Question

Quick interview questions:

• A person working in the retail industry (grocery, department stores, restaurant, hotel, etc) who uses some kind of a system on a regular basis as part of their job. This could be anything from a Point of Sale cash register, a barcode scanner for shipping/receiving goods or packages, a hand held pricing/ticketing device for stocking and pricing merchandise, a warehouse management system in a warehouse, an inventory management system at a store, a booking system at a hotel or restaurant (like Oracle Micros), etc.

Some Themes/questions for your interview

1. What type of job does your interview subject do? For whom (what company/organization)?
2. What type of device/system (from the list above) do they use on a regular basis?
3. What is an average day like in their position?
4. What are some of their primary functions?
5. What are the benefits and drawbacks to working in retail?
6. What is their role in the supply chain? (if applicable)
7. How long have they been working in retail? Have they experienced/witnessed any major changes in retail during your career?
8. How much time do they spend (in %) using some kind of a technical device/system running an application to do their job on a daily basis?

Thank You

Answer 1

solution-

answer 1 -the interview subject performs the job of manager for the hotel organization.

answer 2 - they use a booking system for the hotel on a regular basis.

answer 3 - the average day like in their position will be to oversee and manage a staff of the hotel checking the booking of customers are they happy with the services or not and manager also checks the food quality of the hotel so that customers are served best checking for the comfort of the customer and instructing staff to make environment of hotel peaceful.

answer 4 - the some of the primary function are as cfollows-

1.manage staff

2.manage the work

3.providing proper instruction.

4.making plans for future

5.check progress of the hotel

answer 5 -the benefits of working in retail are

1.you become social as people are always around

2.the working hours are easy and flexible

the drawbacks of working in retail

1.lots of workload

2.pay scale is not very high.

answer 6 - the manager of the hotel is very much involved in supply chain management as they are responsible for making good relations so that they get products for hospitality of customers in a good discount.

answer 7 - he has been working for 10 years and there are various technological and environmental changes in the retail one change could be advance booking of hotel online, online shopping,

answer 8 - the time that they spend using or running an application to there job on a daily basis would be 50%.