The Dinner Interview Etiquette Guide

Dinner Interview Etiquette and Professional Dress

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Introduction

The dinner interview in an employment process serves many functions to the potential employer who is interviewing. The initial or screening interview provides the employers with information on the candidate’s educational experience and background, but offer little insight into the candidate’s social abilities and skills. According to UC Davis Internship & Career Center (ICC) (2015), employers have a belief that they can tell much about a potential worker by the way they interact socially or the way they eat. Therefore, employers tend to conduct more detailed and longer interviews in social settings like restaurants. UC Davis Internship & Career Center (ICC) (2015) indicates that the employers assume that the way the candidate eat with them is the way they will act as their organizations representative with future clients