Sales Associate applicants have rated the interview process at McDonald's with 1.9 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 66% positive. To compare, the company-average is 63.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Sales Associate roles take an average of 23 days to get hired, when considering 112 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at McDonald's overall takes an average of 10 days.
Common stages of the interview process at McDonald's as a Sales Associate according to 112 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 32%
Background check: 12%
Skills test: 12%
Drug test: 10%
Phone interview: 9%
Presentation: 8%
Personality test: 7%
IQ intelligence test: 5%
Other: 5%
Group panel interview: 1%
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I applied in-person. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at McDonald's (London, England) in Aug 2025
Interview
Very interesting, the interviewer didn’t ask too many in depth questions but more just why I wanted to work there. There wasn’t much information on hours, salary and benefits. It took approximately 30 minutes and 3 stages.
Good process, solid communication when we were going through the process. Felt like the team genuinely was trying to move along the process as quickly as possible. Wasn’t able to make it to the final round, but was overall very pleased with the experience
The interview process was long but easy they made me wait awhile. But the moment they started to interview me it was easy it was just the right amount of questions and just the right amount of time for the questions.
The role was for sales representative, it was not a hard process, with them taking you step by step to help you. The first step was to talk to HR, show what experiences you have and to see your outlook.