Shift Leader applicants have rated the interview process at Panda Express with 2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 58.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Shift Leader roles take an average of 2 days to get hired, when considering 6 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 Shift Leader according to 6 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 33%
Background check: 17%
Drug test: 17%
IQ intelligence test: 17%
Skills test: 8%
Phone interview: 8%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
I applied online and then I went to three different panda expresses in addition to a job fair that they had and was interviewed at each of these locations for positions starting at entry-level going to Cook going to shift lead going to assistant manager, and was turned down by all of them. I am professional both in appearance and in my interviews and I have lots of food surface experience, customer service experience and even management experience and this is how they responded. Mist of the time it seemed like they were just asking questions just to get through the interview not that they were paying attention to my answers. I just find them very odd the way they conduct themselves with prospective candidates.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What would you say you learned well and took with you from past management positions?
Asks if you know Panda's values and what they are. Depends on manager but might ask you to demonstrate how to cook something on the menu. Asks as well why you want the position and what you would do with it.
I applied online. I interviewed at Panda Express (Monrovia, CA) in May 2023
Interview
Applied to one of the hiring events on their company website and received an interview invitation with the interview time slot. Need to bring a copy of the resume and the actual interview took about 30 minutes.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about your experience and why you want to be working with us.