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Kitchen Manager at Cheesecake Factory
Posted Mar 20, 2010
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2010 in Denver, CO (took a day)
I had a 2 1/2 hour long interview online. It was grueling, but it wanted more personality than anything else. I suppose they want a certain type in there. I hope this is a good fit for me.
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Negotiation Details
Yes, and I won out. Just stick to your guns.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of an IQ/Intelligence Test.
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Waitress at Cheesecake Factory
Posted Mar 15, 2010
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1.0
Very Easy Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2010 (took a day)
The Cheesecake Factory is always hiring and employees are consistently quitting. However, you make larger tips compared to other restaurants. They had a job posting on craigslist.com. I went into the restaurant and asked the hostess for an application. The hostess was pleasant until I asked for the application. The hostess led me to the bar area to fill out the application. After I completed it, I took it back to the hostess, who said would you like to speak to a manager. I responded with of course. It took at least 20 minutes for the manager to come out. We sat at a table went over my application. The interview lasted approximately 10 minutes at most. The manager was nice, however a little dull. The manager called the next day to offer me a position. I declined the offer, since I received a better offer earlier that day.
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Reason for Declining
Accepted a better offer
Other Details
I applied In-Person and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Staffing Coordinator at Cheesecake Factory
Posted Mar 2, 2010
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2010 (took 1 week)
background interview, then personality test
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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Personality Test.
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Server at Cheesecake Factory
Posted Feb 27, 2010
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2008 in West Hartford, CT (took 2 days)
Filled out an application and met with an AGM that afternoon. After first interview I was asked to fill out a personality test and to return the next morning. The next day I interviewed with a second AGM as well as the GM. Was offered the position by the GM. They do however, only hire servers when they plan to hire a group for a serving class, they will not hire a single server, no matter what your background is; they need to be planning a class.
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Other Details
I applied In-Person and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, an IQ/Intelligence Test and a Personality Test.
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Hostess at Cheesecake Factory
Posted Jan 26, 2010
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2010 in Tucson, AZ (took a day)
It was a huge hiring process because it was a new branch. I knew someone so I got an early interview. Then an hour later I had another one, where they basically offered me the job. It was very laid back and easy.
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Negotiation Details
They didnt negotiate
Other Details
The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Hostess at Cheesecake Factory
Posted Jan 20, 2010
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jan 2010 in Pasadena, CA (took 3 days)
I was asked a serious of questions such as:
1. Why do you want this job?
2. What was something challenging for you in a previous job?
3. When was a time your boss was proud of you? Explain in detail
4. How do you think you would thrive working in this kind of environment?
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Human Resources at Cheesecake Factory
Posted Jul 26, 2009
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2009 (took a day)
Pretty standard. They were only looking for local candidates. They were not interested in people trying make a career change. Questioned my education, and asked why I would want to work in the mid-level position because I have an advanced degree. Couldn't get the past the fact that I wanted to change my path.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Line Cook at Cheesecake Factory
Posted Jul 8, 2009
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jul 2009 in Chicago, IL (took a day)
The person doing the interviews was only looking for employees for the front of the house, I know this because I spent an hour watching her and everyone that came in for a server position got interviewed on the spot, whereas all the back of house employees had their applications thrown in a pile and were told "we'll call you in 24 hours, if you don't hear from us, that means your application was passed up. I could tell that she didn't know what she was doing when she told me "you don't have enough experience as a line cook, when I have seven years as a line cook, and two as a kitchen manager.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.
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Operations at Cheesecake Factory
Posted May 29, 2009
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1.0
Very Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed May 2008 in Vernon Hills, IL (took 2 days)
The interview was a one on one style where i sat in the back room and waited until a tall, slinky man came up to me with a pad and paper. He asked me about experience, pay, and how well i work with others. He as very nice and they seemed desperate.
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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.
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Technical Services Manager at Cheesecake Factory
Posted Apr 30, 2009 — 4 of 4 people found this helpful
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2009 in Calabasas Hills, CA (took 3 weeks)
The Cheesecake Factory was very prompt and professional while conducting all aspects of the interview. The process consisted of 2 over the phone interviews - 1st - pre-screening and resume review - 2nd- behavior based questions that lasted about an hour. The 3rd interview was a face to face interview. The Factory campus is beautiful and surrounded by the rolling hills of Valley of Southern California. The campus is very modern and well manicured. Once inside, everything was contemporary and made of glass, which basically means no privacy. The people were very welcoming. The hiring manager was easy going but did not seem to prepare for the interview. We spoke for 3 hours and them she rushed to introduce me to others in the office, provided a factory tour, which was awesome! She then tried to cram 2 other interviews into a 30 min period before I had to head to the airport to catch my flight home. Overall, I left with a good impression of the company but felt that the face to face interview was rushed.
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Reason for Declining
I received an offer exactly one week after my interview. I was excited to get an offer and planned on accepting the offer if the relocation package was decent. In a nutshell the relo package was not competitive and did not take into consideration that I was moving my family (with Children) over 2000 miles away. The relo did not consider the cost of living in LA either. All in all I turned it down b/c they would not negotiate on anything and would not even give me an extra week of vacation to fly home to help my husband and children move. I understand that his is a restaurant company but if they are going to recruit technical people from the food industry, they really need to do their homework and be a lot more sensitive to individual family needs. This was a big sign to me that the Cheesecake Factory does not provide a culture of work/ life balance.
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Background Check.
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