Chick-fil-A hiring process is straight up wild

Definitely a frustrating experience, and I’ve seen this before—companies with rigid job reqs tied to corporate policy that overlook actual skill.

I walked into a similar interview but from a different restaurant, hey, $20/hr ain’t bad. Told them I catered weddings, did 5-course plated dinners for 50+, and have a handle on line flow, prep work, and inventory. Interviewer looked at me like I was speaking another language.

This is sadly not uncommon in food service hiring. Many fast food or "fast casual" chains have these weird arbitrary rules around what counts as experience. The fact that you have years of private catering under your belt—and that still gets dismissed—is just ignorance on their part. Cooking is cooking. Managing timing, portions, heat, and people is real skill.

Working in food service is an experience especially in catering. They just don’t wanna pay you what you’re worth.

Sounds about right for a place that calls itself “family-oriented” and then treats you like a dollar menu item. I’ve been in catering 7+ years and people STILL act like it’s not “real” experience unless it came with a corporate W2 and a screaming chef.

like why is fast food hiring harder than getting into college now 😭

If they’re being this weird BEFORE your hired, imagine how they are once your on the schedule 😬

Can’t keep people when the hiring process already feels like a red flag 🚩 hope that other job comes thru for u

3 interviews??? for a kitchen job??? nahhh they need to calm down