I applied online. The process took 4 days. I interviewed at Sodexo (Rockville, MD) in Apr 2012
Interview
Met with the GM of one unit, gave a tour of the facility, asked some basic questions and then off to see the GM of the entire contract. Neither GM really gave a damn about you as person, they just needed bodies to fill the positions. The really fluff the job, but once inside, it is whole different ballgame.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you handle the waitstaff if you are short on a given night.
I applied online. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Sodexo
Interview
Had a phone interview with someone in HR. It went well and she told me that the district manager would call me and set up interview face to face. Received call next day from district manager and set up appointment. I had a good interview with what I thought at the time was a very nice person. We spoke for 30 minutes and then he proceeded to show me around the building and introduce me to every tom, sue and harry. He even pulled people out of meetings to introduce me to. He showed me every kitchen, closet, storeroom, stove, oven, refrigerator etc. in the place. HE MADE EVERY INDICATION THAT I WAS GETTING THE JOB. He was so relaxed with me that he was cursing and talking to me like we were two buddy's hanging out at a bar. He even was saying some derogatory things about a certain race of people, THATS HOW RELAXED HE WAS TALKING TO ME. After more then an hour he walked me out to the parking lot and TOLD ME HE HAD ONE MORE INTERVIEW TO DO AND HE WOULD CALL ME WITHIN A WEEK. I NEVER HEARD FROM THIS CLOWN AGAIN. I EVEN CONTACTED SODEXO AND THEY NEVER EVEN RESPONDED TO MY INQUIRIES. Looking back I am thrilled I never got the job, if this is how they are just in the interview process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
He gave me nine questions. Stupid moronic situation questions about have you ever been in a situation where your boss asked you to get something done by a certain time idiocy. How about asking me the temperature of cooked pork? Something a little relevant.
Hi there- I'm very sorry to hear about the situation you have described here. This is certainly not acceptable practice, and I encourage you to send an email to SodexoCareers.USA @sodexo . com (no spaces) so we can gather more details from you and look into this further. Thank you.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Sodexo
Interview
Fairly straight forward process: post for the job online, go through a phone screen (basically confirming your application information) and then an in person interview. Questions were typical behavior assessment style, i.e. Tell me about a time when... About a week long process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time when you had to make a make a difficult decision.