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									Tell me about a recent experience you've had working with your hands.  | 
									
										
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									What kind of experience do you have using knives, cleavers, meat saws, bandsaws, or other equipment to perform meat cutting and trimming? | 
									
										
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									Have you found a quick and effective way to clean, trim, slice, and section carcasses for future processing? If so, share an example. | 
									
										
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									Describe methods you have found effective when removing parts, such as skin, feathers, scales or bones, from carcass. | 
									
										
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									What is the most challenging part of inspecting meat products for defects, bruises or blemishes and remove them along with any excess fat? | 
									
										
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									How do you stay fit in order to perform physical activities that are required in the workplace? | 
									
										
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									Share an experience in which your attention to detail and thoroughness had an impact on your last company.  | 
									
										
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									Walk me through how you would prepare ready-to-heat foods by filleting meat or fish or cutting it into bite-sized pieces, preparing and adding vegetables or applying sauces or breading. | 
									
										
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									Share your approach when preparing sausages, luncheon meats, hot dogs, and other fabricated meat products, using meat trimmings and hamburger meat. | 
									
										
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									Provide an experience in which you were sensitive to somone's needs or feelings. How did your helpfulness affect your work environment? | 
									
										
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									Provide a time when you worked in a rapidly evolving workplace. How did you deal with the change? (Make sure the candidate is flexible.) | 
									
										
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									Name a time when your patience was tested. How did you keep your emotions in check? | 
									
										
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									Provide a time when you dealt calmly and effectively with a high-stress situation. | 
									
										
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									Provide an example of when you were persistent in the face of obstacles. | 
									
										
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									Share an experience in which you've successfully learned how to handle a new piece of equipment? | 
									
										
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