[Advanced English Vocab] 4C. JOB INTERVIEWS: A JOB OFFER

Originated from Michael McCarthy & Felicity O’Dell, English Vocabulary in Use Advanced, Third Edition, page 14.

Sunray Lam
2 min readJul 21, 2021
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Dear Mr Malton,

Thank you for attending the interview last week. We very much enjoyed meeting you. We are delighted to offer you the position of Trainee Programmer. We believe your qualifiations and experience will be an ideal fit for (1) the job.

Please review the attached document outlining (2) your salary, benefis (including paid leave (3)) and reporting structure (4), and sign where indicated. Return the document within five business days. Once we have received the paperwork, we will contact you to arrange your start date.

We look forward to welcoming you as part of our team.

Kind regards
Melanie Stephens

  • (1) an ideal fit (n) → very suitable for
  • (2) outlining (n) → giving an overview of
  • (3) paid leave (n) → time of you are paid for, such as holiday or parental leave
  • (4) reporting structure (n) → company structure and who you report to
  • business days (n)→ A business day is a popular unit of time measure that typically refers to any day in which normal business operations are conducted. In Western countries, this is generally considered to be Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. local time and excludes weekends and public holidays.
  • paperwork (n) → written documents such as forms, records, or letters

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