Q.Can you work in English in Berlin or Germany?
Yes, but far less than the reputation suggests. On our live data, only about 3% of active Berlin listings are confirmed workable in English (a conservative floor). The rest are written in German or explicitly require it. The English-speaking market is real but small, and concentrated in international startups, scaleups, and remote-EU roles.
Q.What percentage of jobs in Germany require German?
The majority. Across our tracked German listings, most roles are either written in German or explicitly ask for it, which in practice closes them to a non-German-speaker. We count a listing as needing German when it is written in German OR states the requirement (a conservative read). See the live per-city breakdown on our data page.
Q.Are ghost jobs common in Germany?
Common enough to matter. A meaningful share of "live" listings have sat open for two or more months, which is the ghost-job pattern : roles that are filled, frozen, or perpetual pipeline ads. We also see the same role reposted repeatedly by the same employer, roughly every couple of weeks. A role on that loop is rarely a fresh opportunity.
Q.How do I find English-speaking jobs in Germany?
Stop spraying the whole market and target the few segments that are actually open in English : international startups and scaleups, companies that hire across the EU (remote roles default to English), and English-first employers. Filter for roles that confirm English is enough before you apply, rather than applying and finding out by silence.
Q.Do German employers sponsor work visas?
Some do, especially in tech, engineering, healthcare, and at larger or international companies facing skill shortages. Many do not, and most listings do not say either way up front. The practical move is to identify the roles that signal sponsorship or work-authorization openness before investing an application, instead of assuming.
Q.What is a ghost job and how do I spot one?
A ghost job is a listing that is not a real, fillable opening right now : it may be filled already, kept open to build a candidate pipeline, or posted for appearances. Signals : it has been open for months, it reappears again and again, the description is vague, or the company always seems to be "hiring" for it. Checking a role's age and repost history before applying saves wasted effort.
Q.What is WerkHunt and is it free?
WerkHunt is a candidate-first job search for Germany and the EU. It reads every role against your real profile, flags language walls, ghost jobs, and work-authorization traps, and tells you which few are worth applying to and which to skip. It is built for your side of the table : no employer money. It currently tracks around 205,906 roles and is free during beta.
Free during beta · no card · a magic link and you are in