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Cruise Ship Job Interview Questions You Will be Asked

Cruise Job Tips | Posted by Renee Ruggero
Jul 29 2008


There are plenty of websites on the internet that would have you believe that working on a cruise ship is a job for anyone and everyone.

I’m here to tell you this is simply not true… because not everybody is cut out for life aboard a cruise ship!

As a former hiring manager for several major cruise lines, I’ve interviewed many people who were brilliant at their job on land… yet, the answers they gave at the interview suggested that they could not live and work on cruise ships… so we didn’t hire them! 

Many of the questions you will be asked at cruise ship interviews are geared towards finding out whether or not you would make a suitable crewmember as well as whether or not you can do the job you’re applying for.
 
Here are just a few typical questions taken from real-life cruise ship interviews that you will most likely be asked:

1. Could you live in a small room that you must share with one other person? (Explain why?)

2. Do you consider yourself adaptable? (offer examples)

3. Could you work away for 6 months? (why?)

4. Do you get sea sick?

5. Could you live and work in an enclosed environment that can often be difficult? (why?)

6. Could you cope with always being "on duty" whenever you’re in public areas of the ship? (why?)

7. Can you live and work within a team consisting of many different nationalities of people? (why?)

If you can answer each of these questions honestly and positively and prove that you are suitable for life at sea… then you will almost certainly give yourself a big advantage when it comes to getting hired by a cruise line company.

Save this email, print it off or make a note of those questions (you will probably not find this information anywhere else).  When you’ve done that, think carefully about the answers you would give… because answering these questions correctly could literally make or break your chances of getting a job on a cruise ship that pays you to travel the world!

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How a Letter of Rejection could get you a Job on a Cruise Ship!

Cruise Job Tips | Posted by Renee Ruggero
Jul 21 2008

Your response to a letter of rejection may, incredibly, get you a job on a cruise ship!

I know that sounds a little "crazy" but listen to this…

One of our members went for an interview with a major cruise line recently… but received the dreaded Rejection Letter a week later.  She was extremely disappointed by this outcome because naturally, she had her heart totally set on this opportunity.

Now at that point, a lot of people would probably tear up that letter… allow the bad news to ruin their day… and then many would probably give up on their "dream job" of cruising the world.

Not this girl!

Instead, she sat down and wrote a gracious reply straight back to the cruise line. She thanked the company for their time and reaffirmed her strong desire to work for them.

What happened?

A week later she received a phone call from the person who interviewed her. It turns out the top candidate who had been selected for the job had accepted it… but a week later had gotten cold feet about working on cruise ships and so had turned the position down…

And they now wanted her to take the job!!

What she has since discovered after speaking to them again is that she was on a shortlist with several other people… but after they received her letter, the hiring staff decided that she was the person who most deserved the job!

She’ll be spending the next 6 months getting paid to cruise all around the Caribbean and South America, having the time of her life – and she’s absolutely thrilled!

This is a great example of persistence. You can get hired in this industry if you exercise persistence and politeness… and do something that really separates you from the crowd.

I guarantee that not one other candidate from that interview ever thought to reply to a rejection letter.

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