Eat slowly while waiting for their food to be served. Do not order expensively, don t smoke, do not order food that is difficult to eat, do not over-order. Mirror the interviewer type of meal ordered, speed of eating, etc. The proper use of eating utensils can be confusing when presented with a variety of utensils. If you have been given two forks that are the same size, begin with the fork on the far left.
Many restaurants use the same size of forks for both the salad and main course.
The positioning of knife and fork when not in use allows the diner to indicate the degree to which he intends to pause in eating. Once used, flatware should always be placed on the plate and never placed on the table. If this is to be a very short time, as in between bites, there is no set pattern. For longer waits, perhaps caused by a diverting twist in the table conversation, the diner places the fork on the left and knife on the right, so that they cross over the center of the plate. The diner preparing to pass his plate for a second helping places the fork and knife parallel to each other at the right side of the plate, so that there is room for the food.