Darden interview questions
Updated May 8, 2026Difficulty
Easy
Experience
Very positive
How others got an interview
- 21%In PersonIn Person
- 10%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
- 6%RecruiterRecruiter
- 3%Campus RecruitingCampus Recruiting
- 2%OtherOther
- 0%Staffing AgencyStaffing Agency
Interview search
401 interviews
Darden interviews FAQs
- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Darden as 72.1% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.32 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Store Manager and Associate Brand Manager rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Sever and Trainer roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at Darden takes an average of 12 days when considering 394 user submitted interviews across all job titles. To compare, the average duration of hiring at similar companies like BlackRock, Inc. is 14 days, Fabricated Software, Inc. is 2 days, and Apple Inc. is 21 days. Candidates applying for Marketing had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Senior Digital Media Analyst/Associate Digital Media Manager roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 180 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at Darden according to 394 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 30%
Personality test: 14%
Skills test: 12%
Background check: 10%
Phone interview: 10%
Drug test: 7%
IQ intelligence test: 6%
Presentation: 5%
Group panel interview: 3%
Other: 2%
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