English with Suits

Failed job interview. Part 2. I wasn’t fully confident in my grasp of the business topic, and deep down, I saw this as my one and only shot to break into an international job market. This is not the right mood that helps you to achieve your goals and later I will tell you how I control my emotions and expectations now. It is not only about job interview and not only about professional life, it is an approach in general to feel self-confidence in any interactions. I began by researching to unders...

I have not posted anything in a while. But there was a good reason for that as my life changed dramatically… 🤯 March 8 marks the first anniversary of my relocation to Europe to start the job of my dream as a data integration developer in a global corporation. 🎉🎉🎉 I will not continue posting Suits but rather share with you some insights on living and working abroad. 😇 As I live in a francophone country (and currently studying French) I would like to continue to improve my English to a profic...

#Squeaky clean – морально безупречный #Put in charge of – поручать, ставить во главе #be off the hook – уходить от ответственности, выйти сухим из воды #Grammar Давайте немного грамматики, но без скучных объяснений условных предложений, модальных глаголов. Прочувствуем язык… и запомним, как говорить: should have just asked me – могла бы спросить напрямую would have told me – ты бы мне сообщила (если б хотела) might have checked out clean – пусть на него ничего не нашли (но он врет) I would do if...

Failed job interview. Part 1. Hello everyone, I want to share a story about my first time trying to land a job abroad, at a Belgian IT consulting firm. The opportunity came my way quite naturally  through the company director, who was a software solution supplier of my previous employer. I had a chance to interact with him at work environment and to socialize during his business visit in Moscow. He was friendly, chill and easy going person as many Belgians. Few years later when I was finall...

Hi All! Do you also have a lot on your plate on Mondays? To have a lot on one’s plate — one has too much to do, the workload is heavy, the schedule is too hectic In the next post I’m going to tell you how I failed my first job interview for a Belgian IT consulting company. What I learned from that frustrating experience to get offered my dream job at a different company six months later, surprisingly also in Belgium.