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FOT Community => General Discussion => Topic started by: emma on August 03, 2008, 08:22:18 PM
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So I am applying for a job at Starbucks (among other places) because I am sick of being broke, and one of the questions on the application form is "What do you like about coffee?"
I am afraid that anything I say to this will make me sound like a smartass. Suggestions?
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"I like how much there is to learn about it!"
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Tell them you love coffee for the look of joy it brings to peoples faces when you give it to them. Go on at length about how you're always brewing up pots at home to give to your family, just so you can watch them drink it.
You will get this job!
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You will get this job!
I, too, am confident of this. Dare to dream, Emma.
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When they ask those kind of vague, conversational type questions, they're not looking for a literal answer; they want a conversation starter for the interview. They also want to appear laid back and as mom & pop-ish as possible. So don't try to nerd out about coffee the way you might feel compelled to do with tea. (Coffee to tea is like checkers to chess. There's really not much to it.)
What I like about coffee is that ninety-percent of it is garbage, which makes finding the remaining ten percent a real treat. That reminds me of a very special ski-weekend in Stowe Vermont...make up the rest.
I also really like the smell of coffee beans.
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Something something good times with friends something something spending late nights talking over coffee something something something?
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"Behind every successful woman is a substantial amount of coffee."
--Stephanie Piro
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Just be yourself! If they don't hire you, it's their loss!
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talk about some espresso techniques you learned about
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I like coffee 'cause the smell not only perks me up in the morning, but reminds me of my father singing along to the Oldies station while he makes eggs for my mom in the morning. It reminds me of interesting conversations with friends about topics ranging from philosophy to the latest Judd Apatow movie. (ETC.)
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I HATE when you have to answer questions like that on job apps. It seriously makes me cringe when I force an answer out.
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I think you're a year younger than me- if you think that's bad, just get ready for college applications.
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When they ask you "What do you like about coffee?" the correct answer is "What's THAT?"
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Ugh. Whole Foods does this too. "What dinner would you prepare for a special guest?" You're a goddamn supermarket!
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"I only drink Sanka."
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Thank you, Wes.
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i say incorporate EVERYTHING thats been said so far.
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i say incorporate EVERYTHING thats been said so far.
"I don’t know what coffee is, but once I spent a weekend in Vermont making pots for my family something something good times with friends something something. Behind every successful woman there is a substantial amount of it, though most of it is garbage. I really like the smell of beans, which reminds me of my father singing Judd Apatow songs in the morning. Ugh. I only drink Sanka, and if you don’t hire me it’s your loss. Thank you, Wes."
This will be perfect if I can find a Starbucks where everyone is on acid all the time.
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This will be perfect if I can find a Starbucks where everyone is on acid all the time.
Gainesville, Florida.
By the Oaks Mall.
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I would keep this answer VERY short just to put the interviewer on the defensive. You say, "I like coffee because it is like morning magic" and the interviewer says, "What do you mean by that?" Your only answer is "Are you disagreeing with my statement?" and then run off a list of the Starbucks that have closed across America. You will get the job for sure.
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hmm... it tastes good and wakes you up?
this is kind of a silly question, but i guess they want to weed out the "what's coffee?" people.
good luck!