Beauty Parlor Cleaner Interview Preparation Guide

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☛ Tell me about yourself.
☛ Where do you see yourself in 5 years time?
☛ What are your greatest strengths/weaknesses?
☛ What has been your greatest achievement to date?
☛ Why should you get this job as opposed to somebody else?
☛ How do you deal with conflict?
☛ What motivates you?
☛ If you could choose any job anywhere, where would it be?
☛ Why did you leave your last job?
☛ Would you like to make a final statement in relation to this role?
☛ What kind of people do you like to work with?
☛ What kind of people do you find it most difficult to work with?
☛ What is the most difficult part of your current job (or most recent)?
☛ What are some of the things about which you and your manager might occasionally disagree on?
☛ How do you feel you boss rated your work performance and what were some of the things she indicated you could improve on?
☛ In what area do you think you need to develop yourself to be ready for this position?
☛ What are your salary expectations?
☛ What gives you the greatest satisfaction at work?
☛ What will your referees/co-workers tell me about you?
☛ Describe the working conditions you need in order to perform at your best?

☛ What do you like and dislike about being a beautician?
☛ What subjects were your favorites in beauty school?
☛ What subjects didn’t you like?
☛ Why are you interested in working at this salon?
☛ What attributes or skills can you offer this salon?
☛ Do you have a following of clients?
☛ What are some newly introduced techniques and trends in manicures, pedicures and skincare?
☛ How do you keep up with the latest styles and trends?
☛ How do you suggest treatments, cosmetics and skin therapies to your clients?
☛ How do you greet a client if the salon is fully booked?
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☛ How do you decide priorities when scheduling time?
☛ Do you think you are overqualified for this position?
☛ What type of work environment do you prefer?
☛ Who has impacted you most in your career and how?
☛ Have you ever had difficulty working with a manager?
☛ How do you handle conflict amongst coworkers?
☛ What would your salon colleagues say about you?
☛ How do you handle an unhappy customer?
☛ How do you react to instruction from the customer?
☛ When given an important assignment, how do you approach it?
☛ How do you deal with compromise?
☛ What was the most important task you’ve ever had?
☛ How do you react under pressure?
☛ If you were hired, how long would you plan to stay at our salon?

Using multiple masks at once—but on different areas of the face. A common combination: A clay mask on the T-zone paired with a hydrating mask on the cheeks. It's especially helpful if you have 99 problems and they're all skin-related.

Wearing a single shade of eye shadow from your eyes all the way up to your brows. Very popular in the '80s and—well, that's all the warning you could need.

To have insanely good highlighter application. Not to be confused with the colloquial definition of being highly intoxicated or, as they say, "turnt."

Foundation creates the illusion of a flawless complexion. First, you need to determine what type of coverage you want to achieve: sheer, medium, or full. Next, decide on the finish: matte, natural, or dewy. Estée Lauder has a huge variety, so they're usually my favorite.

The blunt cut is lopped at an angle of 0 degrees, making each strand fall at one length. Blunt cuts, often known as bob cuts, are better suited for fine-haired ladies since they create the illusion of density and volume.

A beauty vlogger's secret weapon, these resemble magnifying mirrors—but with lights around the rim and nothing in the center. They cast a flattering glow of light that essentially FaceTunes your skin in real time.

An up-and-coming nail shape that's superlong, like stiletto nails, but squared off at the tip. Since squareletto nails are less sharp, you're less likely to accidentally hurt yourself with them—unless you wear contact lenses.

Where strands of hair are weaved together. On the scalp braiding is used to form a base or track to sew on a commercial weft - this is the cornrow technique. Off the scalp braiding is used for traditional braiding styles.

The art of using self-tanner to contour by applying it wherever you'd typically apply bronzer. It's longer-lasting and looks natural, but you risk having to live with a screw-up for multiple days on end.

If texture is what you're looking for, consider a choppy look — a cut with short layers is typically for bobs or shoulder-length styles.

Know the hours of the salon before you go for the interview. The best answer is always...ANYTIME.

However, life sometimes gets in the way. My advice is to work out your issues to the best of your ability before interviewing. This can be a deal breaker.

You should know by now that you will most likely be working some nights and weekends. This is a beauty career, not a bank job.

I use it with everything. Apply it on clean skin before your moisturizer, mix it with your foundation and blush. It makes any makeup look more like real skin.

These tiny blood vessels at the surface of the skin appear as streaks or blotches. Most common on the face they are caused by ageing, sun and trauma. Whilst not harmful they can be unsightly.

This is a line that stylists determine for a particular hairstyle, and its angle corresponds with how close or far apart the layers will look. "For example, when a stylist wants to create a layered look, he will use a vertical cutting line."

I work with clients to find out what look they are going for. If they are looking for a classic look, we will explore statement up-do or if they are looking to stand out, we will talk large wavy curls. I ask clients about the event or occasion they are styling for and we work from there.

A collection of fat cells resulting from poor lymphatic drainage, fluid retention, poor circulation, not drinking enough water, a sedentary lifestyle and hormonal changes.

A toddler got sick in the aisle of PetSmart. The child was throwing up and crying and the mother was flustered. The mother was concerned for her child but embarrassed by the situation. I ran and got a lot of paper towels to immediately cover up the mess. I also brought a clean, damp towel for the mom to clean the baby. I stayed with them and helped mom get her child and her bag to the car easily. I then cleaned up the mess as quickly as possible. She later called the store and told my manager that she appreciated how I had helped her to her car with her sick baby and that she posted it on Facebook so others would know we had great customer service at our store.

A manager would like to see that you have thought about your future and what direction your beauty career is headed.

The only wrong answer here would be "I don't know." However, she is looking for your professional goals rather than your personal goals.

If you want to someday own a salon talk about the path you intend to take. Let her know that you desire to be in management to gain the experience.

You can always wear foundation just make sure to wear PRIMER! You can customize the primer for your skin concern as there are so many different kinds. This is the easiest way to wear foundation so it stays put.

To remove pans of makeup—think eye shadow and blush—from their compacts with the intent of replacing them or corraling them in a single magnetic palette. It's like Marie Kondo's KonMari method for people who don't actually want to throw anything out.

While a graduated cut requires a maximum angle of 90 degrees, a wedge haircut needs only 45. "The hair at the nape of the neck is cut the shortest, with layers radiating out as they reach the crown of the head," adds Penna. With that, the ends are cut at multiple angles (versus a straight blunt edge) to boost volume and movement.

Oh, this is a tricky one. It's a setup. It is very easy to fall into this snare. People just wait for an opening to vent. But you now know ahead of time NOT TO DO THIS.

Instead of coming back with, "OH, I really hated my boss. He was such a pig!" you want to go to a task that is harmless to what you are trying to achieve. If you worked at Starbucks you had to clean, you had very busy times, it could be stressful, people complained, you may have had a bad co-worker, etc. But if you point any of this out in your interview it will look like a negative for YOU.

I am always trying to challenge myself to explore hair and makeup styles that make me a better cosmetologist. Keeping up with latest trends and be at the forefront of fashion is a great challenge for me.