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      Cafe Leader (Store/General Manager) Interview

      Dec 8, 2025
      Anonymous employee
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Blue Bottle Coffee

      Interview

      Phone call with recruiter, two online interviews, with Area Leaders & Regional Leader. Overall easy if you have experience within the leadership and cafe roles. I prepared for it, but should be straightforward.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      How to drive sales within your business.
      Answer question

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      Cafe Leader (Store/General Manager) Interview

      May 7, 2018
      Anonymous employee
      Los Angeles, CA
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Blue Bottle Coffee (Los Angeles, CA) in Apr 2018

      Interview

      I applied via emailing my resume to area leader/ recruiter. Had a phone interview the following week. It was very conversational and relaxing. The next interview was with the Area Leader. The interview experience was very much similar to the first. I next had a panel interview via google hangout. Typically not a fan of panels. I believe they can automatically put interviewee in gaurd and introvert the candidate. Nonetheless, I felt comfortable and felt excited to share and answer a series of three questions from each interviewer aswell any followups. I was the asked to provide references and received offer the next week.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Tell me about a time when you had to develop the team in order to achieve a business metric.
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      Blue Bottle Coffee interviews FAQs

      • Cafe Leader (Store/General Manager) applicants have rated the interview process at Blue Bottle Coffee with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 61.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
      • Candidates applying for Cafe Leader (Store/General Manager) roles take an average of 18 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Blue Bottle Coffee overall takes an average of 20 days.
      • Common stages of the interview process at Blue Bottle Coffee as a Cafe Leader (Store/General Manager) according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:

        Phone interview:  29%

        Group panel interview:  29%

        One on one interview:  29%

        Other:  14%

      • Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -

        1. Barista(300) ;
        2. Cashier/Barista(29) ;
        3. Shift Lead(17) ;
        4. Lead Barista(13) ;
        5. Cafe Leader (Store/General Manager)(9) ;
        6. Cafe Barista(8) ;
        7. Assistant cafe leader(7) ;
        8. Assistant Manager(6) ;
        9. Senior Barista(6) ;
        10. Cafe Lead(4) ;
        11. Shift Supervisor(4) ;
        12. Baker(3) ;
        13. Barista, Shift Supervisor(3) ;
        14. Cafe Leader(3) ;
        15. Manager(3) .


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