Blue Bottle Coffee interview questions
Updated May 20, 2026Difficulty
Average
Experience
Mostly positive
How others got an interview
- 4%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
- 2%RecruiterRecruiter
- 2%In PersonIn Person
- 1%OtherOther
Interview search
109 interviews
Blue Bottle Coffee interviews FAQs
- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Blue Bottle Coffee as 61% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.59 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Sales Management and Senior Associate rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Cafe Barista and Sourcer roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at Blue Bottle Coffee takes an average of 20 days when considering 105 user submitted interviews across all job titles. To compare, the average duration of hiring at similar companies like BlackRock, Inc. is 14 days, Fabricated Software, Inc. is 2 days, and Apple Inc. is 21 days. Candidates applying for Cafe Leader had the quickest hiring process (on average 5 days), whereas Product Manager roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 150 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at Blue Bottle Coffee according to 105 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 33%
One on one interview: 30%
Group panel interview: 12%
Presentation: 6%
IQ intelligence test: 4%
Skills test: 4%
Other: 4%
Background check: 3%
Personality test: 3%
Drug test: 1%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
- Barista(299) ;
- Cashier/Barista(29) ;
- Shift Lead(17) ;
- Lead Barista(13) ;
- Cafe Leader (Store/General Manager)(9) ;
- Cafe Barista(8) ;
- Assistant cafe leader(7) ;
- Assistant Manager(6) ;
- Senior Barista(6) ;
- Cafe Lead(4) ;
- Shift Supervisor(4) ;
- Baker(3) ;
- Barista, Shift Supervisor(3) ;
- Cafe Leader(3) ;
- Manager(3) .