I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Five Guys (San Diego, CA) in Oct 2022
Interview
The interview process took around 15 minutes, the manager was a very upgoing person. Some questions asked were: "What is a situation where you were very busy and how did you manage it?", "What is an example of when you went out of the way to do something?", "What is a project that you did that you felt proud of?"
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is a situation where you were very busy and how did you manage it?
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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