Portillo’s interview questions
Updated May 13, 2026Difficulty
Easy
Experience
Mostly positive
How others got an interview
- 20%In PersonIn Person
- 9%RecruiterRecruiter
- 8%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
- 3%OtherOther
Interview search
92 interviews
Portillo’s interviews FAQs
- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Portillo’s as 59.3% positive with a difficulty rating score of 1.92 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Construction Manager and Part Time Cashier rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Benefits Specialist and Sales Associate/Cashier roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at Portillo’s takes an average of 9 days when considering 92 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 Sales Associate/Cashier had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Talent Acquisition Specialist roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 60 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at Portillo’s according to 92 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 39%
Phone interview: 11%
Background check: 10%
Group panel interview: 8%
Skills test: 8%
Drug test: 8%
Presentation: 7%
Personality test: 4%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Other: 2%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
- Cashier(152) ;
- Crew Member(85) ;
- Team Member(30) ;
- Crew Chief(26) ;
- Line Cook(26) ;
- Manager(24) ;
- Cook(22) ;
- Sales Associate/Cashier(18) ;
- General Manager(10) ;
- Assistant General Manager(9) ;
- Restaurant Manager(9) ;
- Assistant Manager(7) ;
- Guest Services(7) ;
- Part Time Cashier(7) ;
- Portillo's Crew Member(7) .
