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1. Introduction : Welcome to how to ace
your next job interview, the only job interview guide you'll ever
need in this class, you learn how to make a great and confident impression in your next job interview. My name is Melissa, and I'm leading you
through this course. I was 15 years old when I
did my first job interview. And as you can imagine, I was very nervous. My mother actually
made me fit for this first interview
in my entire life. She told me what to
say, what not to say, how to dress and all
these kind of things. Where since that day, 28 or 29 years have passed. And since that time, I conducted many job interviews. I'm an executive chef
actually and have been working on five
different continents and different countries. And I conducted many,
many interviews, are recruited a lot of chefs
and also I might save, of course, had to do job interviews and apply
for different positions. I wanted to grow. I wanted to make Korea my online classes
here to help you, to make recruiters hire you. And here's how I'm gonna do it. You will learn what the
purpose of a job interview is, how to prepare for
your next interview, how to research the company. What is important to know
about grooming and clothing? We will talk about
your equipment setup, especially when you
do online interviews. Then I will lead you through the 16 most popular
interview questions and how to answer them. I will share with you some
general interview tips. Also, I will talk
about how to properly sell yourself because this is
crucial and very important. I will also share
with you how to take proper stories because
this interconnects with selling yourself and being confident in
front of the recruiter. I will let you know what
you have to do after an interview and then
we do a wrap-up. And of course, I will share
additional resources with you with a center Q and
A's and other stuff. So you can look forward to this course and also
towards resources. By the end of this course, you will be able to conduct
your next job interview. And a much more confident
manner goal is to make a great professional impression and to land your next job. There are no requirements needed for this class other than that, you have an open-mind and
the willingness to learn. This course is for everyone
who wants to improve his or her interviews
goods in order to stand out and get the job.
2. Tell me about yourself - Part 1: Tell me a little
bit about yourself. This is not an
interview question, but it is a statement which you receive right
in the beginning, beginning of an interview. Most of the time. This is a open-ended way to start a conversation
in order just to get things rolling and going. And I think it's also fair to ask this question
because the recruiter, he only has your CV or resume in front of you and He knows
your background a little bit. If everything is true, which stated in your resume, but she don't know
much more about you. So that's really a
fair thing to state. And also an opportunity to set the tone of
the conversation. And this is also a round
number one where you can also collect some points already what you would normally do when
you get to the statement, tell me a little bit
about yourself that you just start with your
latest experience. What what are you
working on right now? Where are you engaged at, what company you
work, and so on. Then you quickly browse
through your history, mentioning then the
things you did prior to your recent assignments
and then so on. So what you do not
want to do is to just repeat the entire resume. That's nonsense. Frankly speaking. Because remember
the interviewer, the recruiter has your savy
in front of him. They know. The idea. Just wanted to know from
you what, what's going on. That is a answer you should be able to
give within a minute. You need to ramble on
for hours and hours. Just give a quick update, an overview about yourself.
3. Tell me about yourself - Part 2: In my case, if I
receive this statement, heme said, Tell me a little bit about
yourself or he might say, why don't you tell me a
little bit about yourself, then I would say something
about my current assignment. For example, I'm
currently working in Austria and helping out company, which is very big in the
hospitality industry. And I worked for many, many years in Southeast
Asia before that also, I also have experience
in the Middle East and originally, I'm from Germany. I was trained there
to become a chef. I received a classical
French training. And this combination of my classical French training with my Southeast
Asian experience, modern ten years
and Southeast Asia makes my makes me unique. So this is my, my, my background is what I can
help other people with. My fusion background as Asian cuisine and
European cosine. And I've worked on five continents and
different countries so far. So I have graded
international experience. And that's why I'm that would be a short
samples statement, which I would give. Also one more thing I would like you to
know is that you can, when you craft your answer, when you give you answer already incorporate your strengths
into this answers, into your answer
like I did already. So I mentioned my background, my European background, and my Southeast
Asian background. And this combination is
one of my strengths. So that's what I normally do when I give my answer
to the statement.
