What to Expect During the Hiring Process
fast food restaurant Schlotzsky's administers job interviews for various positions in the industry, including baker, cashier, dishwasher, host, prep cook, server, and assistant manager. Applicants must complete and submit all the necessary hiring materials to receive interview consideration. A hiring manager or representative may take anywhere from a few days to over a week to contact eligible candidates. The interview process varies considerably and remains largely dependent on position and volume of applicants. Prospective candidates typically face a one-on-one interview for hiring consideration. The company interviews feature question and answer sessions with a supervisor or restaurant managers.
Navigating the Interview Process
Overall, Schlotzsky's interviews may take anywhere from 30 to 45 minutes. If multiple job interviews prove necessary, applicants should expect to wait no more than a few days between sessions. Candidates in search of managerial careers typically encounter multiple job interviews more often than entry-level employment hopefuls.
Questions to Expect
Attend interviews prepared to talk about experience and accomplishments related to the fast food industry. Schlotzsky's interview questions cover a wide range of topics, including work history, availability, relevant job skills, and character. Examples of interview questions include:
- "What areas of your character would you consider weaknesses?"
- "Do you work best individually or as part of a team?"
- "When are you available to start?"
What to Wear
Professional dress is encouraged by the fast food chain; however, applicants may wear business-casual clothing and still receive the same level of consideration based on answers to interview questions and overall personalities.
Schlotzsky’s Cashier Interview Video
Video Transcript
Interviewer: Please describe your job title and primary duties.
Schlotzsky’s Cashier: Okay, when I was first hired I was hired as a cashier, which included customer service, cashing people out, making sure orders were correct, such as if someone was allergic to avocado you’d make sure you put in the correct things, to have the people change out their gloves, so that they wouldn’t have any avocado on the sandwiches.
Interviewer: What was the work environment like?
Schlotzsky’s Cashier: It was a very small store, you had your dining room, your register all right next to each other. Then behind the register counter was where all your sandwiches was being made, and then your walk in a little behind that. It was a close environment with your customers and your coworkers, and it was a lot of kids about the same age that I was working there. Wasn’t a big college town that I lived in, so it was high school students, so we had a lot of fun.
Interviewer: How would you describe the application and interview process?
Schlotzsky’s Cashier: I actually applied to that Schlotzsky’s twice, the first time they had gotten a lot of applications, so they overlooked it. I had a friend that was working there, and they were like, “Okay, well, I know you’d be a great employee here, so just put another application in, I’m going to hand it to the manager myself to let them know,” which really helped me out, having someone there. Otherwise at that time I could have put in maybe a resume with it, or came in to speak with the hiring manager directly, so that she knew my face, and that I had introduced myself, that would have helped during the application process. During the interview process, after I got the call, and she was like, “Can you come in and interview?” And everything, the questions were easy, just like, “What’s your schedule like? What kind of worker would you describe yourself as?” She was really friendly and before I even got up to leave she was like, “You’re hired, we’ll call you back to work out your dates that you can get trained.”
Interviewer: How were you notified that you received the job?
Schlotzsky’s Cashier: I was notified while I was there, she’s like, “I’m going to go ahead and hire you.” Then I wasn’t sure of when I would be coming in to work until about 2 days after, when she was making a schedule, and she said, just called me up and was like, “Hey, when I got your availability from the interview, here’s what I came up with on when you can come in and do your training.” Asked if that was workable for me, and it was. It took about 2 days to get me in after I was hired.
Interviewer: What other advice would you give to a job seeker looking to gain employment?
Schlotzsky’s Cashier: I would definitely say to go in and hand in your application to the hiring manager, you can call ahead and ask when they’re there, introduce yourself. Possibly even have your application reviewed by someone else, I’m aware that a lot of the times if the person that were applying asking for a lot more money than they were able to give for that position, they would set it to the side and not look at it any more. Maybe write open on the amount of money that you’re willing to work for, so you all can discuss it. Any extra-curricular activities, leadership skills you’ve had, definitely put that down, because they love seeing what kind of reflection of a person you are through that.
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