Restaurant Associates
Part of Compass Group USA
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Restaurant Associates interview questions
Updated Feb 27, 2026Difficulty
Average
Experience
Mostly positive
How others got an interview
- 13%RecruiterRecruiter
- 13%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
- 10%In PersonIn Person
- 6%OtherOther
- 3%Campus RecruitingCampus Recruiting
Interview search
38 interviews
Restaurant Associates interviews FAQs
- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Restaurant Associates as 55.9% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.59 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Content and Community Manager and Food Service Director rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Server/Waiter and Event Planner roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at Restaurant Associates takes an average of 22 days when considering 35 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 Server/Waiter had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Director of Operations roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 90 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at Restaurant Associates according to 35 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 20%
Phone interview: 17%
Background check: 12%
Drug test: 12%
Skills test: 11%
Personality test: 8%
Presentation: 7%
Group panel interview: 7%
IQ intelligence test: 5%
Other: 1%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
- Executive Chef(35) ;
- General Manager(34) ;
- Butler(25) ;
- Cook(21) ;
- Director(20) ;
- Manager(19) ;
- Cafe Manager(18) ;
- Sous Chef(18) ;
- Catering Manager(17) ;
- Line Cook(13) ;
- Chef(12) ;
- Assistant General Manager(11) ;
- Food Service Director(8) ;
- Regional Director of Operations(8) ;
- Catering Attendant(7) .
