I applied online. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Yard House in Dec 2017
Interview
I arrived 15-20 minutes early. The front of house staff was so sweet and I chatted with the Host until the waitress who asked for my name came back with the manager. She was polite and lively at first with a weak hand shake and blank smile. I liked how casually she addressed me and asked questions until she started to get distracted. She would stare off at the other team members and kid around with them in the midst of our conversation. This may have been endearing if we weren't in the middle of a professional conversation. She asked me maybe 4 questions (rushing distractedly through my answers) about myself before she gave me an overview of the company. The interview lasted 10-15 minutes and she said things like "congratulations" while flipping through my paperwork, and "there are more interviews so we'll stay in contact!" I don't know if that's true or not as it has been over a week with no missed calls. It seemed like a fun place to be and the crew seemed relaxed.
They asked me a lot of questions about how to seat people , and different scenario based questions. How deal with difficult customer questions and questions about making reservations and what to say. It will help if you do some research on that.
In person, one on one with general manager. A single round after a resume drop. After the interview they followed up via email about the job and if they needed any more information
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Yard House (Irvine, CA) in Jan 2024
Interview
Two interviews from main managers where they asked basic questions about past job experience and why I had interest in this role. All the staff was very friendly and both of the managers were very communicable on what they were looking for.
Hostess applicants have rated the interview process at Yard House with 2.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 73% positive. To compare, the company-average is 67.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Hostess roles take an average of 6 days to get hired, when considering 54 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Yard House overall takes an average of 7 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Yard House as a Hostess according to 54 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 49%
Skills test: 12%
Presentation: 12%
Personality test: 11%
IQ intelligence test: 5%
Other: 4%
Background check: 4%
Phone interview: 3%
Drug test: 1%
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