Being convincing to an employer in England

Hi Priscilla,

I've started to work in the UK one year ago. Originally I'm from Hungary. I applied online to a waitress job in a family resort on the seaside in Somerset. I've got an email the next day about an invitation for a skype interview. The date was ok for me, so we arranged it.

What my workplace was most curious about is my personality, my attitude and how I handle work in general. If I know anything about the resort (I've already known a lot). It was a "friendly" interview.

I have a live-in accommodation here in the resort (so as about 500 others from different countries). What I (and my friends) have experienced here, that the attitude was the most important to them. If they find that you want to be good, that it is quite easy to get a chance.

But of course, this doesn't mean, that it is like here everywhere.

Why it is "no easy feat" interviewing here? I actually found American based interviews more difficult and some American interviewers quite rude. If you have the right to work in the UK, you should be fine.

There is no shortage of work here. As long as you are willing to accept low paying jobs.

Getting the very first job can be hard, although I got my first job here within two weeks - but again, it was low paying.

If you come to an interview and are friendly, and well spoken, and you listen when they speak, and you seem likable, and you tell them what they want to hear, you'll get the job. If you're awkward, or too nervous, or ramble on, or whatever, you won't. x