FREE · HOSPITALITY INTERVIEW MASTER PLAYBOOK

The 8 interview questions they really ask on a cruise ship — and how to answer them.

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Learn how to answer — before you sit in the chair.

✓8 real interview questions — the ones managers actually ask, not the internet list.
✓How to answer each one — what they are listening for, and what loses you the job.
✓Written by the person who asks them — 25 years hiring and being hired.
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“I have run housekeeping teams on cruise ships and in international hotels for 25 years. I have hired people, trained people, and helped people get their first contract. This is what I tell them.”

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Is the playbook really free?

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No. Entry roles exist in almost every department. The free playbook gets you through the interview; the full guide takes you through every step from the decision to the contract.

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We are not a recruitment agency and we place nobody. What we do is make you visible to the businesses holding an account here, and hand you one link you can send anywhere yourself. What you can do today, free: record your sixty seconds and put that link on every application you send.

You get one link. Send it with any application, or paste it into the Website or Portfolio field most company forms have. The manager sees you before they read you.

Four beats, in this order. Who you are — name, and the job you do. What you have done — two places, not ten. One moment that shows how you work, not what you know. What you want next — the role and when you are free. Film it in one take, phone upright, window in front of you. Do not read it. Our free Hospitality Interview Master Playbook on the resources page walks it through with examples.

Answer every question in four parts: the situation, what you had to do, what you did, how it ended. Worked example — “Tell me about a difficult guest.” The room was not ready at check-in and he was angry. I had to fix it before it became a complaint. I moved him to a ready room of the same category, carried his bags myself and sent coffee up. He stayed four nights and asked for me by name at check-out. Short, true, ends well. The free playbook on our resources page has eight questions worked through like this. THE 88 goes much deeper, if you want it.

First, three things that fix most CVs for free: put your most recent job at the top, cut anything older than ten years unless it matters, and write what you achieved rather than what you were responsible for — “ran a 14-cabin section alone during refit” beats “responsible for cleaning”. If you want a professional pair of eyes on it after that, A.D.Prodan does a personal review — it is on the resources page. You never need it to join or be seen here.

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No. Speak in the language you are comfortable in. Employers want to see how you carry yourself, not a perfect accent.

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A.D.Prodan — twenty-five years in hospitality, from junior in housekeeping to Assistant Housekeeping Manager on cruise ships. A person reads everything that needs a person.

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