When you are being interviewed over a meal, what should you order?
- Something inexpensive. You don’t want to appear to be someone who would drive up the expense account if hired.
- Something neat. Avoid that big, messy, delicious barbecue sandwich with the coleslaw on top. Do not order a stringy pasta like spaghetti or fettuccine – order a small noodle like a penne pasta or macaroni.
- Something tried. If you have never tried shark or eel, do not order it during your interview. After you get the job, you can go back and order up all the shark and eel you can eat on your own time and your own dime.
If you are being interviewed with a group of candidates, and they are all ordering steak and lobster combos and getting slushy cocktails with plastic alligators hanging off the side, do not follow their bad behavior. Stick to the rules and focus on the interview.
From the Culture and Manners Institute at http://www.cultureandmanners.com
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