USHG Employment
Career Center

• Screening Questions
• Personality
• Behavior
• Skills
• Knowledge
• Experience
• Misc

Personality

1. How do you define being on-time?
   Desired answer: scheduling, responsibility, forward thinking
2. What do you enjoy about the restaurant industry?
   Question reveals: requires individual evaluation
3. How do you make friends when starting a new job?
   Question reveals: social skills, shy/out-going nature
4. What do you enjoy about being part of a team?
   Question reveals: social skills, ability to cooperate and support others
5. Tell me about a person who inspires you and why?
   Question reveals: requires individual evaluation
6. What do you do with your free time?
   Question reveals: activity-level, scheduling, time-management
7. What do you find most difficult about the restaurant industry?
   Question reveals: self-confidence, honesty, maturity

Behavior

1. How do you handle a project when the deadline is several weeks away?
   Desired answer: requires individual evaluation
2. What would you do if you caught an employee stealing?
   Question reveals: ethics, disciplinary techniques
3. How would you handle it if a fellow employee had an accident on the job?
   Question reveals: ability to think quickly, remain calm, and prioritize

Skills

1. What talents make you an effective manager?
   Desired answer: planning, organization, mentoring
2. How do you make work enjoyable for your subordinates?
   Desired answer: interpersonal, motivation
3. What is your weakest managerial skill?
   Desired answer: requires individual evaluation
4. What is your strongest managerial skill?
   Desired answer: requires individual evaluation
5. How do you multitask?
   Question reveals: scheduling, time-management
6. Describe your management style.
   Question reveals: requires individual evaluation
7. Tell me your favorite food. Convince me it's better than mine.
   Question reveals: sales techniques
8. How would you manage a high-strung personality?
   Question reveals: social skills, management style, leadership ability
9. What would you do if an employee came to work under the influence?
   Question reveals: discipline techniques, organizational skills

Knowledge

1. Can you give me your definition of a . . . (position for which you are interviewing)?
   Desired answer: skills, adaptability, interpersonal
2. Name three trends in the industry today - please explain why you like or dislike each.
   Desired answer: requires individual evaluation
3. Tell me the first five steps in the preparation of .....?
   Question reveals: ability to think quickly and prioritize, overall food knowledge

Experience

1. In your present job, what has been your single most important professional accomplishment?
   Desired answer: improved efficiency, reduced turnover, cost savings
2. Tell me about your first culinary job? What did you learn from this experience?
   Desired answer: requires individual evaluation

Misc

1. Tell me about your worst restaurant experience? What would you do to correct/prevent the problem?
   Desired answer: requires individual evaluation
2. If you inherited a million dollars, what would you do with the money?
   Desired answer: budgeting, planning, responsibility
3. Do friends turn to you when they need help, why or why not?
   Desired answer: requires individual evaluation
4. If you had one professional decision you could change, which would it be and why?
   Desired answer: ability to learn from mistakes, doesn't hang on to regrets
5. Do you belong to any professional or trade associations? Which?
   Desired answer: commitment, willingness to learn, what their interest is
6. What do you consider to be your worst professional mishap?
   Question reveals: requires individual evaluation