Chef Interview Tips – Before the Interview

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Now that you have finally landed an interview at one of the restaurants that you are hoping to work at, the next thing that you have to do is to prepare for the interview itself.  There are questions that you should anticipate are going to be asked, and then there are also surprise questions that will catch you unguarded.  For this reason, it really is important that you prepare for the interview to get the job you wanted.

Know the Company

If there is one thing that your future employer hates is zero or little knowledge about their company.

Let us face it, aside from asking you where you found the advert they posted, they will also ask you simple questions about the company.  For this reason, it would be to your advantage to read everything you could about the company.  Visit their website and browse through their pages.  This way, you get to learn about their vision and mission.  You could also look for promotional materials like company brochures where you can add more to your knowledge about the company.  Lastly, it would not hurt you to look for relevant news in the Internet about the company.  This is also a good way of staying updated on the current news about the company.

Here are some of the things that you should know about them and questions that you might be asked:

1. What does the company do?
2. What are the services and products that they provide and offer?
3. When was the company first launched and who launched it?
4. Who are the top people in the company, such as the owner, president, vice president, CEO, etc.?
5. Where is the company located and how many years have they been in the industry?
6. How big is its staff and who are the customers that patronize the company’s products and services?

You can get the information and details regarding these questions in the company’s website, or you can also directly call their HR.  However, be sure to introduce yourself and why you need the information for.

Know the Position

Knowing the position you are applying for is very important.  Most of the questions will be based on this, so you should know just what the post entails.

For this reason, you should:

1. Know the job description.
2. Know the skills, experiences, and strengths required by the position.
3. Highlight your skills, experiences, and strengths that will make you perfect for the post.

Know “Yourself”

Naturally, the employer will want to get to know you.  However, the questions that he is going to ask you will always be geared towards the position that you are applying for.

Here are some of the very common questions that employers ask future chefs:

1. What are the activities you were involved in at school and in your former jobs?
2. What are the reasons why you want to change your job?
3. Have you been successful and had personal and career growths at your former jobs?
4. What are the benefits, advantages, lessons, and the likes that you have learned from your previous workplace and former employers?
5. Have you participated in the growth of the previous companies you have worked for and have they benefited from you?
6. Have you ever received any acknowledgement or praise for your achievements and accomplishments?
7. In conjunction with the above question, how did you react and what did you do?
8. In cases where you have been reprimanded, were you challenged and motivated to do better?  Did you rectify the problem, and if so, how?
9. What are the kinds of job that you are naturally interested in and why?
10. At each of the jobs you held, what did you and did you not like about it?
11. Are you willing to work at a job you loved for a considerably less amount of money than another job with a high-paying salary?
12. Will relationships with your family and friends affect your decisions when it comes to your job, specifically when it comes to relocating, traveling long distances for long periods of time, or spending a lot of time away from your loved ones?
13. Will the opinion of other people, especially their perception of you, affect your decisions?  Is it important to you?  Why?
14. Will your opinion of other people, especially your perception of them, affect your decisions?  Is it important?  Why?
15. How you do look at yourself as an individual, as an employee, as a colleague?

These may be just a handful of the questions commonly asked to applicants, but your answers to these questions can already tell a lot about yourself, how much of a team player you could be, how you deal with others, how others deal with you, and more importantly, how you treat your job.  For this reason, be careful in answering the questions as well as be truthful and honest in all your answers because they can easily check on that.

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