Interview Flavor - Ah yes, the lunch interview... You've been invited to eat lunch and interview at the same time... Often categorized by those inviting you to lunch as "simply lunch", the lunch interview is no such thing - it's a full fledged interview (although it may be more casual than a formal interview), but you'll be expected to answer questions and carry on conversations that will dictate whether you get the job or not with a full mouth of food.. Sounds great, huh? You think when Tony Soprano asks someone to dinner he is there to eat?
When It Happens - The lunch (or breakfast or dinner) interview can happen at any point in the face-to-face portion of the interview process. It could be the first interview for an ice-breaker, or be the final interview to make sure the folks getting ready to tender you an offer are comfortable with you. The most common form of the lunch interview is the group format, where hiring managers may bring future peers of yours to lunch to expose you to them and get their acceptance or comfort level with you...
What It Means - 1) The interviewer setting up the lunch appointment prefers a more casual environment with you at this stage of the process, 2) the interviewer may be uncomfortable with the formality of the formal, office-based interview, or 3) the interviewer is hungry....
What to Be Prepared For - For the one-on-one lunch, you can expect a process and questions similar to the normal interview. For a group session, it's usually a mix of some questions from the group and a "getting to know you/us" session. Either way, you have to perform while trying to eat - not an easy task...
How Long It Lasts - However long lunch usually lasts for the person doing the interviewing. 60 minutes from ordering to walking out is a good rule of thumb, just because it's hard to order, talk and eat in less than that time. That's one reason why lunch generally won't come before at least a phone screen if not one face-to-face session - they would prefer to ensure they like you a little bit before being forced to spend 60 minutes with you.
Keys to Success - There are two big rules with the lunch interview - don't order a lot of food and order something you can look graceful eating. If you leave the interview feeling stuffed, you have blown it - you have spent more time eating than you have speaking or truly listening. Stay away from long pasta and things you are going to slurp - a lunch salad, etc. is a safe choice - you can graze and look graceful and leave food on the table without looking wasteful. Keep your mouth closed when chewing and again - leave food on the table.... Take bites when the interviewer is explaining something to you and it looks like you are going to have 30 seconds...
The Bottom Line - You are there to interview - so do that. Order and eat enough to look like you are participating, but interview first and last...
Little Known Fact - You can go to Taco Bell after the interview and pound down some tacos. Also, treat your server in a respectful way, saying please/thank you... It may not get you the job, but the lack of politeness towards the help could easily eliminate you from consideration....
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