4. Why have you applied for this Role - Part 1: Why have you applied
for this role? This is the first question
you most likely will receive. That's a famous
question being asked. And here the employer
wants to know and to make sure that
you've done your research. Also, they want to know
by asking this question. If you have thought about
your own career plan, why have you applied
for those role? Of course, you should not say, yeah, because you pay
a highest salary. Nobody wants to hear that. And you want to show
the recruiter that you, that your skills match their
requirements. You know. You could also, for example, say if you receive
this question, you can say the following. Because after researching
your job description, I concluded that I have the necessary experience
and skirts to help you to achieve your targets
and contribute to the overall development
of your operations. So that would be example, and I think that's
a great statement. The recruiter clearly says that you have
researched the company. You have studied the
job description, which is very important. The job description is also one thing which is a great lead. Many companies post their
job description and what you want to do is to mix
and match your skills, your abilities, your strength
with the job description. This is a great selling tool. This is also what I do
and my great advice here. And I will refer back
to job descriptions anyway during this course. And what they also will say
now right in the beginning, because we are still
at the beginning of this Q and a section here. If there is no job description
available, then mention, try to anticipate or try to imagine what the
company is about, what they might be looking
for in a candidate. Then mix and match that with your video experience
and your strengths.
5. Why have you applied for this Role - Part 2: Sometimes it also happened to me that somehow that is
not mixed and match. Ideally, there should be a mix and match between
job description and your experience
and your strengths. But sometimes you want that job so badly because
of different reasons. Especially now during
these times or 2021, many economies are
down and many, many people are unemployed. So I understand
everybody who says, I don't really care, as
long as I get a job, does it fit my experience? Not really, but you know, money is more important
than this end. I partly agree because at the end of the
day it's all about selling yourself and what
is also my experience? Even you are not
match the experience, Let's say, which is required
in the job description. You also have to have
some self confidence and everything in life is about learning
by doing, you know, how many times I have
applied for a job, which was basically not
matching my experience. I always promoted myself. I never got promoted.
That's true. I never waited for a boss to
come and say, Hey, my say, great job and I'm
going to promote you to a higher level position. Never happened when I
finished my job somewhere, either I resigned or the
contract was finished. My next position was
obviously a higher position. Why not? Because I was so good, but I also in now sold my serif during these kinds of interviews and I
knew what to say. And you don't want to
lie unnecessarily. But selling is a process where you have to be
comfortable with. If you're not comfortable
with selling, then you will have
great difficulties. And with selling also comes
a little bit of acting, a little bit of
exaggeration of costs. Every salesman will
tell you this and don't forget in this case
you're selling yourself. Now you can say,
okay, now I'm gonna, I'm not going to do this,
I'm not going to lie. I'm not gonna tell you not
I'm and things like that. Fair enough. Okay. It's up to you, but don't forget if
you are not managed to get the job or to stand
out in an interview, then you might not
be called back. You know, you're not the only one who gets
interviewed and you want to stand out from all the
crowds like a giant tree. And if your experience does not match the
job description, then make something up. You have my blessing because
I did the same thing.
6. Why have you applied for this Role - Part 3: Interviews are one thing. Yes, they are very important, but it's all theory in the
beginning or also at the end. And also the recruiter
is doing the same. They will only tell
you the nice thing, so great the company
is how sucks, has food accompanies,
blah, blah, blah. They want to hire you
or the interview, the interview you because at least they are
interested in you, you are an interesting
candidate. That's why they want to
get to know you better. And if the chemistry is
right and you experience matches and your strengths
and even also your values, that would be perfect, then they will go, go for you. Okay, but also, and
this is my experience. I didn't many interviews
and then I actually started to drop at this company and things
were completely different. Different in a way, like in a negative way where things really were completely the opposite as stated in the
interview by the recruiter, or opposite of the impression
I got from the interview. But also it was a positive thing
when things were not like the interview and there
were even more positive. What I mean by that is that
you can grow into your role. Even you do not have 100%
experience, it doesn't matter. Like I said, it's, life is like that. It's a constant learning process
is learning by doing and you are never ready for
any position anyway. So take this risk and be confident in your own
strengths and abilities, and then just make something up. And if you really, if you really think
you can match, Let's say you are lacking this experience in
a job description, but you feel very strongly that you can match up
to this in the future, then go for it. Tell the recruiter that
when you craft your story, your answer, that you
are able to do it. It's all about selling
yourself at the end. And that's so important, you need to be convincing. You need to be selling yourself. And you want to make a great
impression to the recruiter.
