I applied online. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Chipotle (West Sacramento, CA) in Feb 2014
Interview
I applied online and two days later I received an email for an interview. The first interview was a group interview with the General Manger. They basically just wanted to see if you have the energy and personality to fit in with the rest of the crew. After the interview, they told everyone they would call them later that day if they wanted you back for a second interview. I did not get a call until a week later asking me in for a one on one interview with the GM. I went in and had a pretty basic interview with the same questions as before. The GM said she would call me with her decision and a week later I got a call to be hired.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why Chipotle? Tell me about yourself? What do you have to offer us?
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Chipotle in Jan 2014
Interview
I applied online and received a call about a week later. I came in for my first interview and was seated in the dining room. One person (who was the soon to be kitchen manager) interviewed me (1:1). It felt quite awkward interviewing in front of everyone eating, but the interviewer was nice and made me feel comfortable. Questions were like... "tell me about yourself," "what do you know about Chipotle," "why do you want to work for Chipotle," "when are you available?" The interviewer told me that I'll be coming in for a second interview at the end. After leaving the store I received a call within 5 minutes notifying me the second interview and scheduling it the next day.
The second interview was me with three interviewers. Two were managers and one was a manager in training (1:3). They asked me similar questions like "tell me about yourself," "why do you want to work here," "how would your friends describe you," "do you know about the 13 characteristics," etc...
The general manager told me she would call me within a week. Past a week and no call. I would call them and ask about the status, but I accepted another offer already. EDIT: They called me (almost 2 weeks after the interview)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is empowerment and top performers? For some reason I sort of blanked and gave them my best answer. After that they showed me a sheet with all their buzzwords and their definitions, letting me know I'd have to memorize all of that.
I applied online. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Chipotle (Chicago, IL) in Feb 2014
Interview
I was invited to a job fair (group interview) but I was interviewed alone since I arrived later and there weren't many attendees. The interview was very casual and easygoing, plus the questions were normal (e.g. "Why Chipotle?") and more of them were more to get to know me as a person. I was then asked to come in the next day to be interviewed by the apprentice of the restaurant. He was also friendly and explained to me that it wasn't just up to him, it was also up to the whole crew, so I was asked to come in the next day to lunch with them. The crew asked me a few questions, more to get to know me, and when we finished I was offered the job.