Starbucks interview questions
Updated Jun 4, 2026Difficulty
Easy
Experience
Very positive
How others got an interview
- 18%In PersonIn Person
- 7%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
- 2%OtherOther
- 2%RecruiterRecruiter
- 1%Campus RecruitingCampus Recruiting
- 0%Staffing AgencyStaffing Agency
Interview search
11,511 interviews
Starbucks interviews FAQs
- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Starbucks as 72.1% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.24 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Sales Development Representative (SDR) and Assistant Manager rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Cleaner and Senior Manager roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at Starbucks takes an average of 11 days when considering 648 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Shift Manager had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Ops Manager roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 28 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at Starbucks according to 648 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 36%
Skills test: 14%
Personality test: 9%
Presentation: 8%
Phone interview: 8%
Background check: 7%
Other: 6%
IQ intelligence test: 4%
Group panel interview: 4%
Drug test: 3%
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- Manager(652) ;
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- Assistant Manager(373) ;
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- Shift Lead(288) .