7. Why have you applied for this Role - Part 4 : I wanted to give you
my example what I usually say when I
received this question, why have you applied photos RAW? Of course, I would have studied the job description
in my industry notes. It's almost the same. I know already what what the company is looking
for because I also apply it, Let's say for an
international tag because that's my background. My background is
International Business attached with up to 250 rooms, let say, and to restaurants
and stuff like that. I would have applied
for this position for this hotel because it
matches my background. And if the hotel finds that I am an
interesting candidate, of course they would contact
me and interview me. And I of course, know what they are looking for. An international
retail most likely is looking for an
international chef. And this is how it goes. You have plenty of heads
all over the world and their international
shafts everywhere. They are barely hotel toilets or general managers
who are looking for a specific chef with a
certain nationality. That can happen, but
it's not the norm. You know, unless you
really want to have, you have an Indian
restaurant and you need an Indian chef from
dead region in India. And of course, they require an Indian chef from
Punjab, for example. And then you have to be
an Indian from Punjab. But normally what I would say, I would refer when they
asked me this question, why have you apply
for those Rama? So I would refer back
to my background. I am Western trained chef, a European trend shaft with extensive experience
in Southeast Asia. That makes me unique. My blend between Asian
cuisine and european cuisine. And also I've worked on five
different continents in 12 different countries for several international
hotel chains, reputable hotel chains. And one of my strengths
definitely this work in multicultural teams because we know by working
all over the world, you, you, you work
with people from many different cultures and that's one of my
great strengths. And this is what I can
bring to the table. And that, that's kind of
a very general answer. Of course. I would tailor make, and match, mix and match my answer, of course, to what I find
in a job description.
8. Why have you applied for this Role - Part 5: Anyway, in the resource section, I will put sample answers
for you so you can look them up and read through
them to get a better idea. But they're also talked
about here in this class. And also I will give
you for each questions. For each question,
a what not to say. Okay. I give you yes and a no. I gave you yes. What you should say or how you should structure
your your answer, what to incorporate,
what to look for and, but also what not to say. For example, for
this question here, why have you applied
for those raw? No goal, an answer you would never give to a recruiter
as for example, yeah, I have applied photos
ROI because I am jobless now and I have a
family to feed and you know, and I think I heard from my body that you
pay a good salary. That might be your
personal motivation and a true and valid reason. But you do not never
actually want to say it in, during an interview because
it's simply unprofessional. The recruiters not interested. If you are motivated by
your family and money. We all are that we all have motivated by money and
many people have families. There's nothing wrong with that. But here it's a job interview and other family interview or money interview and recruiters looking for a person
who can assist, support, develop the
company, be more successful. You are a potential
asset to the company. That's why they're
talking to you. And that's why you
want to mention, you want to not to
mention these things. They want to hear, job-related things, they
want to hear from you. How can you move this
company forward? That's all they wanted
to basically, no, That's why they do
job interviews. Another thing to mention here is that you please
do not bad mouth. Any previous employer
does not own. Refer to this question here. Question a question might
come up which goes like this. Where have you worked before? Yeah, I didn't you tell them
where he worked before. But do not bad mouth to not say bad things about
your employer. Do not say that you were fighting with your
boss and that's why you're resigned or you're fighting with your boss and that's where they
kicked you out. Or don't say the salary
was too low or any kind of dead stuff that's
tremendously unprofessional. And this is not a
good thing to say. During an interview.
9. What are your Strengths - Part 1: What are your strength
tests of very, very famous interview question. And this is also
a question where many people struggled
with or maybe even start to sweat during a job interview if you have
not prepared properly. This is a great question
as a legit question. Yeah, that is absolutely
normal to ask this question. Every recruiter wants
to know, of course, if you fit into the
company in this question, what are your strengths? You need to ponder, you need to self reflect, you need to sit down and
do some exercises also, look at your past experiences. Look, look at your past jobs. What have you accomplished? What, where you're
good and you need to sit down and deliberately, and consciously think about that question and
how you answer it. The first thing I want to say, everybody has strengths 100% and everybody has weaknesses 100%. If you do not know what
your strengths are, then you see It's
time to find out. And you will not find out by, lets say, brushing your teeth
or going to the toilet. Take a piece of, take
a piece of paper and a pen and you take 30 minutes and then you brainstorm, you need to reflect. This is so important.
