I got a call asking to go in for an interview. I came in and they asked me my previous work experience. They told me the holidays were coming up so time and a half would be happening a lot. They gave me a tour in the dining rooms and the kitchen, and told me come back the next day for some forms to fill out. The next day I came in and they gave me a drug test and had me fill out the background check forms. They then gave me my paper to go to the hospital and get a body exam done and a TB test. Pretty simple for all of that only took me. 5 days. You take the Tb test and pick it up two days later. But then they didn't actually start me until 2 months later. My background check came back the same day they said. They just made me take a whole bunch of courses before they actually got me into the kitchen.

The interview process just took so long. I initially found an ad on CraigsList and I sent in my resume. I got a call back after two days and was interviewed on the phone, then I was asked to come in for an in-face interview for the following day. I came in and met with my supervisor and a fellow server I'd be working with. They were nice, asked if I was organized, how I would deal with elderly people (since this is a retirement home), and so on. They wound up giving me a tour of the kitchen and dining room and then ushered me back outside and said they would get back to me. I was called up by a different woman a few days later, who said she would like me to come in for another interview. This is when I met with Jan, she asked me questions that I honestly can't remember now, but I do remember being nervous. She said that everything went well and offered me a candy and that she would like me to come back in for another "interview". The next interview was a few days later. She gave me a purple folder with a stack of papers for my own keeping as well as had me fill out a ton of papers. After paper filling was complete, she gave me a drug test. It was a q-tip looking thing that I had to keep under my tongue for a few minutes. It was very salty! She said that if my drug test came back clean that she would have me come back in. When the drug test came back, I was offered the job. But I was also told that I would need to get my blood drawn and a series of two shots over the next two weeks. I can't remember what it was. Sorry, but nothing serious. They just want to make sure it's okay for you to be serving food to elderlies. So, I wasn't able to start working until the series of shots were finished. So in the end, I applied for the job in late June and didn't start working until the 27th of July. LOOONNNG PROCESS.