Food Server applicants have rated the interview process at Darden with 2.4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 79% positive. To compare, the company-average is 72.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Food Server roles take an average of 5 days to get hired, when considering 14 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Darden overall takes an average of 12 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Darden as a Food Server according to 14 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 37%
Drug test: 15%
Personality test: 11%
Skills test: 11%
IQ intelligence test: 7%
Presentation: 7%
Background check: 7%
Phone interview: 4%
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I applied online. The process took 4 days. I interviewed at Darden (Costa Mesa, CA) in Dec 2014
Interview
Easy process, talked a lot about past restaurant experience and knowledge of beer and wine. They also asked a lot of situational questions Example: What would you do if you forgot someone's drink, or what would you do if the food was taking too long to come out to a table?
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What would you do if a customer was angry with either the service or the quality of the food?
Two rounds. First front of house manager. The. Gerneraml manager. It’s fine. They’re cool. They don’t really care as long as you’re competent enough. Darden is a big restaurant so training process is very structures — so if u make a good impression, that’s enough for them to hire u
Very straight forward, might take multiple interviews but rather quick. Only general managers can hire, so I’d try to set one up w them rather than a kitchen or host manager. I
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is your past serving experience ?
Are you good at managing time?
I applied online. The process took 4 days. I interviewed at Darden (Atlanta, GA) in Oct 2019
Interview
Applied to be a server online. Took the online assessment an received an interview 2 days later. Was interviewed by three different managers.Training is for a week to learn the menu. On last day will be validated an obtain a two table section.