Barista applicants have rated the interview process at Starbucks with 2.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 78% positive. To compare, the company-average is 74.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Barista roles take an average of 11 days to get hired, when considering 6,370 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Starbucks overall takes an average of 14 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Starbucks as a Barista according to 6,370 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 37%
Background check: 15%
Drug test: 10%
Phone interview: 10%
Skills test: 8%
Presentation: 6%
Personality test: 6%
Group panel interview: 3%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Other: 2%
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I applied through other source. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Starbucks (Woodland Hills, CA) in Jun 2007
Interview
They have a way of not calling you back when you turn in the application. However, I went to a hiring fair and this works much better. Other than the managers, the employees seem unhappy and stressed out. Starbucks is much more concerned with the colors of clothes the employees are wearing than real problems.
My advice for the interview would simply be to smile CONSTANTLY (literally, keep a fake grim plastered on at all times), appear outgoing, happy, and friendly. Emphasize any customer service expericne you have. They will want to know how you helped your customers. Also, take a crash course in PR - type BS. Starbucks uses "corporate speak" on a never-ending basis.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Name a situation where you had to deal with a difficult customer.
Very simple interview with basic questions such as tell me about yourself and behavioral questions. If you are confident and have decent/solid answers you should have a pretty good chance at getting it.
It was very straightforward, Hypotheticals etc . Why do you want to work here, where do you see yourself in 5 years, Do you have experience. I got it through a starbucks hiring event with a manager and I was hired on the spot!
Quick and over a phone call. General questions about experience and why I would like to work for the company. About 10 - 20 minutes in total. Did not get position.