Restaurant Service and Kitchen Team applicants have rated the interview process at Panda Express with 2.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 88% positive. To compare, the company-average is 58.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Restaurant Service and Kitchen Team roles take an average of 7 days to get hired, when considering 8 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Panda Express overall takes an average of 13 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Panda Express as a Restaurant Service and Kitchen Team according to 8 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 40%
Background check: 20%
Phone interview: 10%
Presentation: 10%
Drug test: 10%
Skills test: 10%
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I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Panda Express (Las Vegas, NV) in Apr 2022
Interview
Pretty quick, especially if someone referred you. My interviewer looked intimidating but was pretty nice. Asked what my plans are for the future, it honestly felt like a regular conversation.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Panda Express (Lafayette, IN) in Jul 2022
Interview
I was asked a bunch of annoying and intrusive questions for the in-person interview and then was ghosted for the phone interview anyway. I contacted the person I was supposed to do the phone interview with and also my original interviewer. Not a vibe.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Part of working at Panda is keeping healthy and pursuing life-long learning. How do you do this?
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Panda Express (Fresno, CA) in Mar 2022
Interview
The interview was smooth. The first question was to tell the interviewer about myself and what I do in my free time. Another question was what are my strengths and weaknesses. The last question was how am I working towards achieving my career goals.