3. What are your job responsibilities?

I’m a software engineer at a website company

I’m a salesman in a mineral water company

I’m a customer support clerk at a supermarket

Now You Try!

Use all of the phrases we looked at above and try to talk about what you do for a living.
Use these phrases:
I’m a _______
I work for a ________
I work in ________
I work in the ______ department in a ________ company

Where Do You Work?

You can also give information about the company where you work — or the kind of company where you work.
If you work for a company that is well known in the world — or in your area or country — then you can say the name of the company.

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  I work for Facebook
  
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  I work for the BBC
  
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  I work for Google
  
• 
  I work for Hoover
  
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  I work for Coca-Cola
  

But if you work for a relatively unknown company, then you can use one of the following phrases:
I work for a company which/that ___________
I work for a local company which/that ________
I work for a national company which/that _______
I work for an international company which/that ________
So, for example, you might say:

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  I work for a company that makes electrical goods
  
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  I work for a local company which services fire alarms
  
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  I work for a national company that rents cars to the public
  
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  I work for an international company that supplies internet advertising
  

Try using one of these phrases to talk about your own company.

What are your Job Responsibilities?

As the conversation goes on with the other person, you may need to give them more information about your job and what you do.
The first phrase you can use is this: