Dining for Dollars
You were invited to a call back interview. The one-on-one meetings you just completed with individual lawyers or corporate execs could not have gone better. Just as you begin to believe that you’ve landed the job, one of the interviewers invites you to lunch. Suddenly, you realize you have one more hurdle to jump.
- Because you are the guest at this meal, be prepared for wait staff to ask for your order first. Feel free to order both an appetizer and a main course.
- Never order the most expensive or least expensive items on the menu. Aim for the mid-point in terms of pricing.
- Avoid foods with which you are completely unfamiliar. At this meal, in particular, you don’t want to experience a surprise allergic reaction.
- Avoid foods that are difficult to eat. As much as I love pasta, at a business lunch or dinner, I would never order it, especially pasta covered in a red sauce.
Finally, lots of students express concern that interviewers might be turned off by the student who requests a vegetarian meal. Let those concerns fade away. Vegetarianism has become so common that hardly anyone raises an eye brow with a meat-free request. Just make your order, as well as the fulfillment of it by kitchen staff, as easy as possible. If you don’t automatically see a vegetarian option on the menu, simply ask wait staff if the kitchen could pull together a plate of steamed vegetables.
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