This is a question. This is already a
threshold guardian in all it does is like, how would you answer
this question? Can make or break a deer on
this case, an interview. The employer wants
to know if you have the required skills
and strength. That's what this
question is about. This is what the
question is about. That is the first
real opportunity to sell yourself to the
potential employer. Mix and match. We have talked about it already. This is similar to
the question are we just talked about look
at the job description. Look and check what
they are looking for. And then you look at
your own experience, your own background, and then
ideally you, it matches. And you need to highlight that. Because the company,
for example, was looking for an executive
chef who was a hands on. And I'm not enhanced on chef in case I would not be a hands-on shaft and it
would not be a match. I just like to sit in my
office all day long without being indication physically
or being hands-on training, Cooking with the staff, then then I would be
the wrong choice. But for example, I know
that I'm a hands-on chef. I will, I will I will go over my example
in a few minutes. And this is what
I would mention.
10. What are your Strengths - Part 2: Very important to understand that you come up with a proper answer here
that you prepared us. It also shows the
recruiter again that you know about yourself, that you're conscious
about yourself, that you are aware about
your own personality. That's always a big plus
these kind of things. You just say. For example, what
are your strengths? Yeah, I'm good in driving
a car or I didn't know. I'm good at baseball. That might be true, but it's not relevant
to the 2D interview, it's not relevant to the job. And by giving these
kind of answers, the interviewer will notice that you have not spent
serious time to think and ponder the scenario and it is just demonstrate
unprofessional behavior. You need to find out what your strengths are
and you need to mix them and match them
to the job description. Then you have great. And you need to, you need to send that also too. You need to convince
the recruiter also that you are the
right person in all. You'll, you'll say that this, I'm strong and this, and this. Um, do you need to
convince the recruiter? And you do this by storytelling. Every answer you give, you want to share
a little story. In general, all your answers should not be longer
than two minutes. I think two minutes has plenty. To share a little story. Remember the recruit us. They do not have time all
day long and you need and I also talked to myself
here because I know this is one of my,
let's say weaknesses. That when I sit in an interview and people asked
me questions like this one, what are your strengths? I tend to ramble
on and on and on. Now during this class, it might look like a ramble a
little bit, and maybe I am, but I have the time here to explain everything
into detail to you because this
is important and now we want to take
our time to let say, ramble on a little bit, hopefully with for you useful content which you can apply it later and afterwards. But during an interview, my answers would be much more concise than he needs
to be to the point. Like an, like an a box match. You want to throw your
punches and they need, they need to they
need to be accurate.
11. What are your Strenghts - Part 3: Two minutes, you share a story. We will talk about story telling later with storytelling
is very, very important. Not only to not only give facts, you're strong at about also
shadows with a little story. And like for example, in my case, what's my story? What my strengths? My story is that I,
as you know already, most likely by now that I
am an International chef, I left Germany when I was very, very young to work
in foreign countries and being an international chef, working also, for example, in Southeast Asia, forces
you to be enhanced on chef. So I'm taking this
hands on Chef example, which is one of my
grids strengths. I want to illustrate
it with a little story because just being hands-on or saying your hands-on doesn't doesn't tell you
recruit or anything. But in my in my story, in my case, I've traveled a lot. And in Southeast Asia,
in other people, they have, most of them
have no ordinary education. It happened in one hotel. I worked in Malaysia a
few years back that I conducted a training
session for all my stuff. And we were about a
120 kitchen stuff. Big team. Now, large result to tell him Malaysia on board
your very nice hotel. And I contacted, I call it a guy from the chemical supplier for our company and to ask them, hey, can you can you conduct training for my
staff? He said No problems. So he arrived. We set everything up
and all my stuff, or 120 people gathered
into this meeting room.
