I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Cook Out (High Point, NC) in Mar 2013
Interview
Replied to a Craigslist ad for new locations coming soon. Arrived to my scheduled interview 20 minutes early. The hotel was unaware of any scheduled cookout interviews upon my arrival. The cookout representative arrived 10 minutes late and was dressed in jeans and appeared to only then book a meeting room. 15 minutes after the scheduled interview was to start, 5 prospective applicants were all called into a meeting room. The rep was somewhat arrogant throughout the entire presentation and the 5 minute one on one interview. It appeared as if he did not really want to be there. I felt as if I was attending an Amway meeting since the basic focus was on how much money you could make and their awesome bonus plans. He gave no official title and when questioned about the starting salaries vs advertized "starting wages" was fairly vague. Apparently everyone goes through a 90 day training with no guarantee of a position or salary upon completion and any previous experience you may have is a mute point as it has no value what so ever. Considerable travel was expected to the training locations with a vague explanation about travel expenses during the process. Stores are open until 3 or 4 AM and the basic GM scheduled they gave us was ridicules. Both of your scheduled days off were closing shifts, followed by your day off only to return the next day to open. There will be no quality of life with this company at all. I attempted to do extensive research on this company with a lot of dead end leads. What I did find was pretty negative. They have no official company web page. Privately owed and very arrogant in their approach. Be Aware, you have been warned!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Are you willing to work at least 52.5 hours per week?
I applied online. I interviewed at Cook Out (Fayetteville, NC) in Jan 2025
Interview
Group interview. Power point. Hype you up about pay and benefits/bonuses. I just interviewed there and was offered a position but I have been reading a lot of mixed reviews. Now I am nervous
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Quick interview process. Asked about work history.
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Cook Out (Winston-Salem, NC) in Nov 2024
Interview
I applied for GM Position which pays $75,000 - $100,000 when I get there they tell me they would only be hiring for Managers in Training and only pay $17 per hour..
Which is a major drop in Promised Pay.
The makes things worse they want me to pay for a Background Check. Very Dishonest Company! Don’t waste your time and please don’t waste your money!
General Manager applicants have rated the interview process at Cook Out with 1.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 31% positive. To compare, the company-average is 51.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for General Manager roles take an average of 7 days to get hired, when considering 29 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Cook Out overall takes an average of 7 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Cook Out as a General Manager according to 29 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 29%
Group panel interview: 25%
Background check: 18%
Phone interview: 9%
Presentation: 9%
Drug test: 7%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
Skills test: 2%
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