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Dear all,
I have the opportunity to interview for an international hotel in south of China for the position as DFOB. I am currently Assistant Director of F&B and naturally I am a little bit nervous about the interview.
I have been holding my position for 2 years in an international hotel in China with a similar number of rooms and F&B outlets.
Could you tell me what kind of questions you would ask me? I want to prepare for the interview and of course get the job.
Thank you!
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Interview Questions For Dfob
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Posted 12 July 2012 - 03:12 AM
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What is your personal style when dealing with an F&B team?
Why are you interviewing for this company?
What do you feel is your strongest point? (regarding team leadership)
What do you bring to the table-why should I hire YOU?!
Why are you leaving your present employer?
What makes you so different from all the other candidates?
What are your hobbies?
Are you a good cook?
What are your goals in your professional life?
Do you have any crisis management skills or training?
Tell me about your wine knowledge.
Tell me about your Beverage knowledge skills or training.
Tell me what was your best meal you have ever had where and when.
What forecasting, analysis, purchasing and management skills to you possess and elaborate on each-outlining specific cases.
What security clearance do you have and in what countries?
Are you connected to local government, diplomatic or professional agencies?
Do you speak/understand Mandarin or Cantonese?
What classes courses events have you taken or attended lately to better yourself in the F&B arena?
Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
Regarding "green" and sustainability-where do you stand?
What does Certified Organic really mean, and what is Slow Foods?
Are you an active participant in any social media, FaceBook LinkedIn MySpace YouTube and do you write a Blog? (you had better have a "proper" page -so be prepared for them to view your status-proper means no porn or odd stuff like blowing up the hotel you are interviewing for!)
Who is Fernand Point?
What is the roll of education in creating positions in the China oriented job market?
What is more important and why, education or experience?
Who will be the future leaders in China?
What was the stance of Chiang Kai-Shek and what was the New Life Movement?
What is a communist?
What are the biggest problems facing China NOW?
When was your last fire safety training and do you have any CPR certification?
How familiar are you with HACCP and do you have any first hand experience with the certification process?
....gotta go someone else ZED GG CH!! More please!
Goooooood Luck Loverof...
(not in any sequence)
What is your personal style when dealing with an F&B team?
Why are you interviewing for this company?
What do you feel is your strongest point? (regarding team leadership)
What do you bring to the table-why should I hire YOU?!
Why are you leaving your present employer?
What makes you so different from all the other candidates?
What are your hobbies?
Are you a good cook?
What are your goals in your professional life?
Do you have any crisis management skills or training?
Tell me about your wine knowledge.
Tell me about your Beverage knowledge skills or training.
Tell me what was your best meal you have ever had where and when.
What forecasting, analysis, purchasing and management skills to you possess and elaborate on each-outlining specific cases.
What security clearance do you have and in what countries?
Are you connected to local government, diplomatic or professional agencies?
Do you speak/understand Mandarin or Cantonese?
What classes courses events have you taken or attended lately to better yourself in the F&B arena?
Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
Regarding "green" and sustainability-where do you stand?
What does Certified Organic really mean, and what is Slow Foods?
Are you an active participant in any social media, FaceBook LinkedIn MySpace YouTube and do you write a Blog? (you had better have a "proper" page -so be prepared for them to view your status-proper means no porn or odd stuff like blowing up the hotel you are interviewing for!)
Who is Fernand Point?
What is the roll of education in creating positions in the China oriented job market?
What is more important and why, education or experience?
Who will be the future leaders in China?
What was the stance of Chiang Kai-Shek and what was the New Life Movement?
What is a communist?
What are the biggest problems facing China NOW?
When was your last fire safety training and do you have any CPR certification?
How familiar are you with HACCP and do you have any first hand experience with the certification process?
....gotta go someone else ZED GG CH!! More please!
Goooooood Luck Loverof...
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Posted 13 July 2012 - 01:55 AM
Dear AinV,
Thank you very much for your input, it helps a lot!
Thank you very much for your input, it helps a lot!
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Posted 14 July 2012 - 04:40 AM
Are you coming to Sanya?
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Posted 14 July 2012 - 04:56 AM
Hi MixoGuy,
no not Sanya. Will let you know when I pass the interview.
no not Sanya. Will let you know when I pass the interview.
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Posted 14 July 2012 - 05:31 AM
I wish you the best of luck and do lets us know when you move
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Posted 14 July 2012 - 06:19 AM
Any more suggestions?
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Posted 20 September 2012 - 06:53 AM
Dear Asst F&B.
If you were being interviewed by me for the postion of DOFB, I would ask this question before any other;
Can you inspire others around you to dream more, learn more, do more? (John Quincy Adams)
If you believe you could then we would proceed to the next step of the process, but if you believed you could not, then it would be better to end the interview, because at that level of the business, what is required first and foremost from F&B and from other team leaders, even above diplomas, experience and technical skills, is the ablity to lead and develop your people and your profits, in that order.
Hospitably yours.
Gordon James Gorman
General Manager (since 2007)
Avari Towers, Karachi, Pakistan
If you were being interviewed by me for the postion of DOFB, I would ask this question before any other;
Can you inspire others around you to dream more, learn more, do more? (John Quincy Adams)
If you believe you could then we would proceed to the next step of the process, but if you believed you could not, then it would be better to end the interview, because at that level of the business, what is required first and foremost from F&B and from other team leaders, even above diplomas, experience and technical skills, is the ablity to lead and develop your people and your profits, in that order.
Hospitably yours.
Gordon James Gorman
General Manager (since 2007)
Avari Towers, Karachi, Pakistan
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Posted 20 September 2012 - 01:00 PM
Dear all,
Thank you very much for all your advise. I am sorry that I didn't update the status on my application as I told I would. Anyways, I got my contract 2 weeks ago. Sweet! However, for one reason or another I am not able to transfer away from my current property to the new hotel. So now I have to play the waiting game and hope that the position is still available once I am allowed to leave.
Thank you very much for all your advise. I am sorry that I didn't update the status on my application as I told I would. Anyways, I got my contract 2 weeks ago. Sweet! However, for one reason or another I am not able to transfer away from my current property to the new hotel. So now I have to play the waiting game and hope that the position is still available once I am allowed to leave.
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