 Excuse me for butting in, particularly
so late in the game, but to me the cogent part of the original post was:
"I had only glanced at the menu"
They may have taught you a lot about cooking, wherever you went to school. But apparently not much about how to land a job.
For all intents and purposes, that menu is the restaurant's product. If you couldn't be bothered familiarizing yourself fully with the company's product, why would you reasonably expect to be hired?
Even had you been well versed in the methodology of food cost accounting, you couldn't have answered the question because you didn't know what the menu consisted of. The question was likely asked not because he expected a definative answer, but to see how your mind operated, what your orientation was to kitchen operations, and how familiar you were with his product.
Next time do your research and you might have better luck landing a position. |