Interview prep for Portuguese speakers targeting Canada

Your Portuguese → English grammar tells

Portuguese and English share many words, but watch for false friends like 'pretend' (pretender).

Canadian interviewers notice these patterns even when they cannot name them. The fix is mechanical: read your answers aloud, mark every instance, and rewrite using short sentences and 'I' rather than 'we'.

How to pitch what you did in Canada

Interviews in Canada generally reward claiming your impact plainly: say the result, then say you led it. Hedging ("I helped with…", "we sort of…") can read as having less to claim than you do. Your evidence does not change — the way you state it does.

Questions you are likely to hear

1. Tell me about yourself.
2. Why this role / company?
3. Walk me through a recent project you led.
4. Tell me about a time you disagreed with a senior colleague.
5. What are your salary expectations?

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The free readiness check scores your readiness, names your top Portuguese patterns, and shows the 2–3 specific things to fix before your next interview. No card needed.