I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Five Guys (Brighton, England) in Aug 2016
Interview
1 hour of presentations and videos about the company and working style in particular. This was followed by 20 minutes of group activities working with other candidates. I was in a room with about 12 other candidates, we were split into groups and asked to create sentences based around a given theme using letters given to us on cards. It was a relaxed and fun atmosphere with no real aim to the game other than to ease candidates in. We were also matched to one person in the room then asked to find out what that persons most interesting talent was, then explain it to the crowd. Finally, I had my individual interview with the store manager who asked the room who wanted to go first, to which I put my hand up, the others had the assistant managers. My interview was low key and more like a chat with some questions in between lasting 5-10 minutes.
Trial shift for 2 hours. Shown around various parts of resturant. Shown how to clean the resturant and how to make the food, focusing on preparing and dressing the burgers.
Interviewer asked me basic questions about myself. She then talked about her experience working in the industry. The interview lasted about 15 minutes and was easy. Basically a get to know you type of interview.
A telephone call- asking if you handle pressure well and an example. Then asks the previous skills you bring from ur previous job, and what makes you stand out. Then an inperson interview with one question about customer service, and a 30 minute ‘day in the life’ where u cut some peppers and jalapenos