I applied in-person. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Five Guys (Laguna Niguel, CA) in Jun 2014
Interview
I was given an application a day before my interview, which i filled out and came back to get an interview with the assistant manager. He was very polite, but didn't mince words when describing how hard the job would be, it was mostly him talking and me listening. I came back the next day to talk to the GM of the store who gave me a run down of the values, he was very impressed that i did sports and gave me the job on the spot after explaining the job title.
I applied online. I interviewed at Five Guys in Jul 2026
Interview
It was an assessment day, where we were introduced by understanding five guys values and then group discussions/ presentations. It then ended with a 1-1 interview with the staff there.
Pretty chill' easiest interview ever,
Ask about who you are and what you like always looking staff who can be available all the time, asks why do you want to work there and about availability
Trial shift for 2 hours. Shown around various parts of resturant. Shown how to clean the resturant and how to make the food, focusing on preparing and dressing the burgers.
Crew Member applicants have rated the interview process at Five Guys with 1.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 72% positive. To compare, the company-average is 69% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Crew Member roles take an average of 5 days to get hired, when considering 155 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Five Guys overall takes an average of 8 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Five Guys as a Crew Member according to 155 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 44%
Background check: 11%
Skills test: 10%
Personality test: 8%
Presentation: 7%
IQ intelligence test: 5%
Drug test: 5%
Group panel interview: 5%
Other: 3%
Phone interview: 2%
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