Cook applicants have rated the interview process at Panda Express with 2.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 56% positive. To compare, the company-average is 58.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Cook roles take an average of 13 days to get hired, when considering 29 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Panda Express overall takes an average of 13 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Panda Express as a Cook according to 29 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 33%
Background check: 15%
Personality test: 13%
Presentation: 11%
Phone interview: 9%
Skills test: 7%
Drug test: 7%
Other: 4%
Group panel interview: 2%
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I applied in-person. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Panda Express in Jan 2019
Interview
It was very much like when can you start and can that be as soon as possible. Did not seem to search for any prior experience. Was fast and ended in 15 minutes
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
When can you start, and do you have prior experience
I applied in-person. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Panda Express (Orem, UT) in Jun 2023
Interview
It was a bad interviewing process. The interviewer never told me it was another location they were hiring for. She did ask if I was willing to work at another store if need be but not that they were solely hiring at that another location that I still don't even know which store they were actually hiring for. She also said she'd call me & wrote my number down on the side of my paper work... leading me on the whole time. I only found that out by stopping by the location I initially interviewed at bc I was doing a follow up 3 days after my interview. The manager there told me it was for another location that they were hiring for the whole time. I then asked him to text her & he did so she would text me like she was supposed to like she said she would. She then texted me & telling me I ended up not getting the position with no reason as to why. I texted her back telling her that wasn't right what she did. She should had been honest & thorough in the process bc now I wasted my time in finding a job & wasted a future opportunity bc of her incompetence. Her & the guy "training" her were so rude... they just blank stared through the whole interview. I felt of like I was talking to myself without any kindness given at all. I'm older too so I'm sure that has a lot to do with it too. That is discrimination & that's against the law. I'm glad I didn't work with them. They seemed like they like to exploit others & have no empathy.
I applied in-person. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Panda Express (Los Angeles, CA) in Jan 2023
Interview
Good they just ask you about work ethics and interest in the company, they look for people who are experienced in restaurants but are willing to train newbies. They usually have interviews at a in store location,
it was very easy, super standard questions. nothing too difficult about the process. They ask you mostly personal questions and any experience you may have relative to the job you are interviewing for.