INTERVIEW TOP QUESTIONS
TELL ME ABOUT YOURSLEF
HINT - DO NOT SOUND LIKE YOUR RESUME
ALWAYS TRY TO "BEND" THE ANSWER BACK TO THE JOB YOU ARE APPLYING FOR RIGHT THEN.
ALL THE SCHOOL AND TRAINING INFORMATION
EDUCATION
GRAVEYARD SHIFT IS
LATE EVENING UNTIL EARLY MORNING
ALL FRANCHISES ARE CHAINS!
YES
YOU WAKE UP LATE AND WILL DEFINITELY BE LATE TO WORK.
CALL - MAKE SURE INFO GETS TO THE RIGHT PEOPLE - DON'T JUST ASSUME PERSON WHO ANSWERS PHONE WILL PASS THE MESSAGE ON.
IF ALLOWABLE - MIGHT BE ABLE TO TEXT SUPERVISOR BUT DON'T ASSUME THIS IS ACCEPTABLE AT A JOB.
HOW WOULD YOU HANDLE A CONFLICT WITH ANOTHER EMPLOYEE
LOOKING FOR YOU PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS.
NEVER SAY YOU WILL GO STRAIGHT TO THE BOSS OR SUPERVISOR FIRST THING. LOOKING FOR YOUR ABILITY TO WORK INDEPENDENTLY - PROBLEM SOLVE ON YOUR OWN.
ALL PREVIOUS JOBS INCLUDING VOLUNTEER WORK
WORK EXPERIENCE
FIRST SHIFT IS
THE MAIN DAY SHIFT - ALSO CALLED THE REGULAR SHIFT
ALL CHAIN STORES ARE FRANCHISES
NO - EVEN THOUGHT MOST OF THEM MAY BE.
YOU ATTENDED A TRAINING AND HAVE SOME GREAT IDEAS THAT YOU WANT TO SHARE WITH YOUR DEPARTMENT.
EMAIL TO DEPARTMENT SUPERVISOR - WITH ATTACHMENT OF YOUR IDEAS - MIGHT EVEN CC THE TRAINING PERSON FOR FEEDBACK.
TELL ME ABOUT A WEAKNESS YOU HAVE....
DON'T TALK ABOUT ANYTHING THAT IS IMPORTANT OR VITAL TO THE JOB YOU ARE APPLYING FOR AT THE MOMENT. TALK ABOUT SOME SKILL THAT YOU CAN IMPROVE ON THROUGH EXPERIENCE - AND END WITH A PLAN.
CONTACT INFORMATION SHOULD INCLUDE
NAME, ADDRESS, PHONE - ONE THAT YOU WILL ANSWER!! - EMAIL - AND WAIT - YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS IS WHAT??
HATEMORNINGSX7 @GMAIL.COM??????
A FIXED SHIFT MEANS
YOUR SCHEDULE WILL USUALLY ALWAYS BE THE SAME.....8 TO 4 OR 1230 TO 8.
WHAT IT DOES NOT MEAN IS......
BONUS ??
CHAIN STORES THAT ARE STILL OPERATED BY THE CORPORATE OFFICE MAY HAVE MORE SET RULES BUT ALSO MIGHT HAVE MORE BENEFITS.
TRUE
YOU SENT OR TURNED IN AN APPLICATION AND NOW YOU WAIT!
CHECK WHO YOU ARE TALKING TO....
FOLLOW UP WITH AN EMAIL TO THE COMPANY -
WHY DID YOU LEAVE YOUR LAST JOB.
DO NOT "BAD MOUTH" YOUR LAST EMPLOYER OR THE EMPLOYEES. THE INTERVIEWER MIGHT THINK THAT YOU WILL BE TOXIC - OR CAN'T GET ALONG.
PHRASE YOUR REASON IN A THOUGHTFUL PLANNED OUT WAY - LOOKING FOR A COMPANY THAT WAS MORE GROWTH CENTERED.....LOOKING FOR ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY WHERE THE DUTIES WERE MORE CHALLENGING OR MORE DEVELOPED ETC.
WHO CAN BE REFERENCES FOR YOU - AND WHAT ARE SOME GENERAL TIPS ABOUT THIS.
SOMEONE WHO CAN SPEAK ABOUT YOUR WORK SKILLS - HARD AND SOFT - AND USUALLY BETTER NOT TO BE YOUR AUNT MARY.....LOOK FOR PEOPLE YOU HAVE WORKED WITH IN VOLUNTEER JOBS, AT SCHOOL, AT A CHURCH OR IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
TIP - ALWAYS ASK - AND LET THE REFERENCE KNOW WHERE YOU ARE APPLYING BEFORE YOUR USE THEIR NAME.
ROTATING SHIFT MEANS
YOUR SHIFT HOURS WILL OR COULD CHANGE - LIKE WORKING 2 WEEKS OF DAY SHIFTS THEN 2 WEEKS OF 12 TO 830 pm.
ONCE A FRANCHISE IS BOUGHT - ALL PROFITS AND COSTS BELONG TO THE FRANCHISE OWNER.
COSTS ARE BUT FRANCHISES MUST SHARE SOME OF THE PROFITS WITH THE CORPORATE BUSINESS.
TWO WAYS TO CLARIFY SOMETHING THAT IS SAID TO YOU.
REPEAT IN YOUR OWN WORDS.
ASK SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.
WHAT ARE YOUR STRENGTHS
ANSWERS WILL VARY BASED ON THE JOB YOU ARE APPLYING FOR...AS YOU SHOULD HIGHLIGHT YOUR STRENGTHS WITH REGARDS TO THE POSITION.
ALSO - ALWAYS INDICATE YOU ARE LOOKING AT WAYS TO GROW AND LEARN MORE ETC.
SKILLS
INCLUDE HARD SKILLS - EXCEL, MICROSOFT WORD, POWER POINT, GOOGLE DRIVE, COOKING, MUSICAL,
AND DON'T FORGET SOFT SKILLS - CUSTOMER SERVICE, HOSPITALITY-ORGANIZATION SKILLS-PROBLEM SOLVER.
CAN MY EMPLOYER CHANGE MY SHIFT ONCE I START WORKING?
YES - BUT THE EMPLOYER HAS TO FOLLOW FEDERAL GUIDELINES AND ANY STATE LAW ABOUT THIS TAKES PRECIDENCE OVER THE FEDERAL LAW.
SO IF YOU WORK SHIFT WORK - EVEN IF YOU AREN'T ASKED TO CHANGE - CHECK OUT YOUR OWN STATE'S LAWS ABOUT THIS SO YOU ARE PREPARED.
THREE BENEFITS OF OWNING A FRANCHISE VS AN INDEPENDENT STORE
HAVE A PROVEN PLAN
TRAINING
MAY NOT HAVE TO HAVE THAT BUSINESS BACKGROUND - TURNKEY
SHARE THE BRANDING AND KNOWN NAME
YOU NEED TO TAKE TIME OFF OF WORK -
TALK DIRECTLY TO YOUR SCHEDULING SUPERVISOR WITH A FOLLOWUP EMAIL WITH THE DATES.
MOST IMPORTANT TO FOLLOW YOUR JOB'S GUIDELINES ABOUT ASKING FOR TIME OFF. IT MAY WANT ONLY AN EMAIL OR NOT. ALSO THERE WILL BE TIME GUIDELINES FOR CHANGING SCHEDULES - THAT NEED TO BE FOLLOWED EXCEPT WHEN TIME OFF IS SUDDEN - LIKE SICKNESS OR EMERGENCY REASONS.