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I've got a work experience girl coming in for a week in July and I have to do an interview with her beforehand. Anyone got any ideas of good questions to ask. Not sure if I should go down the make something up route or not. She clearly has no experience.

school-age work experience?

Yup. Seemed a good idea at the time, free labour and all.

You could just put her on here for a few hours to build up your bank balance. She'd probably be good at that

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I've stopped taking these on as it was more hassle than it's worth trying to find things for them to do.

Ask her why she's picked floristry for her work experience, what her favourite and least favourite subjects are at school, find out if she's remotely arty - the majority of the girls we get haven't picked floristry, it was all that was left, that didn't help matters.

Yeah I bet she would. Means I have to make polite conversation too minus the swear words. Joy.

i did my work experience in a florist, but i was lucky because its what i wanted to do, but when i was a trainee i had to take care of the school work experience girls, and i hated it, none of them were actually interested in floristry, i had to deal with one a year, and only one of them was at all enthusiastic, you can work out straight away if they cant be bothered, and the ones who couldnt be arsed got to mop the floor and cut cello all week, whereas the one who was bothered did these things as well, but also got to learn how to make a hand-tied, i would not take on one in my own shop, but thats just me

I've just checked the CV, she's predicted an A in art and an A* in Drama (cos thats useful in the real world!). Must be reasonably creative. Lucky cow though, I ended up making tea at the british bakeries! I did ask for something creative.

my stepbrother asked for something creative and he ended up working in a mortuary for his work experience

I couldn't of done it! Don't do dead people.