12. What are your Strengths - Part 4: And what happened was
very interesting because this guy is trainer
than asked around. They asked around my stuff. Please raise your hand. Everybody who has visited
a culinary school, I was shocked because only like ten people raise their
arm, raised their hand. These 1010 people, they did visit a culinary school and
I was not aware of this. I was, I was actually shocked. I was thinking to
myself like, Oh my God, So audience, a 100, remaining, a 110 chefs, young cooks, they have no clue
about cooking in order was right in
the beginning when I took over this position there. So I didn't know my
stuff very well. I only knew I had to
do a lot of training. So this was part of one
of these trainings. I said, Oh my god, this is terrible
because you know where I'm from Germany, from Europe. When you want to become a chef, you have to undergo a
3-years apprenticeship. And at the end of this 3-years educational
apprenticeship, vocational training,
they call it, you have to undergo a examination and you
have to pass it. If you don't pass
this examination, you you're not officially
recognized professional chef. That's the story, how it
goes in Europe but in Asia, in Malaysia, for example, there are collinear
is school teachers. There are plenty of them
and I taught there, I was I was a culinary instructor at these
acidities or volunteered, but the cost money and
they're not cheap. So many guys and girls
simply don't have the money, the family don't have the money. And can, can, can
spend that money. These people just go into
a job learning by doing, which is also actually
a good thing. This is why you have
to be hands on. In Malaysia or in
Southeast Asia. You cannot just simply stay
on your office all day long. You need to be outside on
the floor in the kitchen. And now you solve stamp that
I actually rambled too long. This is my weakness a
little bit I admitted. I need to be much more concise. So that was for, you know, an answer. I wanted to give it to you. I wanted to give it to
you that you understand my background a little
bit because we now, as I mentioned, where
we have two time now.
13. What are your Strengths - Part 5: During an interview,
I would have made my, my answer much more concise. So that goes like this. My, one of my strengths is my international
background and also my I'm a very hands-on chef because when I worked in Southeast Asia for
the past ten years, most of the stuff not
trained properly. I mean, professionally,
they do not have money to visit
a culinary school. 80 per cent of my kitchen stuff. They were just boys and
girls straight from school. And it was my responsibility
to train and teach them, to be in the kitchen with them every single day to train them. That's the only way that
you can educate them in the kitchen and to make sure the received a
practical training. If you sit in the
office all day long, you might have a good time, but you will fare as
an executive chef, you will fail as a leader, and you will fare as a manager. So being hands-on is
something which is very, very important to me. I would not have been hands-on
during my entire career. I would not be
sitting here now in front of you applying
for this job. Data is typically answer, this is how I see myself. This is how I pitch myself. Taking this example of
being hands on and you saw that I incorporated
a little story. And this is very important. Why is storytelling? Because people can relate
to it much better. And also the memorize
those much better. Instead of just
throwing facts at them, you know, like I could say I'm hands-on, but
what does it say? Nothing. You are hands-on. So I believe you also that
you are hands-on Mr. Moussa. It can make up
stories all day long, but you have to come up with the proper stories to
prove that you are really, that you are really
strong in debt, which you are advocating.
14. What are your Weaknesses - Part 1: What are your weaknesses are? What is your weakness? Again, this is a tricky question and nobody really wants to hear during an interview unless you are fully prepared
to answer this question. And in this segment here, now I will guide you through what to say and what not to say. What do you recruit
actually here wants to find out as not what you answer, but how you answer
this question. Of course, it is very
important that you admit, admit, sounds a
little bit negative. But share with the recruiter in an interview that
you have weaknesses or a weakness that you mentioned this you're
telling him about. And there's nothing
nothing wrong with that. There's nothing to
be shy about it because we are all human beings. We have strengths
and weaknesses. Very important here
is, of course, that you do not share a weakness which is
relevant to the job. For example, if you
got, I'm a chef. Chef needs to know
how to cook properly. If I could not cook, then if that would be
my great weakness. You'll see already it
doesn't make sense, So don't mention a weakness
which is relevant to the job. If you're not sure what's
relevant to the job, please go and study
the job description. You don't want to shoot
yourself in your own foot.
15. What are your Weaknesses - Part 2: What is the company
actually looking for when they are
asking this question? There are looking for
self-awareness and honesty. Few would say, for example, no, I don't actually have
any weaknesses. I'm sorry. I'm strong and
many, many things, but I'm really, I
have no weakness. You might, maybe think that, but you certainly do not want to say it
during an interview. I don't know. There are people who give
this kind of answer, but then only if they are not aware off themselves and also they are
certainly not honest. This is an excellent, This is an excellent way
for the recruiter to dig a little bit deeper and to find out who you really are. Because if you able to name
at least one weakness, it shows the recruiter definitely an absolutely
that you are self-aware, that you have thought about it, that you're honest, not necessarily honest to recruit
about honest to yourself. I mean, if you
deny any weakness, having any weaknesses, you
are lying to yourself. That's all nonsense. But we are human beings and
nobody likes to be weak. Nobody certainly wants to show or talk about
their own weaknesses. We love to talk about
our strings and how, what we are good in, how we stand out because we need that pat on the shoulder, this appreciation
and the praise. Everybody is admiring us. We are the greatest,
we are the best. But now that's not how
it works in life, right? We also are weak, weaker, and certain areas. And you want to be able to answer this question
absolutely professional. And if you are absolutely
100% professional, then you also admit
your weaknesses. They need to be real weaknesses. Just state the weakness and show them that
you are aware of. The weakness are met by
mentioning the weakness already. You show them that you are aware that you are dedicated
to improve it. That's all you need to say.
