I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at IKEA (Burbank, CA) in Nov 2019
Interview
First they will email you to schedule an over the phone interview with a recruiter. Follow the link & choose you’re time. After the phone interview they will schedule you with an in person interview with the manager of your department.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How many years experience do I have in (insert whatever department you applied for)?
I applied online. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at IKEA (Corsico) in Oct 2025
Interview
collocuio molto informale avvento un giorno dopo la mia application. L'ambiente è molto collocuiale e informale. Mi ha intervistata il manager, è durato poco, circa 20 minuti. Sono stata messa a mio agio dal reclutatore che mi ha spiegato in cosa consisteva il lavoro le mansione e le apsettative legate al ruolo. Poi è partito il collocuio vero e proprio con domande.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
quali erano le caratteristiche più importanti per quella posizione lavorativa.
My interviewer named Eduardo (Eddie), made me feel very comfortable and welcomed during the interview process. He asked me the simple questions that you need to be asked, then explained how the job would look like in a day. it was a very smooth process.
Interview questions [4]
Question 1
What’s one thing that your previous job could have done better at or improved at?
I applied in-person. I interviewed at IKEA (Canton, MI) in Aug 2024
Interview
Really good because Jim was helping me understand what the questions meant that I didn’t understand completely. I also gave what my availability is so that way they can start working on my work schedule before October 1st comes around.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Was there a time when you stepped up to do a task?
Food Service Worker applicants have rated the interview process at IKEA with 2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 97% positive. To compare, the company-average is 77.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Food Service Worker roles take an average of 9 days to get hired, when considering 30 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at IKEA overall takes an average of 19 days.
Common stages of the interview process at IKEA as a Food Service Worker according to 30 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 26%
Drug test: 21%
Skills test: 16%
Phone interview: 16%
Background check: 12%
Presentation: 4%
Group panel interview: 2%
IQ intelligence test: 1%
Other: 1%
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