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How comfortable do you feel you could cope with an emergency situation while at sea?
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Kevin Downey has an extensive background in business management, recruiting, branding and marketing. He's volunteered his career coaching services at job fairs, lecturing on interview techniques and crafting winning resumes and cover letters.
Royal Caribbean International takes the safety and health of their passengers very seriously. So your interview needs to ensure you would follow every recommended safety practice. They also need assurances you would keep a level head in the event of an emergency, while prioritize maintaining calm while ensuring the safety of your passengers. "In the unlikely case of an emergency, we need to be ready. Therefore, all crew members must attend emergency training and are required to participate in boat drills. Every crew member is assigned an emergency duty, which they will be trained on and practice during regular boat drills." If you have prior experience or training in cruise line emergencies, discuss this training with the interviewer.
Kevin Downey has an extensive background in business management, recruiting, branding and marketing. He's volunteered his career coaching services at job fairs, lecturing on interview techniques and crafting winning resumes and cover letters.
"I've been in a few crises or emergency situations before. My defense mechanism in such situations is to compartmentalize and objectify the situation. So, I am consistently very calm under duress. In fact, once the situation is passed, a few hours later it will only then hit me, and then at that point I'll think, wow, that was something. But you'll find I have a pretty level head when such situations arise."
Kevin Downey has an extensive background in business management, recruiting, branding and marketing. He's volunteered his career coaching services at job fairs, lecturing on interview techniques and crafting winning resumes and cover letters.
"I understand that ships have special emergency procedures that all cabin and crew are trained on before setting sail. It's important to remain calm and in control during these situations, to avoid any panic and unnecessary chaos. Although I have no training on cruise ship emergency management, I do believe that the first step would be to guide everyone to the muster point and start suiting the most vulnerable guests with lifejackets first."
Kevin Downey has an extensive background in business management, recruiting, branding and marketing. He's volunteered his career coaching services at job fairs, lecturing on interview techniques and crafting winning resumes and cover letters.
"I have been training in emergency response and would follow these steps. First, remaining calm, I would help guide our guests to the muster station. Next, I would suit up the guests with lifejackets, starting with the children and their parents. I would then carefully follow the steps given to me by the captain, depending on the nature of the emergency."
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