16. What are your Weaknesses - Part 3: For my own example, I want to bring here
during this class as I received this question,
what are your weakness? And I would always say, and this is true that one of my, one of my weaknesses,
I have a few. Not only one, but I am aware of them and I'm constantly
improving them. I would say one of
my weakness walls. Listen carefully
what I just said. I didn't say one of my weakness is this is what you
also need to learn. And you will learn once
you have conducted, conducted plenty of interviews. Sorry if I take a take
a small detour here, but this fact I need to tell you before I
continue. I continue. You need to be able to
re-frame everything. Reframing is like somebody is throwing a ball at you
and you take the spoiler, but pass it back
on your own terms. Like a good example is
this weakness thing. What is your weakness must
say would be the question. I would say one of my weakness
was it not is and was, and it's very
important that little word because it's re-frame. I put I'm talking about my
weaknesses but already passed. Why is that going to
explain you in a second?
17. What are your Weaknesses - Part 4: One of my weaknesses was that when I was handed
over some projects, let's say, to write a
new restaurant menu. For example, the
General Manager, which will quote, approach
me and ask me, Hey Chef, can you please come up with two new restaurant menus for
our coffee shop restaurant. And I need these
new proposals by, let's say end of this
weekend, seven days, okay. No problem for me, That's
what chefs are doing. They're creating manuals. But I want to be, like I said before, I want to get this
pat on the shoulder. I want to be the best chef. I want to be very efficient. I want to prove my general
manager that I am worthy, that I'm capability, I'm
able to do my job properly. So I would rush into my office, start with preparing,
building the menus. And after two days or so, I would go into his office. I hear Mr. GM,
here's your here are your two new restaurant menu proposes as you have requested. And then look through the menus and then would tell
me 123 or even more things which need to be amended because that was not what we actually
have discussed beforehand. What was what is
the problem here? The problem is that I
was rushing too fast. That is, that was was
one of my weakness. I did not prepare properly. I was rushing. Now, not enough due
diligence, so to speak. And that's also no good. Being fast in delivery is nice. But if the product
likes quality, then we're asked the point. I had to take the menu back, had to go through
them over them again at revamp them and
things like that. So at the end of today,
it costs me more time to revamp everything instead
of just take seven days, he gave me time anybody to
do it and do it properly. So that was one of my weakness. I was rushing too fast, but is this important
to say it was my weakness because it's
not now today anymore. So the recruiter, when he asked this question,
what is your weakness? And I come up with this story. I shared a story of rushing with the menu development and finishing it too early
with many mistakes. That was my weakness
but not involved. He sees clearly that all. Now the chef not
rushing anymore. So he developed, you
learned, he grew. And this is what I
want to communicate.
18. What are your Weaknesses - Part 5: The very most important
thing you want to communicate when
giving your answer to this question is that you are
aware of your weaknesses. Are you aware, aware in
the past and you figured out a way how to overcome
it, to improve yourself. That's so important, that communicates so much
to the recruiter. The ability to be self-aware
and to improve yourself and the willingness to
improve yourself is so important when you
get this right, when you get this
question right, when you get your answer right. And our 100% able to
communicate that, that you are self-aware
of your weakness. You are aware of it. There is no problem. I
know what my weakness is. And you are hardcore dedicated to improve and
you work on that weakness. Debts already enough
for the employer, for the recruiter debts, what they laugh to see, because they know we
are all human beings. They also have weaknesses. Everybody has weaknesses. The best thing really
is, to be honest. That's it. That's like I said, I want to know how you answer
the question, not what. If you answered a
question with what, you would simply answer all no, I don't have any weaknesses. But if you answer,
how does this, when you talk about
awareness and self awareness and
the willingness, willingness to improve. So please take notice as one of the most tricky questions. If you do not know what to say and if you do not
know what to answer. So this is the debt can be
a deal breaker question.
