5110 TEST - FRANCHISEE APPLICANT APTITUDE ESSAY - REQUIREMENT - FRR – 110616

PRE INTERVIEW QUESTIONNAIRE FOR FRANCHISE APPLICANTS

To minimize our Franchisee Application meeting time kindly give some time answering the following questionnaire: This is a requirement prior to the interview with the founder Frank Reyes.

We are after quality of life rather than your money. Considering the complexities of ordinary day to day business, our Franchisor Franchisee relationship should be a stress free and pleasant relationship. Please answer freely and as long as you want. The more we know of each other the better we can decide if we can work productively together.

1.  Why is a positive mindset an important characteristic of a Franchisee? ______

2.  Pls narrate an instance in your life that reinforces your claim of being a ‘Team Player’.

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3.  Tell us about your most stressful business experience in life.

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4.  Tell us about your most successful achievement in business or in your career. ______

5.  How did you get your entrepreneurial spirit and motivation to succeed? ______--______

6.  What can you say do you guess about each of following corporate values of Reyes Barbecue:

a.  Humility______

b.  Honesty ______

c.  Integrity ______

d.  Simplicity and Practicality ______

e.  Excellence ______

f.  Customer support ______

7.  What is your vision of yourself as a Reyes Barbecue franchisee five years from now? ______

8.  I was adviced by a franchising consultant for gasoline stations that lawyers generally do not perform well as franchisees. What is it in the legal profession training orientation that is counterproductive from them being a franchisee? ______

9.  Why do you think a negative mindset is disastrous in a franchisor-franchisee relationship? Do you have any example in mind which you can state? Pls explain. ______

10.  What do you think is your competitive edge over other franchise applicants? ______

11.  What is more effective, forming a professional management team or to run the store yourself? ______

12.  Do you have any contacts that can provide good lease sites? ______

13.  What other franchises are you considering? Why would you choose Reyes Barbecue in this case? ______

14.  Who has more responsibility over the success of your store, the franchisor or you? Pls give % responsibility allocation between the two parties. ______

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Franchise Applicant(Print and Sign) Date

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