Xpat Interview: Sherif Hosny, Former Sales Manager, BMW Diplomatic Sales
- 24 Nov 2010 11:00 AM
Before, at CEU Property Kft. As the International Sales Director - Conducting sales of Hungarian residential real estate to International buyers and investors through telesales as well as face to face sales.
Until 2008 worked for Otthon Centrum ICS Kft. In Budapest as a Sales Manager.
1. When did you arrive in Hungary and what brought you here?
I arrived in August 1995 to join the Technical University of Budapest, from where I graduated in 2000 as a Telecommunication Engineer.
2. Have you ever been an expatriate elsewhere?
Yes, I'm originally from Egypt but I grew up and lived in Dubai for 18 years and this is when i actually came to Hungary
3. What surprised you most about Hungary?
More beautiful than I thought, well organized and the people are very nice, educated and helpful.
4. Friends are in Budapest for a weekend - what must they absolutely see and do?
Surly a couple of Budapest's many nightclubs, the castle and Liszt Ference Square
5. What is your favourite Hungarian food?
Beef stew, fish soup
6. What is never missing from your refrigerator?
Trapista Cheese and Turó Rudi :)
7. What is your favorite Hungarian word?
Szeretlek
8. What do you miss the most from home?
Good customer service
9. What career other than yours would you love to pursue?
I am in the sales business and wouldn't change it for anything.
10. What's a job you would definitely never want?
Administration
11. Where did you spend your last vacation?
Back home in Egypt
12. Where do you hope to spend your next one?
Far East
13. What was your favourite band, film, or hobby as a teen?
Savage Gardens, Rocky and playing pool
14. What can't you resist?
Selling
15. Red wine or white?
Red Wine
16. Book or movie?
Book
17. Morning person or night person?
Morning person
18. Which social issue do you feel most strongly about?
I'm totally against bureaucracy
19. Buda side or Pest side?
Definitely Pest side
20. What would you say is your personal motto?
Aim for the stars and you may land on the clouds