I applied in-person. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at IHOP (Charlotte, NC) in Nov 2012
Interview
To be frankly honest, the hiring process was a breeze as are most restaurant jobs in most cases. The employees were very nice and comforting. I talked to the manager as soon as I came in, simply told her I needed extra income and had decent social skills. She hired me on the spot point blank and asked me to come in for training. Just come in a little confident and relaxed and you will get the job 99% of the time.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The only unexpected question I received was "why do you think those coffee mugs are on the center of the table?". In which case I correctly answered, "To tell the waiters the table is ready to be used."
Amazing people were friendly offered water laughed and asked a couple simple questions and offered the position they normally start as host the staff were also very friendly and inviting
Lol it was barely an interview but I need to type more words so I guess it was fine giraffe flute you and me and my friend mcgee I was in college so it was a job the manager was fine
Server applicants have rated the interview process at IHOP with 1.6 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 63% positive. To compare, the company-average is 63% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Server roles take an average of 4 days to get hired, when considering 178 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at IHOP overall takes an average of 5 days.
Common stages of the interview process at IHOP as a Server according to 178 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 50%
Skills test: 11%
Presentation: 9%
Phone interview: 6%
Drug test: 5%
Background check: 5%
Other: 5%
Personality test: 4%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Group panel interview: 2%
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