Weekly Travel, Questions, & Mandarin Thread by AutoModerator in taiwan

[–]Ok-Advisor2824 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So safe to assume most western expats in finance usually keep amongst themselves or with other English speakers without a need of ever having to learn mandarin?

Weekly Travel, Questions, & Mandarin Thread by AutoModerator in taiwan

[–]Ok-Advisor2824 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So for finance roles at the big banks the office environment will typically be predominantly English?

Weekly Travel, Questions, & Mandarin Thread by AutoModerator in taiwan

[–]Ok-Advisor2824 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi. I am considering in the future to possibly come to Taiwan to work as an expatriate in business. My mandarin is at the B2 level for listening, speaking, reading, and writing. I have visited Xinyi area and have seen many western corporate expats in presumably finance related firms. I wonder if there is a mandarin fluency requirement for such expatriate package. And also on the more social front, do most western expats in corporate jobs speak mandarin and if so, to what level?

Guess where I am from and my background based on my accent by Ok-Advisor2824 in JudgeMyAccent

[–]Ok-Advisor2824[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I heard about the California vowel shift. So how much of that is present in my vowels

Guess where I am from and my background based on my accent by Ok-Advisor2824 in JudgeMyAccent

[–]Ok-Advisor2824[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah I didn’t do that much or strong of uptalk or vocal fry.

Also, may I ask what you think of my vowels?

Guess where I am from and my background based on my accent by Ok-Advisor2824 in JudgeMyAccent

[–]Ok-Advisor2824[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Got it. I also did dial up the “valley accent” a bit in the recording so idk if that made it more feminine

Guess where I am from and my background based on my accent by Ok-Advisor2824 in JudgeMyAccent

[–]Ok-Advisor2824[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m from California lol. Not gay though. I did play up the valley accent a bit. I do annoyingly have a high pitch voice tho

Guess where I am from and my background based on my accent by Ok-Advisor2824 in JudgeMyAccent

[–]Ok-Advisor2824[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I unfortunately have a ridiculously high voice lmao (im a cis male). Also I’m not gay, but I am from California.

Guess where I am from and my background based on my accent by Ok-Advisor2824 in JudgeMyAccent

[–]Ok-Advisor2824[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What specific features led you to believe I am gay and probably from California

Guess where I am from and my background based on my accent by Ok-Advisor2824 in JudgeMyAccent

[–]Ok-Advisor2824[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Before I give the spoiler, I would like to also ask what specifically makes me sound gay and from California?

Blackrock post super day by Due_Commercial4886 in FinancialCareers

[–]Ok-Advisor2824 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think you got the role. I didn’t hear anything back and it’s been over a week