
Learn to craft a targeted cover letter and resume for the German market, prepare for interviews, analyze job ads, and negotiate salary with practical exercises.
Search and analyze three job advertisements from online boards (StepStone, Indeed, Monster) and career networks (LinkedIn, Xing) to prepare tailored cover letters.
Explain how to structure a German cover letter and align hard and soft skills with the job ad. Craft a strong introduction, motivation, start date, and a professional signature.
Please find an example cover letter both in English and German.
Learn how LinkedIn and Sing boost your career in Germany by translating your resume online, adding role bullets, and building a recruiter-ready network.
Choose interview attire that matches the company and industry, from formal suits in banking to smart casual in startups, after checking the dress code and prioritizing fit and comfort.
Bring three documents: your résumé, the job description with interviewer names and roles, and your questions; also carry a pad of paper and a pen to capture notes.
In Germany, attend in-person interviews with HR and a department representative, introduce yourself, answer questions, and expect 45 minutes to 1.5 hours, with two rounds for higher roles.
Prepare for video call interviews by ensuring a stable internet connection, mastering the conferencing software, testing your setup with a friend, and keeping an eye-level camera with a professional background.
Leads an international software development team of 30 in medical technology, combining software know-how with business focus to drive projects from analysis to release and boost efficiency.
Explore how to drive corporate development, finance, and marketing while leading software teams to deliver innovative software products in a european context.
Align your academic background and professional experience with the job description, detailing relevant hard and soft skills and tasks you already perform to prove you are the ideal candidate.
leads a 30-person software development department in the medical technology sector, and combines a master's in computer science from darmstadt with an mba from the university of cologne.
Learn MBA-driven business insights, marketing perspectives, and innovative software embedded scene techniques from an informatic studio, guiding candidates toward successful outcomes and career opportunities in Germany.
Explain your motivation for applying by linking it to the position and company. Support with your experience and researching the company via its website, YouTube, and social media.
Demonstrates leveraging five years in medical technology and leading a 30-person software department to pursue a division manager role in software development at an innovative, future-oriented company.
Explore a German example answer for job applications and discuss software product licensing and testing in a cross-industry context.
Combining computer science and programming passion with business administration studies, Portuguese language skills, and a semester in Brazil, boosting work with Brazilian customers and fostering international career growth.
Weigh internal options with my current employer before applying externally, given Meeteetse's small size and limited divisional manager openings, then pursue external opportunities.
Explore how language and identity surface in a German job context, including references to Portuguese and English, and the interplay of altruism and depression.
Practice a German example answer for job interviews, including greetings and handshakes, as you prepare to pursue your dream job in Germany.
Highlight relevant strengths with soft skills from the job description, and illustrate with concrete professional-life examples such as creative advertising campaigns, while presenting forgivable weaknesses and how you improve.
Showcase strong communication and presentation skills, inspiring stakeholders with software solutions and open dialogue for feedback, while highlighting entrepreneurial thinking, profitability, and cost savings through automation and digitalisation.
Develop a Beispielantwort Deutsch to communicate effectively in German job contexts. Analyze dialogue, feedback tones, and digital-age interview strategies to prepare for a dream job in Germany.
Develop honest communication to set boundaries, learning to say no when necessary and prioritize your deadlines; offer urgent questions via a call instead of taking on extra tasks.
Craft a German example answer for pursuing your dream job in Germany, guided by HR insights, and address deadlines, communication, and stage fright.
Learn to deal with criticism constructively, view feedback as opportunity to develop, and avoid taking it personally. Demonstrate giving constructive feedback and seeking feedback after completing projects to improve.
Proactively seek and give constructive feedback to fuel personal growth and project improvement. Embrace criticism as a valuable opportunity to develop and advance toward your dream job in Germany.
Explore how systemic failures and feedback loops influence government advice in telcoms contexts, with consultive insights and considerations of handling employee-related issues.
Explore artificial intelligence as the optimization of intelligent behavior, where machines imitate human decisions, and examine block chain as a forgery-proof database for Bitcoin transactions.
