Welcoming questions
- Can you tell us about your cleaning or housekeeping experience so far?
- What do you take the most pride in when you finish cleaning a room?
Role-specific / technical competencies
- Walk us through your routine for cleaning a room from the moment you enter to the final check.
- How do you clean and sanitize a bathroom properly, and which products do you use for which surfaces?
- How many rooms per shift have you handled in past roles, and how do you keep quality up at that pace?
- What safety precautions do you take when working with cleaning chemicals?
- How do you decide what to report to maintenance versus what to fix or clean yourself?
Behavioural & culture fit
- Tell us about a time a supervisor or guest pointed out something you missed. How did you react?
- Housekeeping is physically demanding and repetitive. What keeps you motivated through a long shift?
- How do you handle finding valuable items, such as cash or jewelry, left in a room?
Problem-solving / case
- You are behind schedule with four rooms left and a guest is waiting for early check-in on one of them. What do you do?
- You enter a room to clean and find significant damage, and a strong smell of smoke in a non-smoking room. What are your next steps?
- A guest stops you in the corridor with a complaint about their room while your cart is blocking the hallway and your shift ends soon. How do you handle it?
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