1. Dining Etiquettes

2. In Foreign, about 80% of the interviews are at dinner only.
Interviewer wants to know that you can socialize with your
client or not.
Manners followed by you at the dining will evaluate your
personality.
As an individual its important to know it.

3. What it is?
• Set of rules that govern expectations of the social and
dining behavior in a workplace, group or society.
• Sign of a knowledgeable professional.

4. Greetings
When meeting someone…
– rise if you are seated.
– smile and extend your hand.
• A handshake should be firm and held for 3-4 seconds.
• Introduce yourself.

5. Approaching to the Table
• Sit where the host assigns
you.
• Help the lady to get seated.
• Take your seat from the
left side of the chair.
• Put all beepers, pagers,
and cell phones at silent
mode or turn them off .

6. Posture
•Position your elbows off
the table while eating and
on lap while not using your
hands.
•Make appropriate eye
contact.
•Be comfortable.
• Wait until everyone is
seated before eating.

7. How to use napkins?
• Start the meal after the host unfolds his napkin.
• Napkin rests on the lap till the end of the meal.
• Don't try to clean the cutlery or wipe your face or nose with the
napkin.
• The host will signal the end of the meal by placing his or her napkin
on the table.
• At the end of the meal, leave the napkin semi-folded at the left side
of the place setting.

8. ORDERING
• Wait for the HOST to order
• Don’t order the most expensive dish from the menu
• Avoid ordering the messy, hard foods such as chicken
wings etc.
• Don’t order drinks unless your host tell you to order so.
• Don’t order more than one drink.

9. Passing and Adding
• Food is passed from your right to left and drinks from
left to right .
• If you need to stretch for food then ask someone to pass
it .
• Always pass pepper and salt in Pair.

10. Table setting

11. How to use the utensils?
• Hold knife in the right
hand and fork in the
left hand.
• If you want to take a
drink put down both
the utensils on the
plate.

12. While eating
• When dining with others, everyone is supposed to
start and finish at the same time.
• Do not slurp the soup or insert the whole spoon
into the mouth.
• Do not blow on the soup to cool it off.

13. • Use your fingers to remove bread from the serving
plate/bread basket.
• Large sandwiches should be cut with your knife before
lifting and eating.
• It is never acceptable to ask a person why they have not
eaten all the food.
• Don't correct others if they aren't using proper etiquette.
While eating

14. How to use glasswares?
• Hold the glass by its stem.
• Do not drink when there is
still food in your mouth.
• Never turn a wine glass
upside down to decline
wine.

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