How to Answer: Do you have any restaurant or serving experience?
Advice and answer examples written specifically for a Barback job interview.
19. Do you have any restaurant or serving experience?
Why the Interviewer Asks This Question
The hiring manager wants to learn about your experience in a full-service restaurant and your experience with beer, wine, and spirits. Having serving experience may differentiate you from the other candidates.
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What You Should Say
Explain how your experience as a server helped you improve your drink knowledge. For example, taking the initiative to learn about the drink menu helped give you the confidence to upsell and increase your beverage sales.
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Answer Example
"Before becoming a barback, I worked as a server assistant and as a server. My beverage knowledge was limited when I became a server, and I had difficulty getting drink orders correct. Before my shift and the dinner rush, I asked the bartenders questions and watched them prepare drinks. Eventually, my knowledge improved and I transitioned to becoming a barback to increase my beverage knowledge."
Written by Luke Duggan on February 2nd, 2022