El Pollo Loco interview questions
Updated Apr 24, 2025Difficulty
Easy
Experience
Mostly positive
How others got an interview
- 24%In PersonIn Person
- 6%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
- 2%RecruiterRecruiter
- 1%OtherOther
Interview search
99 interviews
El Pollo Loco interviews FAQs
- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at El Pollo Loco as 59.6% positive with a difficulty rating score of 1.76 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Service Assistant and Team rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Prep Cook and Part Time Cashier roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at El Pollo Loco takes an average of 8 days when considering 95 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 Assistant Manager had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas VP Marketing roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 120 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at El Pollo Loco according to 95 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 34%
Background check: 13%
Presentation: 11%
Skills test: 11%
Personality test: 11%
Phone interview: 7%
Drug test: 6%
Other: 5%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Group panel interview: 2%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
- Cashier(280) ;
- Sales Associate/Cashier(31) ;
- Shift Leader(31) ;
- Assistant Manager(19) ;
- Cook(19) ;
- General Manager(17) ;
- Front End Cashier(14) ;
- Line Cook(10) ;
- Prep Cook(8) ;
- Guest Service Team Member - Cashier(6) ;
- Shift Supervisor(6) ;
- Crew Member(5) ;
- Manager(5) ;
- Part Time Cashier(5) ;
- Service Assistant(5) .
