Well what you are thinking as a 'fake interview' ws actually a job job owrth 20K per month.

Thanks a lot for the insight I will try and figure out what is happening actually and will resolve it.

@fairie queen: It would help you a lot if you started a new thread. This way anyone who wants to give you any advice/sugestions/pointers would be able to give it straight to you.

If the organization is based out of German speaking area, I do not see a reason why they would decline you interview in German language. The job requirement could be knowledge but that does not make it mandatory to have complete interview in German. They could examine english language skills in others ways than one.
And I remember giving interview in Indian local languages as well.

To me, the real question is: what are the language fluency requirements for the job?

By far, the easiest jobs to get are those which involve only speaking the language you know best; the ones you use every day. They're the ones that involve you working with people, also, from your own home culture, which is also the one you use every day.

I personally believe that there are more-than-enough jobs available all over the world that anyone, with just a little bit of looking under the proverbial toadstools, can find one which does not turn into a foreign-language lesson every day. That would get very tiring, and, no matter how earnestly you tried, cultural differences would be a barrier. In this line of work, you can "select out" these problems.

Maybe you're right. But the add is in English and to me English seems to be much more important for this job.

@ honeybadger: You're right. Do you know how I can start a new thread including the answers that have already been given?

@ sundialsvcs: that's a good point - I really think we should discuss this in a new thread - once I've figured out how to include the "old" replies...

Quote the answers, and copy paste them in the first post of your new thread. Post a link in this thread to your new thread so that the same people get a notification.

OR

Contact XavierP.

I opened a new thread for my question and quoted your answers:


http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...27#post4739227

You have written my name there, but quoted linuxlover.chatinayas's name!
Correct that, and inform in there in a separate post.