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Questions Asked At A Starbucks Interview

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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