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Restaurant staff interview kit, waiter or cook: job ad, questions on service, hygiene and pace, scorecard

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Restaurant staff interview kit, waiter or cook: job ad, questions on service, hygiene and pace, scorecard

Example result

Example for the Standard package

Interview kit: barista for a busy city-centre coffee shop

Short job ad

Barista, full-time, city centre. $18–20 an hour plus tips, shifts from 6:30 am, two weekends a month. You'll make coffee for about 600 people a day, keep the bar clean and remember what the regulars drink. Six months behind a busy bar is enough; we'll teach you our recipes.

Stage 2: main interview (4 of 18 questions)

CompetenceQuestionA strong answerA weak answer
Working under pressure"Tell me about your busiest shift. What did you do when the queue reached the door?"A real shift, a clear order of tasks, asked for help earlyTalks in general terms, "I just work faster"
Care for guests"A regular says their flat white tastes different today. What do you do?"Asks what is different, remakes it, checks the grinderDefends the drink, or remakes it without asking
Teamwork"How do you share the bar with a colleague when you're both making drinks?"Clear roles, calls out orders, cleans as they goPrefers to work alone
Reliability"Our shifts start at 6:30. How would you get here?"A concrete plan and a back-upNo plan

Scorecard (weights)

CompetenceWeightScore 1–5
Working under pressure30%
Care for guests25%
Coffee basics20%
Teamwork15%
Reliability10%

Files: Word and PDF. Every question is about the job: none asks about age, family plans, health, religion or origin. We never search for or contact candidates, and the choice of whom to hire is yours.

Client: Morning Fold, a coffee shop with 9 staff and about 600 orders a day. Task: hire a barista who stays calm at the morning rush and is friendly with regulars. Standard package: a job ad in two versions, a phone screen and a main interview, 25 questions and a weighted scorecard. Excerpt below.

The client and all details are made up.

About this service

In a restaurant, how someone handles a full Friday night matters more than a polished CV. Each order covers one role, a waiter or a cook, or another front-of-house or kitchen job, and gives you a job ad and questions on what that role really needs: in the dining room, greeting guests, the menu, upselling, complaints and the bill; in the kitchen, prep, following recipes, hygiene and food safety, timing and plating. Notes show strong and weak answers and a scorecard keeps the comparison fair. Premium adds a practical task for a trial shift or a short serving or cooking test, with what to watch for. Food safety rules and certificates follow your local law and are checked by you. We never search for or contact candidates and never say whom to hire. For both a waiter and a cook, place two orders.

What is included

  • What you getA Word and PDF kit for a waiter or a cook: the job ad, questions by competence for each stage in your package, what to listen for and a scorecard. From Standard, a short screening call, a short ad for job boards and a weighted scorecard; in Premium, a third stage, a trial shift or serving or cooking test with a checking guide, and reference questions.
  • Dining room or kitchenQuestions for the role you choose, not a mix of both
  • Rush hourPace, priorities and staying calm with a full room
  • Hygiene and standardsFood safety, cleanliness and your house rules
  • ScorecardSkill, speed, attitude and reliability on one scale
  • Fair questionsAbout the job only, nothing on age, family, health or beliefs

How it works

  1. 1
    BriefYou choose the role and describe your place and menu
  2. 2
    KitWe write the ad, the questions, answer notes and the scorecard
  3. 3
    DeliveryYou get the kit in Word and PDF on the order page
  4. 4
    Your interviewsYou interview candidates and run any trial shift yourself

What we need from you

Which role this order is for (waiter, cook or another position), the type of place and cuisine, the number of seats and busy times, the duties and stations, the menu or part of it, your service standards or kitchen rules, the certificates the job requires locally, shifts, must-have and nice-to-have experience, the pay range, tips and conditions you really offer, and whether you hold trial shifts. You may attach a menu, your house rules or an old ad, up to 3 files. Please do not send candidates' CVs or other personal data.

We will ask you:

  • Which role is this order for?
  • What kind of place is it?
  • Which skills are a must, and which are a plus?
  • What do you offer?
  • How will you interview?

Compare packages

PackagesBasicAd and 10 questions$12StandardScreen call and main interview$24Premium3 stages and a trial shift task$41
Deadline1 day2 days3 days
Revisions123
Job adfull versionfull and short versionsfull and short versions
Interview questions102540
Interview stages123
Competences coveredup to 4up to 6up to 8
Scorecardsimpleweightedweighted, for each stage
Test task with a checking guideNoNoYes
RoleWaiter or cook, one per orderWaiter or cook, one per orderWaiter or cook, one per order
Order BasicOrder StandardOrder Premium

Payment protection

You pay when you order, but the money is released only for accepted work.

  • Fixed priceThe package price does not change after you pay.
  • The money is reservedWhen you pay, the amount is only reserved. It is released to the service once you accept the work.
  • Checked before deliveryEvery result goes through a quality check before it reaches you, and you see it on the order page before accepting it.
  • Free revisionsAsk for changes within your brief as many times as the package allows.
  • Acceptance after 3 daysIf within 3 days of delivery you neither accept the work nor ask for changes, it is accepted automatically. If you write in the order chat after delivery, the order waits; once we answer, we may start the 3 days again and will say so in the chat.
  • Redo or a full refundIf the result does not match your brief and the revisions did not fix it, or the work takes more than twice its deadline, write in the order chat: we will redo the work or refund the payment in full.
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Questions and answers

Can one kit cover both waiters and cooks?

No, each order covers one role, because dining room and kitchen questions and tasks are different. Place one order for waiters and another for cooks.

What is the practical task in Premium?

A short plan for a trial shift or a test: for a waiter, serving a table from greeting to the bill; for a cook, preparing one or two dishes from your menu. It comes with what to watch for and how to score it. Pay and rules for trial shifts follow your local law.

Will you check food safety certificates?

No. The kit can ask whether the candidate holds the certificates your local rules require; checking them is up to you.

Will you find or contact candidates?

No. We prepare the documents; you post the ad, invite candidates and interview them yourself.

Will you tell me whom to hire?

No. The scorecard helps you compare candidates on the same points, but the decision is always yours.

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