Interviews
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Taking coffee to an interview. Really?
Don’t bring your hot coffee or tea to a job interview. We’re not a restaurant, and we don’t want to clean ruined carpeting (or dress your burn wounds).
When I was a kid, I would not dream of bringing coffee with me to someone else’s business. (Yes, I was a coffee drinker at twelve.) I was not the only one who felt this way. There were actually signs on the store doors to let me know that food and beverage were not allowed!
Starbucks changed all of this.
We’re all so used to Starbucks, because there is one on every corner, and most of us stop there repeatedly to get our morning fix, our noon fix, our afternoon fix. We take our coffee with us everywhere – to the bank, to the store, in the cab. No one looks twice at you.
I think we would even take it with us to the dentist’s office if it weren’t so difficult to drink while lying down.
I’m here to tell you that the old rule still applies at a job interview. Drink your coffee and get rid of your cup before you arrive.
I know a woman whose roommate drove her crazy, so my friend put a sign on her bedroom door – “DON’T BRING IT IN HERE” … same thing for us.