I applied in-person. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Senior Lifestyle (Kenosha, WI) in Oct 2014
Interview
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.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Senior Lifestyle (Colorado Springs, CO) in Jun 2013
Interview
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.
I applied in-person. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Senior Lifestyle in Jan 2008
Interview
The only question they asked me was "Can you start tomorrow". They didn't really ask me anything else, they just told me what the job was about and what I was going to be doing. So it wasn't difficult at all just make you are clear and concise with what days you are unavailable to work.
Server applicants have rated the interview process at Senior Lifestyle with 2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 56.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Server roles take an average of 32 days to get hired, when considering 3 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Senior Lifestyle overall takes an average of 20 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Senior Lifestyle as a Server according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 33%
Background check: 22%
Drug test: 22%
Phone interview: 11%
Presentation: 11%
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