July 2nd, 2006
- “Why do you want to work at Starbucks?”
- “Can you spell frappuccino in less than 10 seconds?”
- “How does your hair lie under a hair net? Flat or curly?”
- “Would you prefer to have hot scalding milk spilled on your left forearm, or hot scalding coffee spilled on your right forearm?”
- “If a cup of coffee spilled on a pile of napkins and no one was there to see it, would it stain?”
- “What’s the square root of the cost of a Venti Colombia Nariño Supremo?”
- “Finish this sentence: Coffee makes me feel warm and _________.“
- “Have you ever been convicted of a mocharime?”
- “What coffee drinks are your strengths and what coffee drinks are your weaknesses?”
- “Can you talk a little bit about your past experiences with steamed milk?”
- “Lowfat blueberry muffin or coffee cake?”
- “Write down as many words as you can using only the letters S, T, A, R, B, U, C, K, and S.”
- “Say ‘double-half-calf and please don’t laugh’ ten times fast.”
- “Tell me about a time you failed in making a cup of coffee.”
- “Name four songs off Marvin Gaye’s Starbuck’s Sponsored CD ‘Can I Get a Witness’ without naming ‘How Sweet It Is’, ‘Can I Get a Witness’ or ‘What’s Going On’.”
- “If you could be any cup of coffee, what cup of coffee would you be and why?”
- “Pretend you’re at the register and I come in and hold a gun to your head and tell you to empty the cash register, hand me the cash and serve me a scone and an espresso all at the same time. Which do you do first, hotshot…which do you do first?”
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Coffee cake. No contest.
I’m glad I don’t want to be a barista.
Comment by Will — July 2, 2006 @ 9:12 am
Will - I so knew you would be the first to comment although I figured you’d pick the lowfat blueberry muffin instead of the coffee cake since you were watching your lithe figure.
Apparently, I was way off.
Comment by Pauly D — July 2, 2006 @ 9:25 am
1) I don’t know. I don’t really like coffee. I do like interacting with impatient, bitchy people though.
2) I don’t even know what a frappu-whatever is.
3) Depends on where this hair is located.
4) You can spill hot-scalding-whatever-you-want on either of my arms… just so long as you keep it away from my crotch.
5) Yes. I learned this from watching those Martha Rae Efferdent commercials.
6) Assuming a Venti thingy is $10 like the rest of the Starbucks stuff, I’m guessing $3.16.
7) … have to pee when somebody sticks my hand in a cup during the middle of the night.
9) I totally rule over all beverages. I have no coffee-related weaknesses!!
10) Once when forced to stop at Starbucks with my friends, they made me a hot chocolate with steamed milk which I thought was pretty cool. Until I drank it and burnt my tongue, that is.
11) I’ll pass on anything that’s “low-fat” because “low-fat” usually means “crappy” - bring on the coffee cake!
12) I’d need an “F” in there to make anything meaningful.
13) Since double a half is a whole, can I just say “calf” ten times?
14) When I was making McNasty Shooters and tried to make instant coffee with hot water. Apparently the key word in the instructions is “boiling” - “boiling water”.
15) Uhhhh… I got nuthin. I do like Marvin Gaye’s music though.
16) Iced coffee that tastes like a Coke with Lime.
17) It’s a trick question! The FIRST thing I’d do is ask “which of our fine coffee blends would you like in that espresso, sir?”
So… do I get the job??
Comment by Dave2 — July 2, 2006 @ 11:02 am
- What’s the difference between a frappucino and a cold cappucino?
- What is the price of said frappucino in 4 different countries?
- How many coffe-based drinks can you make at once before you start to halucinate about the toffee syrup marrying the frothy milk in a bed of double chocolate chip and vanilla muffin?
Just a few other ideas for you!
Comment by Melissa — July 2, 2006 @ 3:02 pm
i’ve never been to a starbucks, i do tim hortons (decaf tea, no coffee). as to your last question, of course i’d start with the espresso and scone, followed by the emptying of the cash register.
Comment by better safe than sorry — July 2, 2006 @ 4:39 pm
MM… that Pomogranate Frapuccino (I dont care if I can’t spell it) is quite good. However, when I requested it, they corrected me, there’s something in between there, Pomogranate Tea frap, or something…
It took time for me to succumb to their lingo. I used to just ask for a large coffee, but the looks got to me eventually. “Venti drip, vente drip, venti drip…
Comment by Shevy — July 2, 2006 @ 7:32 pm
Aww, shucks, Paul, you’ve noticed that about me, huh? Gosh, you’re so intuitive. Still, I need a little excursion once in a here and there. We all do.
Comment by Will — July 2, 2006 @ 8:36 pm
Wow and I always thought it was such a FRIENDLY company. Those are scary questions!
Comment by LisaBinDaCity — July 3, 2006 @ 6:22 am
As a former Starbucks employee, I can confirm that each and every one of these questions do exist in the interview process. However, the part that Pauly left out, in the second stage of the process, there are even more disturbing and probing questions. Some the likes of which no self-respecting human should ever have to answer.
Please go support your local Caribou Coffee.
Comment by Kevin — July 3, 2006 @ 1:49 pm
this is bull. I recently went to a starbucks interview, and they didn’t ask me ANY of these questions. And I got the job.
Comment by M.T. — November 7, 2006 @ 8:38 am