If you are going for an interview as a Bar Manager then you will have had some previous Bar and Management experience or a least as an Assistant manager or Supervisor role looking for the next step up.
You will need to be a confident person to be a Bar Manager and be organised, prepared to work long unsociable hours and deal with some difficult situations and people at times.
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If you have got your interview date through then you must prepare well. Have you been to the Bar in the past, what do you know about it? Do a visit before your interview and assess who works there now, who you could be working with, who is currently running the bar, what do the serve, drinks or food as well, what is the service like. Whilst you are doing your visit analyse how you would change things if that was the bar you were managing, what ideas do you have for that bar and how could you implement them?
Once you are fully prepared on where the interview is and what they are all about you then need to prepare yourself in terms of questions and how your previous experiences match up to the role they have advertised.
Some questions during your interview could be along the lines of:
When have you been in a situation of management or supervisory?Why do you enjoy working in a Bar?How would you deal with staff that do not turn up for a shift on a Saturday night?How would your previous Manager describe you?Have you had any experience of dealing with food being served in bar?There are numerous questions that you could be asked but above all an interviewer will be looking to see what type of personality you have and your confidence levels as you will need to be confident and outgoing to be a successful Bar Manager.
Best Wishes.
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