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Dining Etiquettes During An Interview

"Confidence is a habit that can be developed by acting as if you already had the confidence you desire to have”

Enhance

Enter the chair from the left and exit the right. Preparing Conversation Makers: How long have you been with the company? What do you enjoy most about your position? What was one of the most challenging things you encountered when you first started

working here? How would you describe the culture of this company? How is this position evaluated? How do coworkers view this position? What other types of positions will I have regular contact with? As my supervisor, how often will I have contact with you? How would you describe your management style? Try to find common grounds of interest (sports, travel) that are not controversial. Do

not neglect anyone sitting near you. As the employer will be paying for the meal, order from the mid-priced offerings on

the menu.

Eat lightly and avoid messy food. Ordering for spaghetti or other such complicated food is not advisable. You will be doing more talking than eating and you don’t want to be wearing your lunch during the afternoon interviews.

6. Be very cautious about ordering alcohol, as it is important to remain alert during the whole interview process. It is recommended that no alcohol be consumed at lunch and no more than one glass of wine in the evening and then only if others are drinking. It is always acceptable to substitute mineral water for wine.

7. Always pass the salt and pepper together, even if only one is asked for. In general, if items are not being passed to a specific person, pass food from left to right.

8. Don’t talk when you have food in your mouth, and don’t wave or point with a utensil. Eat smaller bites and excuse yourself if a question was thrown at you while you were chewing.

9. Understand the table setting. Your bread plate is to the left of your dinner plate and your water glass to the right. Use your utensils from the outside in.

10. Place your napkin on your lap as soon as you sit down. If you leave for a few moments during the meal, place your napkin on your chair. When you leave at the end of the meal, leave your napkin to the left of your dinner plate.

Never butter a whole piece of bread. Take some butter and place it on your plate. Use the butter knife if one is available. Break a bite-sized piece off of your bread and hold it on the corner of the bread plate while you butter.

Eat soup taking the spoon away from you, then toward you and sip from the side. When you have finished soup, always place the spoon in the saucer under the soup bowl.

Cutting: Fork in left hand, knife in right hand, cut one piece at a time, lay knife across top of plate with blade toward you and move fork to right hand. When you have completed a meal, place your knife and fork across the plate in a 9 to 3 o’clock fashion.

After the interview, praise yourself for doing something really well. Help yourself by recognizing something you want to improve next time and remind yourself that you’ll improve each time you interview.

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Devoted to inspiring people to be their best version, Sheena Agarwaal founded

Urbanista Image Consulting LLP in 2010.

Sheena attended Mayo College in Ajmer, Rajasthan.

Christ College, Bangalore, where she graduated in Human Resource,

She has done her Post Graduation from Mudra Institute of Communications,

Ahmedabad and specializes in Digital Media and Brand Management.

Trained by master trainers Carla Mathis, Christina Ong and Lynne Marks,

along with the unparalleled background in the arena of Image Consultancy,

she is a Neuro Linguistic Practitioner and one of India’s first Reach Certified

Personal Brand Strategist.

• Director Urbanista Image Consulting LLP, REACH Personal Brand

Strategist

Experience

Skills

• Finance Analyst with Goldman Sachs

• Worked with Big Cinemas, Apollo Munich Life Insurance, Shoppers Stop,

IIT Chennai, TiE, Ranjan Narula Associates, Beetle, Bharti Foundation,

Vodafone and GE.

About Sheena Agarwal

ABOUT URBANISTA IMAGE CONSUTLING

Established in the year 2010, Urbanista Image Consulting LLP is the renowned Image Consultancy firm based out of New Delhi, India and was founded by Sheena Agarwal one of India’s first certified Image Consultant and Reach Personal Brand Strategist.

With the vision to enable people to express their core competence and brand values effectively, Urbanista Image Consulting works on three broad aspects of Powerful Presence: Appearance, Behaviour and Communication.

We are committed to positively impacting lives, which in turn leads one to securing better opportunities and higher recognition and delivering noticeable results for clients - both at an Individual and Corporate level.

An innovator in Image Management, we conduct consultations and workshops for individuals or groups respectively, on matters related to Executive Presence, Communication Skills, Body Language, Business Protocol, International Etiquette, Storytelling and Personal Branding.

With a desire to bring internationally acclaimed Master Trainer from across domains to Indian Shores, in April 2014 we hosted Master Trainer Carla Mathis from United States of America in New Delhi, India to train aspiring Image Consultants and look forward to host many such trainers from across the spectrum in the near future.

We creatively use the theory of evolution on all our clients that involve not just superficial verbal consultation but a total involvement and a sensitive approach.

We encourage you to contact us and discuss how to enhance your personal and professional presence.

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