I applied in-person. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Peet's Coffee (Hayward, CA) in Feb 2011
Interview
Applied in person, got a phone interview a week later. Interview consisted of questions like: What do you already know about Peet's and why do you want to work here? Give a time when you had a positive customer experience. Pick a product and sell it to me. What kind of environment would you like to work in? Why did you leave your last job? Do you have any future commitments that will get in the way of working here?
Interview was super easy, they asked all the regular questions (tell me about your experience, how would you handle [situation], etc.) and they offered me a drink on the house!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you handle a situation where a customer wasn't happy?
I interviewed at Peet's Coffee (San Francisco, CA)
Interview
A pretty standard interview with the basic questions you would think you would have to answer. Interviewer was incredibly nice and we chatted about off topic stuff a little bit. I had been a barista for about 6 years and they really seemed to think I was a strong candidate and could be moved to a supervisor position pretty quickly. Very chill interview had nothing really to be nervous about. Offered me a drink twice which was nice of them.
the interview process was extremely straight forward and simple. asked questions about food safety concerns, nothing too bad. interviewed with the manager and he let me know my results (which was accepted) right after it was over.