Store Manager applicants have rated the interview process at Starbucks with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 73.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Common stages of the interview process at Starbucks as a Store Manager according to 1 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 100%
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The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Starbucks (New York, NY) in Oct 2009
Interview
After applying online I received an email asking to complete an hour long virtual tryout on the website. Was contacted by a recruiter within few days and scheduled a phone interview, which was about 30 min long and pretty easy. All questions were situational. I was also asked about my salary expectations and was told that I might be out of their range. A recruiter also asked me what other companies I was interviewing with. I did not think it was professional and refused to answer. Right away I was offered an in-person interview with 2 district managers (interview was scheduled for 2 weeks ahead! are they really that busy?)
The in-person interview was OK, same situational questions. What I really did not like was that they both seemed very fake and insincere, especially when speaking about "all the great things at Starbucks". I was not very motivated throughout the interview, because at that point it was clear that I would not want to work for them. The recruiter called me the next day to let me know that they decided to pass on me.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Tell us about a project at work that was completely falling apart and what did you do
The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Starbucks (New York, NY) in Aug 2009
Interview
I just had the second interview so I haven't received any feedback as to whether I am being made an offer or not. The process has been somewhat pleasant but a little intense. I was approached by a recruiter via email initially and contacted her expressing interest. She asked me to complete an application online and complete an hour-long online assessment. The next day I received a phone call from the recruiter asking me to schedule time for a phone interview. The phone interview was behavioral which is a little weird over the phone. I was asked my current salary and what other companies I was interviewing with (unprofessional). So after the phone interview she asked me to schedule time for a face-to-face interview with two District Managers. They only had one time slot available for the next two weeks (not very flexible). I had to completely rearrange the entire schedule of my current store's managers to be able to attend this interview. I guess the DMs had been doing interviews all day because by 3:00 when I was scheduled for my interview they looked completely beat (um hello you sell coffee - drink it!). They had other applicants resumes all over the tables (the interview was in the store surrounded by customers). The interview wasn't hard and mostly consisted of behavioral questions again. Unfortunately, I didn't get the impression that either of these people cared about getting to know me at all. It seemed like this interview was just another test to see if I could give them the answers that they were looking for. At the beginning they actually did mention that they would be "computing my scores" and making a decision based on that. About half-way through the interview one of the DMs actually started starring into space and yawned when I was giving an answer to one of their questions. I got the impression that they had made a decision about my employ-ability before the interview even started. Unless disinterest and yawning is another form of a behavioral interview test to see how i react to complete rudeness! Either way, I don't know if I would be interested in working for this company after the interview experiences, which is weird considering what an amazing reputation this company has.
The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Starbucks (Kansas City, MO) in Jun 2008
Interview
Applied on-line for a manager position. When I applied I put in my expected salary of 50k. I got a call for an interview and set up a phone interview. The interview went very well and I asked what their general pay range ism and was told the top end was 38k. I was asked for a second in person interview and declined.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about your last postion what was challenging about it?