You know that feeling when you apply for a job that you really, really want.
Well now someone has come up with an idea which they claim will pretty much clinch the deal for you during the interview process.
Apparently the trickiest part of any interview is when you’re asked if you have any questions you would like to throw at the potential employer – and supposedly the killer response is to to try saying something like, “When you look ahead six months to a year from now, and you picture the person in this role doing an excellent job, what do you see?’
Alternatively you could try, “’What do you expect every day from someone in this position?’ or, ‘Well I think we covered almost everything but based on what we’ve talked about, do you have any issues that might prevent you from taking me on?’
or how about,”What can I do to be better prepared for my first day on this job?’
Either way this shows confidence and immediately strengthens your position.
Try it and see, but don’t blame me if it doesn’t work!
Talking about high stakes (or should that be steaks?), if you’ve gone to a restaurant and ordered a steak, have you noticed that there can be a considerable difference in the size of the steak you actually receive from one restaurant to another even though both pieces of meat have been described as the same weight?
OK we know that restaurants always cover themselves by describing the meat as “uncooked weight”.
But how do you really know that you’ve not been cheated, especially if the apparently smaller cut appears to be the norm at a particular restaurant or chain?
Well 22-year old Antonio Chacon from Pueblo, Colorado was so convinced that the 6oz steak he’d received as part of his meal of steak, ribs, fries and mashed potato, was far too small so he took matters into his own hands, dashed out to his car, grabbed some weighing scales from his toolbox, before returning to find out the steak’s true weight, as the waiter looked on in ‘shock’.
He then complained that his alleged 6oz cut actually weighed 3.68oz.
Antonio said, “It’d been my birthday. I ordered the ribs and steak. I got a 6oz steak and when they brought it, it looked really small. I’ve eaten there before and I know my steaks!”
Of course, the waiter pointed out that that the meat had been described, as “uncooked weight” and that the cooked item would actually weigh about 4 or 5oz – but agreed that 3.6oz did seem on the small size.
Antonio kept up the attack saying that this looked like a child’s meal, and not the adult size portion he’d ordered.
As a result, a replacement meal was supplied, which the chef delivered personally.
Apparently the replacement meal looked a whole heap bigger and on top of that, he was also given a discount!
Think I’ll start carrying a pair of scales when I go for a steak dinner in future!
Well all being well I’ll catch up with you again tomorrow,
Scott
