Interview Preparation

Hey,

So the salon I've applied to phoned me this morning to invite me to meet them again for what I presume is an interview.

 I was expecting to speak to them yesterday, so I was very pleasantly surprised to be contacted within 30 minutes of them opening this morning. I had mentioned when I gave in my CV that I work for 12 hours on a Tuesday and cannot answer the phone, so it seems to me she remembered this and I was very impressed at how early they contacted me considering it was technically a day late.

I've come to realise after all the flakiness I've seen in the applications I've made so far (we'll be in contact, we'll be in touch soon, we'll call tomorrow etc. etc. and it never happens) that this is something I'm really looking for in the company I get to work in, as I value good communication highly.

I'm going in to see them tomorrow at 5:30pm. I actually have a very busy day tomorrow, so because of this I've already curled my hair today in preparation. I'm sure I'll have to touch it up a little in the morning, but it's definitely going to save me lots of time as I have to be somewhere at 9am, and will have to go straight from this, to helping out with some elderly people taking a trip to the beach, which will hopefully be over by 5. Phew! Thankfully I need to dress fairly smart for the first activity, so I shouldn't need to change for my interview.

The mistake I think I made when going to my interview at Toni & Guy, was mainly not knowing much about the brand. The second question they asked me was 'what do you know about Toni & Guy', which totally stumped me. Of course I know of it, but in retrospect, the information I managed to spew out must have screamed that I didn't do any research. I wanted the job, but I didn't realise just how important it is to seem as though you want that specific job, with that specific brand. So I will do as much research about the hairdresser as I can, so if they ask me a question like that I won't be caught off-guard.

They have my CV, so they will know about my experience. They should know I don't have any salon experience, but one thing I did do with my covering letter was emphasise just how customer service heavy my job is. Customer service experience is probably the second-best thing you can get to salon experience when applying for a hairdressing apprenticeship.

I guess at the end of the day the best preparation I can do for an interview like this is turn up looking smart, and feeling good about it.

I'll let you know how I get on

- Alice