Land the Job You Love: Tips to Interview Dessert Trays

This continues our series about what you can do to get a great job with a great salary

“Tell me something about yourself?” remains one of the toughest questions people get asked by interviewers. Ted agreed. He never knew what to say. In fact, he had asked several hiring authorities “What do you want to know?” when they asked him the question. Sometimes, he tried to anticipate—and answer—every question of the interview in that one answer. His long answers would take 10-15 minutes of uninterrupted talking. He failed to recognize what his answer to that one question should be.

Dessert Trays Entice People to Buy

Fine restaurants recognize the power of a well-prepared dessert tray to entice diners to purchase dessert. Dessert trays contain samples of all the sweets and desserts offered by the restaurant. A dessert tray illustrates what the restaurant offers much more effectively than a menu with pictures.

Dessert trays allow people to select exactly the kinds of desserts they desire. They may choose to buy one dessert for the table, or one for each diner, or whatever they choose to share. People seldom select the entire tray, only parts.

Prepare Your Own Dessert Tray

Your dessert tray helps you describe who you are to yourself and to others.

You prepare your dessert tray to highlight what you have to offer prospective employers. You include some of these items:

• Family or hobbies
• 5 best jobs you ever had
• 5 words or phrases that describe you
• 5 professional accomplishments that mean the most to you
• Associations, clubs, or teams you chose to occupy your time
• Your training or education

You present your dessert tray when hiring authorities ask you “Tell me about yourself?” or “Why would you work well in our company?”

You don’t present everything from your tray. Choose the items from your tray that will entice people to want to know more. For example, you may present one job , two phrases or words that describe you, and one accomplishment.

Monday we will spotlight questions to ask in interviews and meetings to get more information