The reply for "What is your job?"

[sula54]

Dear all,

Before when I heard people asked me, “What is your job?” I always replied like this “My job is an office worker.”

I think it must be influenced by Chinese language because I have found that the native speakers don’t usually say, “my job is an office worker.” Instead, they will say, “I am an office worker.” and it seems if I want to use “my job” to go with some job titles, I will have to put “as” in the sentence. For example,

My job is as an office worker.

However, I am not sure what I think is right.

Best Regards,

Sula54

[Casiopea]

There are two possibilities. [1] "job" refers to your job title, and [2] "job" refers to your duties.

[1]
Sam: What's your job (i.e., what's your job title)?
Pat: I'm a clerk.

[2]
Sam: What's your job (i.e., what are your duties)?
Pat: I file, type, and do other office duties.

The norm is,

[3]
Sam: What do you do?
Pat: I'm a clerk (. I work) for an insurance company.