I applied online. I interviewed at The Newt in Somerset (Castle Cary, England) in Dec 2025
Interview
Completed a 2 hour trial shift and then had a 5 minute interview with the head chef, although this was more of a casual discussion. It felt pretty chilled out but the other kitchen porters on the shift are assessing you as you work and will feed back to the head chef.
Online interview followed by another interview on site with the manager and supervisor, both positive. Then called back for another interview with the head of department that turned out to be a 2 minute chat while he walked to a different meeting; 2 hour round trip for a 2 minute conversation that turned out to have no real bearing on whether I got the job.
I interviewed at The Newt in Somerset (Bruton, England)
Interview
- rude
-lack of communication
- the interview process had a lot of stages, a lot of effort applied to each one, no feedback received
- Interviewer was late to interview