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First Interview Questions for Restaurants

by Zak Robb-Gillan, from the Community

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Use this first interview question template to quickly screen restaurant candidates for front of house or back of house roles. Prompts cover work style, customer service, decision-making, learning, community involvement, time management, goals, strengths and weaknesses, references, passions, and role fit. Includes guidance for progressing FOH candidates to round two when core traits are met. Designed to help teams spend less time with the wrong applicants and identify great hires faster.

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