Operations
Restaurant Shift Lead Interview Questions and Template
Screens for leading a shift, handling rushes and keeping food safety and guest experience on track. Written for a 5 to 15 minute AI video interview: short, spoken questions about real situations.
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Skills tested
- Shift leadership · Intermediate
- Food safety · Intermediate
- Guest recovery · Intermediate
- Composure · Intermediate
Interview questions
- Two team members call out an hour before the dinner rush. Walk me through what you do.
- You see a cook skip a food safety step during a rush. How do you handle it?
- A guest says their order is wrong and they have been waiting 30 minutes. What do you do?
- Tell me about a time you had to give feedback to someone on your team who was also a friend.
- How do you close out a shift and hand it to the next lead?
What a strong answer shows
- Re-plans stations, calls for cover and sets expectations with the team.
- Stops the unsafe practice right away and follows up after the rush.
- Apologizes, fixes it fast, and makes it right for the guest.
- Gives direct feedback privately and keeps it about the work.
The prompt
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Using RightMatch, create an interview template for the role "Restaurant Shift Lead". Skills: Shift leadership (Intermediate), Food safety (Intermediate), Guest recovery (Intermediate), Composure (Intermediate). Questions: 1. Two team members call out an hour before the dinner rush. Walk me through what you do. 2. You see a cook skip a food safety step during a rush. How do you handle it? 3. A guest says their order is wrong and they have been waiting 30 minutes. What do you do? 4. Tell me about a time you had to give feedback to someone on your team who was also a friend. 5. How do you close out a shift and hand it to the next lead? Then show me the interview preview. Do not send it to anyone yet.
Questions, answered
What should I ask in a Restaurant Shift Lead interview?
Ask short, situation-based questions that test shift leadership, food safety, guest recovery, composure. For example: Two team members call out an hour before the dinner rush. Walk me through what you do.
How long should a first-round Restaurant Shift Lead interview be?
With 5 spoken questions, a first-round screen fits in a 5 to 15 minute AI video interview with Mira, which scores every answer against your rubric and returns a ranked shortlist.
How do I use this template in Claude or ChatGPT?
Connect the RightMatch connector to Claude or ChatGPT, then click Use in Claude or Use in ChatGPT. The prompt asks RightMatch to create the template in your workspace and show you a preview. Nothing is sent to a candidate until you say so.