6.08 

Interview Questions

For this assignment, you will prepare written responses to the interview questions below. 

Answer the questions as if you are interviewing for a position in the foodservice industry. 

1. Tell me about yourself.

2. What is your 5 year goal?

3. What is your 10 year goal?

4. Tell me about a time you made a mistake. How did you solve the problem? 

5. Imagine you are working as a server in a restaurant. A customer is complaining about her food. It came out of the kitchen cold. How would you handle this situation to make sure the guest leaves happy?

6. Imagine you are working as a prep cook in a restaurant. You notice that you are falling behind in your tasks for the day. Your shift ends in 15 minutes, and you still have 4 prep tasks to complete. How would you handle this situation? 

7. Imagine you are working as a line cook in a restaurant. It is a busy dinner rush, and you slightly burn the chicken fried steak. Your food tickets are piling up, and customers are waiting for their food. How would you handle this situation?

8. What are your greatest strengths?

9. What are your weaknesses, and how do you plan to improve them/better yourself? 

10. What can you bring to this position that other applicants can't? 

Rubric - Cooking Lab  (100 Points)

1. Responses (75 Points): The responses are accurate, focused, and on topic. (3 sentence minimum response for each interview question.) 

2. Neatness (4 Points): The responses are recorded neatly (readable font, consistent font size, etc.)

3. Conventions (20 Points): (Proper grammar, spelling, punctuation, sentence structure, etc.) (You must type responses in complete sentences.) 

4. Submit  Make a copy of the template below, fill out the guided notes by following the videos in the module, save as a PDF (1 Point) and attach the single document into Educator.