Decorator Interview Questions & Answers

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Be brief but interesting. If you don't have formal interior design schooling to your credit, assure them with reasons why you are right for the job in other ways, such as the studio art classes you took that gave you an understanding of color and how it interacts with light. Tell the interviewer aspects of your background or work experience that will set you apart and make them remember you.

A good way of using lights in the room is to use 80% of lights overhead, and 20% of light should be a free stand or wall mounted like table lamp, art lamp, library lamps, scones, etc. It will draw attention of your interior and paintings.

The interviewer wants to hear about a positive experience you have had with leadership. Think about a time during college when you led a sports team, led a collegiate organization, led a college project, managed a store, or coached a little league team. These are all great examples! Start off by giving the interviewer a high-level overview of what you were leading, and share that you enjoyed the experience. Discuss the positive outcome that the group had, and explain that you would gladly lead again!

If you are having small space and accommodating bookshelves is a problem. Then it is advisable to get a wall mounted bookshelves, and it will occupy less floor space compared to free-standing bookshelves.

If a state adopts the practice act for interior design, then they can prohibit the act of practicing the professional services of interior design who are not licensed in the profession.

Once the design or thought is clear in your mind about the design is to follow a theme and the design entire room accordingly which includes color, furniture and piece of art.

The interviewer wants to hear that you enjoy being a part of a team and that you contribute to the success of the team. Start off by sharing the last time you contributed to a team effort. Discuss how you personally made efforts to contribute to the team, and be sure to mention how successful the team was! Finally, be sure to mention that you enjoy working on a team from time-to-time because your collaborative efforts often result in a fantastic outcome! It is also great to learn from other designers and building professionals to help further your career through gained expertise.

It is an amendment in the existing law, according to which governing architectural practice should cover interior designers as well, whichever province or state it is applicable.

Professional liability insurance for interior designers covers losses, expenses, and damages resulting from lawsuits up to the limit of your policy. It protects clients from claims of wrongful acts committed by you or your employee while performing professional duties or losses that happens to others due to alteration of design.

The company will want to know why you are looking to work with them, see how much knowledge you have and whether you can identify the company vision and values.

So ask yourself first, would you be happy working there? The best policy is to be honest with you. Will this company motivate you? If so go ahead!

If you are staying in an apartment, you can use stacking technique or hang baskets for maximising vertical space. You can use window ledge or slimline balcony by planting with suitable containers also you can put ornamental plants on door step or entrances.

I really value lasting relationships and actively seek to build those with developers, vendors and senior managers alike. I also enjoy interacting with customers and know that a happy customer is a repeat customer. My passion for this industry and the job I do drives me to deliver high-quality work every day. I am confident that my past experience will translate well into the position you are offering and I am excited to begin this new chapter in my career.

You can specialize yourself in various stream like:

☛ Visual Merchandiser
☛ Home Theater designer
☛ Feng Shui Designer
☛ Vastu Shastra Expert
☛ Set Designer (for films)
☛ Landscaping Artist

The basic role of kitchen designer is the selection of kitchen appliances, considering the flooring and counter tops as well. You can design kitchens for kitchen showrooms, restaurant, hotels and hospitals.

Some of the best App available in the market are:

☛ Paper
☛ Graphisoft BIMx
☛ MyPantone
☛ DreamHome
☛ Photosynth
☛ iHandy
☛ Carpenter
☛ Autodesk Format
☛ Architect’s Formulator
☛ Home Sizer
☛ Color Capture
☛ AutoCAD 360

The wood that will be a good choice for formal designing is oak, cherry, and mahogany, while, for casual designing maple, bamboo and pine are casual choices.

I recently had a conflict with an employee in another department who had a project which was dependent on work being done by myself and two other members of our team. He had sent a rather urgent e-mail accusing us of derailing his project. I had never met him before, so I asked to get together with him for coffee. I asked him to walk me through his project and the interdependency of his project with our project. I then walked him through our project and timelines. Once we had the opportunity to communicate our independent priorities, we could begin talking about our shared priorities. We agreed to a timeline that would help us both meet our goals and the conflict was resolved before it became a major incident.

Increasing knowledge and honing skills are always good answers. Don't talk about rising through the ranks and becoming the head designer. Stay focused on the job opening at hand. Also, never talk about compensation.

☛ About client budget and timeframe
☛ About design style
☛ About decision making
☛ Whether worked with any designer before
☛ How you visualize the design process taking place

☛ Put decorative mirror especially for a smaller space
☛ Put art/photo at appropriate height on the wall
☛ Don’t surface in acoustic or theatre if you have, it will bounce back the sound waves
☛ Check room dimension first before selecting furniture
☛ Don’t over furnish the room
☛ Use color co-ordination carefully, otherwise it will go bizarre
☛ Use appropriate lighting

☛ Interior design: Interior designer have technical expertise to know the vast array of options and give creative solutions to the space they use for design

☛ Interior decorating: It is about using various forms of color and accent to make particular space more visually appealing.

Good skills to highlight are anything that will add value to the firm. Drafting and artistic talent, good people and communication skills, and working well on a team are all important in the field of design. Be honest about your flaws, everyone has them. Admit what you are most challenged by, within reason. Don't let on you are a terrible procrastinator, but do say you can get nervous in presentations.

I love the challenge of dealing with unhappy or irritated customers. To think that someone can walk in and be really unhappy with the company, and I am the person that can talk to them, solve their problem, restore their faith in the company, and have them leave happy and smiling just makes my day, and makes me really love coming in to work every morning.

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Granite and Quartz Marble and Limestone Wood Countertops Stainless steel Laminate counter tops.