19. Where do you see yourself in five Years from now - Part 1: Where do you see yourself
in five years from now? Another famously asked
interview questions and a little bit tricky if you do not know how to
answer it properly. So why recruiters are
asking this question is because I want to
understand a little bit more about your
own career goals. If you fit into the long-term
plan of the company. And also they wanted
to know if you have personal thoughts
about yourself, your career, you're motivated. What is your motivation? And things like that? Am the worst possible answer you could give is, for
example, yeah, I'm driving a nice for Harvey in five years
from now and I'm living at Santa Monica
Beach, something like that. It's not what the employer
wants to wants to hear. It might be your personal goal. Fine. Honorable. No problem. We all have that. We all have money goals. Right? But money goals
are your private codes and none of anybodies business and certainly not the
recruiters business. You'll keep them nicely for yourself and don't
talk about them. Or do you want to talk about? And then jump into
view is you talk about career goals
and like I mentioned, you want to match your
career goats with accompany. Keywords here are
definitely commitment. Commitment is keyboard here. And because companies
don't want, want to, companies don't like to see people
jumping around. Want preferably employees who
are committing long-term. Absolutely. And Jaap jumpers or not. So well liked.
20. Where do you see yourself in five Years from now - Part 2: Although I must say that in
my own personal career hours, I always paid attention
to the thing that I don't stick too long at
one certain place because it is a double-edged
sword actually. Staying or sticking
with the company for a long time has
shows commitment. And that's what company
that accompanies laugh to have their
employees committed, employees who stay long term. But on the other side in order, the downside is that when you stay for 1020 years
at the same company, you, you don't learn, you
don't grow. In my opinion. Maybe you make career, you move up through the ranks. That can happen. But in my personal case, I always made sure that after one or two
years I switched companies and worked in
different countries because that's what I wanted to do in our traveling
is also one of my big passions and I
love to travel around. I want to get to know new
people, meet new people, want to get to
know your couches, new QC cosines anyway,
because I'm a chef. I was always interested in there was also a private patient thing basically why I also hopped around after
one or two years. Of course, the employer
when asking this question, where do you see yourself
in five years from now? I want to see if you have
plans for the future. If you are serious,
That's very important. Imply US employers laughed,
strategic thinkers. If you just say, oh, you know, five years, that's a long time. I can tell you what I'm
gonna do next weekend, but I'm not able to tell you now what what it
is in five years. I'm sorry, I cannot answer
this question if you say like that and I think you're on
the best way out already. They will never call you back. They want to see if you fit into the company's
let's say agenda. Okay.
21. Where do you see yourself in five Years from now - Part 3: For my example, what would I say if they would ask
me this question, Hey Chef Missouri, where do you see yourself in five years? I can give a very clear
and definite answer. I see myself definitely in a
capacity of Corporate Chef. Corporate Chef or someone this is not the
explanation for you. Corporate Chef or someone who oversees many different
hotels, not only one. But to get back to the answer. So I see myself as a corporate chef being in charge of a group
of four terabytes. That's what I want because
I believe that I am suitable to do that because
of my vast experience, my vast international
experience I have led. Up to this point many different hotel gets
larger threads, business attached result of
heads in different countries with large kitchen teams
with multiple outlets. That is, that makes me fit for the upcoming
corporate drawn, which are also want to
do because it perfectly suits my experience
and background. That would be a typical
sample answer I would give to the recruiter. Asked this question. So again, the keywords here, what the employer laughs to see, which you also have to kind of incorporate into your answer has an I actually did not
follow my own advice here. I did not put it into
my sample answer. But to come back, to revise my sample answer is, I would incorporate these very important keywords
which are long-term, number one, stable or
stability and commitment. These three words of very
important and crucial. This is what the
employers love to hear this music in the
ears, if you say, simply coming back
to my example, corporate chef in a
large hotel company, because I am looking
for stability. And I'm looking for a
company where I can grow, where I can commit. Basically contribute
long-term, also, not only to the company, companies gods, but also
to my own career goals. You'll see that answer is even, even much better than the
answer I gave before. If you incorporate
these three words, you're always on the safe side. Yeah, that's all I have to
share about this question. Let's go straight to
the next question.
Marcel Riemer, Minimalist, Traveler & Chef
