how to ask about someone's occupation in Chinese language?
For example I use these to ask what my Chinese friends' occupations are:
1. 你做什么工作？
2. 你的职业是什么？
I want a specific answer like 'sales' or 'owner' or 'engineer' or 'factory worker', but I kept getting the field they are on, like '制衣' or '工地'

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制衣和工地这样的回答也可以表明他们的工作性质

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你在什么行业工作？如金融、纺织、建筑等等
你做什么职位？如会计、私营业主、销售人员等等

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if you want to get more detail about you question,you can say "您具体是干嘛呢？”

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then u can say:“具體呢“？

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