Barista applicants have rated the interview process at Starbucks with 2.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 78% positive. To compare, the company-average is 74.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Barista roles take an average of 11 days to get hired, when considering 6,365 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Starbucks overall takes an average of 14 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Starbucks as a Barista according to 6,365 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 37%
Background check: 15%
Drug test: 10%
Phone interview: 10%
Skills test: 8%
Presentation: 6%
Personality test: 6%
Group panel interview: 3%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Other: 2%
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I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Starbucks (Portland, OR) in Jun 2011
Interview
Starbucks requires you to fill out a pretty lengthy application, which you may submit to multiple locations -- online. It's unfortunate to have to avoid in-person communications for the website, but you can always introduce yourself to a hiring manager. Once contacted for an interview, you are given the opportunity to come to a hiring fair, which is open interview style. You are usually surrounded by other job-seekers and managers from across the region. Starbucks tries to achieve the diversity goal by assigning managers to applicants at random, and having multiple hiring managers interview each client.
It feels more like a meat market.
Hope you get picked!
You will receive a callback if you're hired -- if not, you usually don't get a call.
First interview went well, just the basic behavioral questions that should be answered using the STAR method. Second interview was less questions but with the district manager. Still waiting to hear back (if they reach out at all).
Interview questions [5]
Question 1
Tell me about a time where you had to navigate a situation where the supervisor wasn’t available.
Received an email asking to schedule an interview for the following week. The interview took place in the store itself, and took about 15 minutes. The questions were pretty average.
Basically a short chat about my availability, my interest in the job, why I want to work there, how familiar I am with coffee and what my past experiences in hospitality were.