Episode Overview
In this solo episode, André Natera covers both sides of the cooking interview: how to prepare for one as a candidate and how he recommends they be conducted by the chefs running them. Most cooking interviews are poorly designed on both ends. Candidates show up without thinking seriously about what they are being evaluated on, and the chefs running them often have no structured approach for actually identifying the qualities that matter most in a new hire.
He walks through what a well-prepared candidate should do before, during, and after a cooking interview to maximize their chances, and what a well-run cooking interview actually looks like from the operator’s side. It is a directly useful episode for any cook preparing for a trial shift and any chef who wants to run a more effective hiring process.
Topics covered in this episode:
- How to prepare for a cooking interview as a candidate and what to focus on
- What chefs are actually evaluating during a trial shift beyond technical skill
- How to conduct yourself before, during, and after a cooking interview
- How André recommends cooking interviews be structured and run by hiring chefs
- The qualities that the best cooking interview formats are actually designed to reveal
- Common cooking interview mistakes made by both candidates and the chefs running them
- What a well-run trial shift reveals that a conventional interview cannot
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