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 你每天几点上班？你每天几点下班？Nǐ měitiān jǐ diǎn shàng bān? Nà nǐ měitiān jǐdiǎn xià bān?
What time do you start every day? What time do you get off every day?
If want to ask their working shift, how do the Chinese say "what time do you start?"
For that you can say:Ni3 mei3 tian1 ji2 dian3 shang4 ban1? Ni3 means you. mei3 tian1 means every day. Ji3 means which.dian3, o'clock. So literally ji2 dian3 means which point. Here its meaning is what time. Shang4ban1 is to go to work. xia4 ban1 means get off work.

你以前做过什么工作？Nǐ yǐqián zuòguo shénme gōngzuò?
What kind of jobs did you have before?
when talking with others, we may ask the other person: what kind of jobs did you have before? in Chinese you can say: Ni3 yi3qian2 zuo4guo shen2me gong1zuo4?
Ni3 is you.Yi3qian2 means before or previously.Guo4 originally means "go" or "cross".Here it indicates the completion of the action. Zuo4 means to do. zuo4guo means "having done". Shen2me means what. Gong1zuo is job.

你在这里工作多长时间了？Nǐ zài zhèli gōngzuò duō cháng shíjiān le?
How long have you been working here?
you may want to know how long have the other person been working there? you can say : ni3 zai4 zhe4li3 gong1zuo4 duo1 chang2 shi2jian1 le? ni3 is you. zai4 means at. zhe4li here. gong1zuo4 is work or job. duo1 means "much" or "many". chang2 means long. duo1 chang2, how long. shi2jian1, time. le is just a particle.

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