How to Handle an Interview at Lunch

Series Summary

Barring trust funds, inheritances or world changing inventions, a job is necessary to pay bills and make a living. Unfortunately for most people, this means going through the trials and tribulations of the job interview process. Whether you're interviewing to be a crocodile wrangler or a stock broker, knowing the ins and outs of the interview process, understanding possible interview questions and answers, and making sure you can keep your breakfast down are all crucial elements of a successful job interview. In this free video series, a management and sales trainer demonstrates how to turn job interviews into job offers. Discover how to get job interviews and how to answer interview questions at home or over the phone. Next, find out how to follow up after job interviews, how to acknowledge job offers and how to answer reschedule interviews. With these tips and techniques, prospective employees will be able to ace any job interview and get that dream job!

Video Transcript

"I am Gloria Campbell with Advantage Training Systems located in St. Petersburg, Florida. Interviewing at lunch can be a tricky thing so make sure that you write down a few of the tips and techniques that I am going to give you right now. First of all if you are going to have a lunch appointment, get there early, kind of scope out the restaurant and make sure that you are familiar with maybe what is on the menu. The next thing to do is take your cue from the interviewer. If they order a salad whether you like salads or not, I would order one if I were you. If they order alcohol, do not order alcohol, do not smoke, do not chew gum. It does not matter what your interviewer is doing, remember they have the job, you're trying to get one. The next suggestion I would have is make sure you understand the protocol. Understand which fork you are going to use, make sure you know which one is your water glass, make sure that you don't order the most expensive thing on the menu and remember why you are there, not to eat but to interview. Stay focused on the interview, make sure that you listen for the questions and that you have great answers to the questions. Interviewing at lunch can be a very informal and fun thing if you just follow some real protocols that will help you get to the next level. Gloria Campbell with Advantage Training Systems in St. Petersburg, Florida."