Why is it advisable not to arrive at a business meal feeling extremely hungry? How can this behavior impact the impression you make on the interviewer or dining companions? answer this based on the following paragraph= Dining Etiquette
Table manners are important for some jobs because business is sometimes transacted during a meal. In fact, some managers will take the job candidate out to eat and observe etiquette, including table manners. Candidates with poor etiquette are not offered the job, or the business deal. Common etiquette is for the person inviting the other party out to eat to pay the bill. Nina Zagat, cofounder of the Zagat Survey restaurant guide, says: "When ordering food, you are not trying to draw attention to yourself or what you are eating." So avoid food that is messy, such as ribs and lobster. As a general guide, follow the lead of the other person's etiquette.°3 For more details on table manners, see ° Exhibit A.9. The following are a few simple tips in case you are taken out to eat during the job interview or business meeting. If you get the job and take others out to eat, you are in the interviewer role, even if it's not a job interview. Many of the tips also apply to eating with others during your lunch breaks.
Don't be starving when you go out to eat. Pigging out is not appropriate behavior and will not make a good impression on the
interviewer.
.Do follow the lead of the interviewer: don't take charge.
. Do let the interviewer sit first.
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. Do place your napkin on your lap after the interviewer does.
.If the server asks if you want a drink, do wait for the interviewer to respond. Don't ask for alcohol if you are underage.
•Don't order alcohol unless asked if you want a drink by the interviewer. Iasked, ask the interviewer if he or she will be having a drink. If the interviewer say ves. have one: if the answer is no, don't have a drink. However, don't have a drink if you will feel its effects. You want to be in top form for the interview questions and discussion, and you want to maintain your proper etiquette,
• Do expect to order an appetizer, main course, and dessert. However. you don't have to order them all. especially if the interviewer does not. For example, if the interviewer asks if you would like an appetizer or a dessert. ask the interviewer if he or she is having one. If the server asks, wait for the interviewer to answer. Don't begin to eat any serving until everyone at the table has been served and the interviewer has begun to eat, and pass things
around the table to the right.
. Do try to eat at the same pace as the interviewer so that you are not eating each serving much faster or slower than the interviewer.
Don't talk with food in your mouth. Take small bites to help avoid this problem.
Don't take the last of anything that you are sharing. It is also polite to leave a little food on your plate, even if you are still hungry.
Do start using the silverware from the outside in. Follow the interviewer's lead when in doubt.
Do not offer to pay for part or all of the bill. The general rule is that whoever invites the other out to eat pays the bill. unless
otherwise agreed before going to eat.
Do thank the interviewer for the meal. Also, be polite (say "please and "thank you") to the server.