Friendly Interview Tips (job, hire, illegal, good)

[gea12345]

Do you have friendly interview tips you want to share with us? Remember to include yourself as both job seeker and job giver! What makes you hire the plumber, babysitter, grass cutter? What persuaded you to hire them? Was it appearance or their cheap fee or something else?

[annerk]

Lawn guy--He was already taking care of the lawns for several homes in the neighborhood and seemed to be doing a good job. He does the work himself and I knew from week to week who would be showing up to cut the lawn. He was a nice guy, clean cut and obviously not illegal, and his rates seemed fair.

Plumber--got a referral from a neighbor. Liked the guys who came, didn't even ask prices, I had an emergency. Thought what they charged was more than fair and would call them back again. They got here about an hour after I called, and didn't charge an after hours fee even thought they didn't get here until 5:00 pm. They cleaned up after themselves as well.

[gea12345]

What to do we look for in who we hire: moderate expectations, i.e. price! 2) clean cut and stable looking 2) gut instinct for sense of doing a good job or having them do an 8 hour look see, to see if they are willing to do a good job!!

Originally Posted by annerk

Lawn guy--He was already taking care of the lawns for several homes in the neighborhood and seemed to be doing a good job. He does the work himself and I knew from week to week who would be showing up to cut the lawn. He was a nice guy, clean cut and obviously not illegal, and his rates seemed fair.

Plumber--got a referral from a neighbor. Liked the guys who came, didn't even ask prices, I had an emergency. Thought what they charged was more than fair and would call them back again. They got here about an hour after I called, and didn't charge an after hours fee even thought they didn't get here until 5:00 pm. They cleaned up after themselves as well.