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re: job interview at a steak house
Posted on 10/21/16 at 9:16 am to AllUrCrootsRBlong2Us
Posted on 10/21/16 at 9:16 am to AllUrCrootsRBlong2Us
Whenever I've conducted interviews at restaurants it is because I don't want some people in the office to know I'm interviewing people.
The job you are being hired for might currently be occupied by somebody in the office.
The job you are being hired for might currently be occupied by somebody in the office.
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Posted on 10/21/16 at 4:22 pm to AllUrCrootsRBlong2Us
Being a dispatcher is going to suck.
Posted on 10/21/16 at 10:38 pm to deeprig9
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The job you are being hired for might currently be occupied by somebody in the office.
That was my first thought as well... My advice is a no brainer but so many people don't follow it.. You're probably going to order a steak, salad and potato... DO NOT salt and pepper anything before you taste it... I do it all the time... I like lots of S & P on both my salad and my baked potato.. Take at least one bite if not more before reaching for a shaker... Also, if you bite your fingernails/chew your cuticles (like me) you might want to consider getting a manicure the day before... Good luck.
Posted on 10/22/16 at 8:50 am to Hogwall Jackson
I wouldn't know.
Posted on 10/22/16 at 8:52 am to reggierayreb
Thanks everyone. I could see it being an interview on the sly with them replacing someone.
Posted on 10/22/16 at 7:12 pm to AllUrCrootsRBlong2Us
Wear a dress. They may not have hired their transgender quota.
Posted on 10/24/16 at 10:54 am to AllUrCrootsRBlong2Us
in my current job they asked for a family dinner interview. my kids are well behaved but not through an interview well behaved. so i was nervous, needless to say.
when we got there, my boss had ordered a margarita for my wife and beer for me, so that helped me feel better about it.
when we got there, my boss had ordered a margarita for my wife and beer for me, so that helped me feel better about it.
Posted on 10/25/16 at 2:24 pm to AllUrCrootsRBlong2Us
Pay a really hot friend to walk out of the bathroom and speak to you as she passes the table..
Posted on 10/25/16 at 3:21 pm to AllUrCrootsRBlong2Us
Get your steak medium rare. I would never hire someone that ordered a well done steak.
Posted on 10/25/16 at 6:01 pm to AllUrCrootsRBlong2Us
Yes.
And by the way, that's a damn good sign if they're taking you to a steak house for an interview. Usually that means you've at least got a 50/50 chance if they're taking you to dinner/lunch.
And by the way, that's a damn good sign if they're taking you to a steak house for an interview. Usually that means you've at least got a 50/50 chance if they're taking you to dinner/lunch.
Posted on 10/25/16 at 6:03 pm to 12
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Get your steak medium rare. I would never hire someone that ordered a well done steak.
If you're going with the steak, definitely that.
Posted on 10/26/16 at 4:37 pm to OMLandshark
I couldn't live with myself ordering a steak well done. A big slab of solid gray meat is pretty unsatisfying.
Posted on 10/26/16 at 5:24 pm to AllUrCrootsRBlong2Us
Seems to me, I dunno, but seems to me unless things have changed over the years that when you do a restaurant interview it's done with a specific purpose in mind.
1 - the job you are interviewing for requires certain social skills some of which will be dining clients and closing deals in restaurants ... and they want to see your table manners, rhetorically speaking. Ask me more if you are interested.
And/or ...
2 - they like your resume an awful lot. Is this the first, second or third interview? If it's the first, are you in sales?
And/or ...
3 - as you suggested earlier, who knows, they may be replacing someone at the office and that somehow precludes them from doing interviews at their office ... but that really doesn't make sense - it could become very expensive and even wasteful for them if they have many candidates. Not to mention the HR headaches involved. Think about it.
Could be none or all of the above, those are my guesses.
Dress sharp, do not overdo it. Dress accordingly ... you know the job description.
Do not, DO NOT, drink at the interview even if offered. Water with lemon, water with lemon. Bottled water with lemon.
If they ask you if you drink reply politely with a "yes, in moderation, but never before or during business unless I feel it is required by the client to close the deal."
Order something that will allow you to eat while talking without a lot of sawing or gnawing. That's the rule. Something appropriate for the time of day.
Use your napkin for effect young man. It's a tool when doing an interview over food. And do not bite your fork.
1 - the job you are interviewing for requires certain social skills some of which will be dining clients and closing deals in restaurants ... and they want to see your table manners, rhetorically speaking. Ask me more if you are interested.
And/or ...
2 - they like your resume an awful lot. Is this the first, second or third interview? If it's the first, are you in sales?
And/or ...
3 - as you suggested earlier, who knows, they may be replacing someone at the office and that somehow precludes them from doing interviews at their office ... but that really doesn't make sense - it could become very expensive and even wasteful for them if they have many candidates. Not to mention the HR headaches involved. Think about it.
Could be none or all of the above, those are my guesses.
Dress sharp, do not overdo it. Dress accordingly ... you know the job description.
Do not, DO NOT, drink at the interview even if offered. Water with lemon, water with lemon. Bottled water with lemon.
If they ask you if you drink reply politely with a "yes, in moderation, but never before or during business unless I feel it is required by the client to close the deal."
Order something that will allow you to eat while talking without a lot of sawing or gnawing. That's the rule. Something appropriate for the time of day.
Use your napkin for effect young man. It's a tool when doing an interview over food. And do not bite your fork.
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