I applied online. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Red Robin (Lakewood, WA) in Aug 2013
Interview
Applied online and got a call back a few days later. Had an interview with one of the managers and she was really nice and made me feel comfortable. She asked "Why do you want to work here?" "Do you have open availability?" "Why should we choose you?" "Tell me 3 things you'd want me to know about you?" "Are you planning on going back to school?" "Any questions for me?" Basic stuff like that. Then she made a 2nd interview with the GM a few days later and I thought it was going alright at first but I could tell she didn't really like me for who knows what reason. I was polite and made eye contact even. She asked most of the same questions, and a couple different ones like "Do you have your food handlers card?" "What do you think your duties for this position will be like?" She just seemed somewhat uninterested. She said she would call me back no more than 4 days later, but I never heard anything at all.
The interview was a straightforward and easy process. They asked about my availability, transportation, and prior work experience. The interview went by quickly and felt more like a conversation. It seems like they check to see if you fit in well with the team.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How comfortable I am working with people in a fast paced environment.
Super easy going, was able to talk to them like a friend and barely asked hard questions. More like a conversation than an interview. Interviewer had a lot of calls during it but he wasn’t expecting me
DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME!!! The interviewer spend most of the interview pulling up my application on her phone that I had to help her find. Asked me 2 questions then told me I’d get a call back the next day. It’s been two weeks. This is embarrassing for your entire team please fix yourself.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Availability, employment gap explanation, why I wanted to work there
Hostess applicants have rated the interview process at Red Robin with 1.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 69% positive. To compare, the company-average is 69.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Hostess roles take an average of 8 days to get hired, when considering 162 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Red Robin overall takes an average of 8 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Red Robin as a Hostess according to 162 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 51%
Personality test: 10%
Skills test: 10%
Presentation: 7%
Background check: 6%
Drug test: 5%
Phone interview: 3%
Group panel interview: 3%
Other: 2%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
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