Real questions a captain asks in the interview

Yacht interviews run thirty or forty minutes and cover very specific ground. The captain isn't looking for the best theoretical answer: they're verifying you won't disrupt the balance on board.

Common first question: "Tell me about your worst season and what you learned". It's not a trap. If you say everything has been wonderful, the captain assumes you haven't worked enough or you're not honest. If you describe a conflict and how you resolved it without blaming others, you climb up the list.

Second question: "How do you react when the chief stew or bosun gives you an order you don't understand?". Here the captain tests hierarchy. The right answer isn't "I argue it", it's "I execute and ask afterwards in private".

Third zone: concrete operations. If you're a deckhand, they may ask about Med mooring with anchor and line handlers; if you're an officer, about reacting to an ISM alarm. Nobody expects a perfect answer — they expect you to know where to start.

What gets you rejected in the first minute: badmouthing your previous captain, overselling certificates you don't have, or asking about salary before the technical talk closes. Showing up five minutes late to a video interview usually shuts the door before connecting.