I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at IHOP (Boston, MA) in May 2014
Interview
A friend already working as a server there got me an interview the same day as I was eating at the restaurant. I sat down with the manager and briefly discussed my experience and qualifications. I then filled out a form and answered a few questions and he gave me the job on the spot.
Basic and brief. I dressed up a bit, she seemed to like that. They're always desperate for workers so it's pretty easy to do well in the interview. You must on Christmas though.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
General experience questions. We basically went over the application. A bit more in depth.
Easy. Helps if you already have experience. I was hired on the spot. Just go in there with confidence, you’ll be fine. Good luck with your job hunting and I hope you land that job!!
The interview process was very relaxed and i had a 2-part interview process. I spoke with the store manager and the district manager. They were very nice and open minded about me not having experience and they were very detailed about the position.
Server/Waitress applicants have rated the interview process at IHOP with 1.4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 62% positive. To compare, the company-average is 63% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Server/Waitress roles take an average of 3 days to get hired, when considering 21 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/Waitress according to 21 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 43%
Skills test: 17%
Presentation: 14%
Background check: 11%
IQ intelligence test: 6%
Personality test: 6%
Other: 3%
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