Restaurant Manager applicants have rated the interview process at Panera Bread with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 80% positive. To compare, the company-average is 70.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Restaurant Manager roles take an average of 16 days to get hired, when considering 5 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Panera Bread overall takes an average of 9 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Panera Bread as a Restaurant Manager according to 5 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 31%
Phone interview: 25%
Personality test: 19%
Background check: 13%
Other: 6%
Drug test: 6%
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I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Panera Bread (Allentown, PA) in Nov 2013
Interview
It was a great experience because it was about getting to know me as a person to see if I fit their culture. Not the typical situational questions. If they like you then they let you work a busy lunch shift to see if you like the job.
The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Panera Bread (Manassas, VA)
Interview
Initially phone interview.. Brief, 20 min or so
Behavioral question of the sort , team building, motivation, difficult employees
Very experienced HR
Second interview on location.. Extensive 1.5h
Situational questions and behavioral
Take interview process seriously
Looking for the right match
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me a time when you had to motivate your team?
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Panera Bread (Detroit, MI) in Apr 2015
Interview
Was contacted by HR for phone interview. Then a meeting was scheduled that day with the district manager. Interview was about 45 minutes. He was very nice and it was more conversational than anything.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Panera Bread (New York, NY)
Interview
Had an excellent phone interview. Very laid back and comfortable. Asked about my management style and experience. Information was passed on to local manager who contacted me for a face to face meeting. They set up a time to go in and experience a shift to see if it was a good fit. That went very well, meeting the staff and other managers. It went very well and told them I could really see myself working for them. It has only been a week but I have yet to here back. A bit discouraging. Still hoping to here from them as I really liked the company and could see myself growing in the position.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you see yourself making a difference in out company?