Lunch Interview – Lunch interview etiquette – Lunch Interview Questions

Don,I hope you can help me, I interviewed last week and it seemed to go very well. I am well suited for this position. He (the company president) that he would give me a call in a couple of days, asked the best way to reach me and I shook his hand.

He has now sent me an email- follow up to my thank you email- saying he would like to meet with me again-lunch Tuesday?

I am not sure this is appropriate, and how I should respond. I have met his wife, she is the one who suggested I contact him for the job, but how professional is this and what would be the appropriate response? Your interview questions, and responses were very helpful and I believe made a positive difference in how my interview went.  I appreciate any helpful suggestions in this matter.

Sincerely,

Stacey

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Stacey,

You are doing fantastic and congratulations on making it this far.  There is nothing wrong and this is totally appropriate for the president to ask you out to lunch.  My advice:  accept the invitation and go to lunch.  Company presidents like to go out for lunch – a lot.  Meeting him in a restaurant will be a different setting and put both of you in a more relaxed mood, thus giving him the chance to see a different side of you and vice versa.  This will give him the chance to observe you in more of a social setting.  I’m assuming this is a small company – and because of that, small business owners are very selective about who they hire because they don’t have time to waste on the wrong people.

Just relax and show him who you are.  Side note:  I learned this the hard way, but eat light.  Eat less and talk more.  As a rule, soup and half a sandwich or less is good with water to drink.   Too much food and you’ll always be chewing and you won’t be able to answer his questions.

Right before any small company owner was ready to hire me, they always asked me out to lunch.  It’s an easy way to land the job and it sounds like you are almost there.

I hope this helps and let me know if you have any further questions.

I wish you all the best and hope you get the job.

Sincerely,

Don

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