Explain how to handle difficult situations in your professional life with a concrete example, stay cool under pressure, and deliver focused, solution-oriented results that advance the company, with lessons learned.
Learn how honest, direct communication resolves team performance issues by addressing personal problems and fostering open dialogue. A team meeting clarifies misunderstandings, builds understanding, and improves reliability.
Be guided on navigating team dynamics, deadlines, and communication as you pursue a dream job in Germany, with emphasis on AI, job roles, and professional collaboration.
Discuss a professional mistake in a job interview by selecting a minor error, highlighting problem solving, lessons learned, and presenting a reflective personality for a positive impression.
Implement a four eyes principle test protocol within the quality management system of the software development process to verify all requirements and prevent release delays.
Practice a German example answer tailored to job interviews, drawing on medicolegal and software contexts, including release, media release, test protocol, and status.
Discover how a tireless software team drives innovative product features to bring the product to market on time, highlighting design decisions and collaboration.
Review the job description to identify leadership-related soft skills and independent working methods, name them, and provide a professional example.
Craft a Beispielantwort Deutsch for German job applications, emphasizing clear communication, strategic messaging, and professional conduct in diverse work scenarios.
Demonstrate how to answer where you see yourself in five years by showing ambition, a plan to stay with the company long term, and growth toward higher responsibilities.
Envisions becoming a division manager or development director within five years, leading teams to develop pioneering software systems that advance German and international health care.
Analyze how political stunt and disinformation affect software team dynamics, reform efforts, and the experiences of victims, taxpayers, and stakeholders.
Prepare two to three strategic questions for the end of an interview to demonstrate interest, learn about onboarding, job tasks, projects, training, team size, workplace, and next steps.
Explore real-world responsibilities and current projects to give a detailed view of your areas of activity, and learn steps in the application process, including meeting future colleagues and feedback timelines.
Analyze Barisha’s detriment and flight abnormalities alongside FBI operation notes, while considering FEMA's role in supporting a homeless event and practical, concrete actions.
Reflect after the interview by documenting your impression of the company and team. Note questions, trust your gut, and follow up with thank-you email if interested or seek rejection feedback.
This video course offers you all the tools you need to convince HR managers and executives in the application process in order for you to get the job of your dreams in Germany! You will learn how to write the perfect cover letter and résumé, how German job interviews work and how you can ideally answer the most commonly asked questions.
My name is Julia Barden, I am a psychologist and I've worked in the human resources department of German companies such as Commerzbank and Deutsche Bahn, so I know what HR managers and executives look for in candidates and how to convince them. Besides the theory you will find examples of cover letters and CVs both in English and German and also examples for great answers in the job interview in English and German. There will also be exercises for you to apply your knowledge.
Now, let’s take a more detailed look at what the course content:
First of all, we will cover the job search and the best way to look for jobs in Germany.
Then, you will then learn how to analyze job advertisements so that you can write the cover letter and résumé appropriately and prepare for the job interview. As a practical example, we analyze a job advertisement and in the practical exercise you will find and analyze three job advertisements that are of interest to you.
The next chapter is about the cover letter. You will learn how to write a cover letter that is perfectly adapted to the position, which structure you should follow and how to convincingly present your skills and motivation for the position. As a practical example, you will find a cover letter based on the sample job advertisement, both in English and in German. As an exercise, you will write three cover letters for the positions that you have selected.
In the next chapter you will learn how to write the résumé. We will go over the structure of the résumé and all sections in detail. Additionally, as an example you will find a resume both in English and German that fits the job description. The practical exercise will be to adjust your resume to the German standard with the help of the tools you have learned.
The next topic is the job interview in Germany and how you can best prepare for it. You will learn how job interviews in Germany are structured – both in person and via video call and which questions are common and how you can answer them convincingly. Additionally, I will give example answers to each of the common questions, both in English and German. In the practical exercise you will prepare for your job interview based on what you have learned.
Finally, we will come to the topic of salary, in particular on how you can determine your salary expectations and I will also give you strategies for the salary negotiation.
So, enroll in the video course now and get ready to get your dream job in Germany!