Restaurant Manager`s Success Guide to Group Interviews4478641

If you haven’t had a restaurant manager then you will. Most managers in the job search process will encounter the group interview process at least once in their career. The tension level is increased. You must deal with other job interviewees and the interviewer interrupting and dismissing your comments. Everyone walks into a job interview prepared for a confident and self-assured presentation. Unfortunately most people are unprepared for the group interview. Greet and Thank the Interviewer It may seem like common knowledge to greet the interviewer. It can give you the edge over people who only prepare for the traditional job interview. No matter how the interview goes, greet the interviewer the same way when the interview is over as you did when walking in. This is one way that will reveal how you respond to stress and feedback. Greeting and thanking the co-interviewees can reveal your strengths, and their weaknesses.

Listen Always be attentive and alert. Listen to the questions and other answers. This will help improve your contributions. The group interview will reveal your ability to plan and organize information. It will help see if you have real answers, or just parrot the ‘good answers’ found in job hunting books. The interviewer is looking for specific answers that will address their concerns. Are you able to influence others? Do you use facts and data to support your views? How do you handle other people contradicting your beliefs? What steps do you take to reach a decision? How do you manage stress? When you listen carefully your answers can address these questions as well as the question asked. Remember that good Hiring hospitality job will never ask casual or redundant questions. There is a purpose.

How do You Communicate? Communication skills can make, or break, a job interview. Here are a few things to practice daily: 1. Speak in complete sentences, without using a lot of filler words. 2. Do not use slang 3. Repeat peoples questions or statements to show that you are engaged in the conversation and that you understand. 4. Do you talk over people’s heads? 5. Are you argumentative? 6. Can you handle feedback? 7. Do you speak up? Do you answer questions first? 8. Are all your answers self-serving or egocentric? 9. Can you establish rapport with the group? 10. Do you show interest in other’s beliefs and comments? 11. Do you interrupt or lose interest? 12. Are you dramatic when people oppose you? 13. Are you over-assertive or over-aggressive? 14. Do you nod your head and show interest when the interviewer or other interviewees talk? 15. Do you bully other members or patronize the interviewer? The way a management interviewee communicates will reveal aspects of their personality that cannot be revealed in other ways.