McDonalds On Job Evaluation!

DublinArnie

Hey!

Just had an interview today and now I received an email saying I made it to the second stage and have an On Job Evaluation tomorrow.

What will I wear? Should I try to match their uniform? Won't it be awkward if I interact with customers without the uniform on?

What will they expect from me as I have no formal training in fast food restaurants????

Super excited!

Samuel T. Cogley

Black trousers, proper (but comfortable!) shoes and a button up shirt ideally.

They're looking for you to be friendly and polite, keep hygiene in mind and keep yourself busy, you'll be grand. Best of luck!

Full Marx

I hope they pay you for this "evaluation".

DublinArnie

Samuel T. Cogley wrote: »

Black trousers, proper (but comfortable!) shoes and a button up shirt ideally.

They're looking for you to be friendly and polite, keep hygiene in mind and keep yourself busy, you'll be grand. Best of luck!

Would black jeans do? Or slacks?

Samuel T. Cogley

Full Marx wrote: »

I hope they pay you for this "evaluation".

They don't tend to and frankly they're not getting any benefit from it as you almost need a 1:1 supervison ratio for Health and Safety purposes.

DublinArnie wrote: »

Would black jeans do? Or slacks?

I'd avoid jeans if at all possible, slacks would be fine. In fairness black jeans wouldn't be totally unsuitable either as long as they're smartly presented and not these bloody 'distressed' looking thingies or have holes in.

DublinArnie

Samuel T. Cogley wrote: »

I'd avoid jeans if at all possible, slacks would be fine. In fairness black jeans wouldn't be totally unsuitable either as long as they're smartly presented and not these bloody 'distressed' looking thingies or have holes in.

I wore black jeans today and it seemed alright, they kinda look like slacks at a glance.

Triceratops Ballet

DublinArnie wrote:

What will I wear? Should I try to match their uniform? Won't it be awkward if I interact with customers without the uniform on?

Just hit reply and ask to clarify the dress code. A perfectly reasonable question, and one I get from interview candidates all the time

DublinArnie

dottie_lottie wrote: »

Just hit reply and ask to clarify the dress code. A perfectly reasonable question, and one I get from interview candidates all the time

It'll probably show some initiative as well.

seamus

I'd be very surprised if they have you interacting with customers tbh. You've been given no training and without a contract of employment you are not insured to work there.

Most likely it's a short walk around and orientation, along with a few chats with management and other staff. Just to make sure you're not an idiot and will fit in ok.

Samuel T. Cogley

seamus wrote: »

I'd be very surprised if they have you interacting with customers tbh. You've been given no training and without a contract of employment you are not insured to work there.

Most likely it's a short walk around and orientation, along with a few chats with management and other staff. Just to make sure you're not an idiot and will fit in ok.

Starbucks do it, you're just very well supervised.

Edit: to be fair might be used to at this point.

Mrs OBumble

DublinArnie wrote: »

Hey!

Just had an interview today and now I received an email saying I made it to the second stage and have an On Job Evaluation tomorrow.

What will I wear? Should I try to match their uniform? Won't it be awkward if I interact with customers without the uniform on?

What will they expect from me as I have no formal training in fast food restaurants????

Super excited!

Don't try to match the uniform, just do clean smart casual.

Basically they are checking if you can follow instructions and fit in with a team.

They will 100% train you in the procedures to follow so don't stress about that at all.

DublinArnie

Got the job!

I had to work a floor for 15 minutes (cleaning tables, emptying trays, making sure customers are happy etc) while the manager supervised me.

He gave me the job straight away.

Samuel T. Cogley

DublinArnie wrote: »

Got the job!

I had to work a floor for 15 minutes (cleaning tables, emptying trays, making sure customers are happy etc) while the manager supervised me.

He gave me the job straight away.

Congrats! Hope you enjoy the new role.

mansize

Congrats I love good news

DublinArnie

I haven't heard anything back even though the guy said he's "happy to take me in" and gave me a 10/10 :P.

Said I should expect contact from someone the next day (as a more senior person is visiting the restaurant).

Have a bad experience with companies ghosting me after interviews, and am anxious that it happened again.

Faith+1

DublinArnie wrote: »

I haven't heard anything back even though the guy said he's "happy to take me in" and gave me a 10/10 :P.

Said I should expect contact from someone the next day (as a more senior person is visiting the restaurant).

Have a bad experience with companies ghosting me after interviews, and am anxious that it happened again.

Its only been a few days...I'd say you'll hear something in the next few days.

Something very similar happended to me a few years ago.

eeguy

There's no harm in calling to follow up either.

DublinArnie

Okay,

I rang today wondering if I still had the job and when orientation was on. Turns out I didn't get it (the business manager answered, not the restaurant manager), and I asked for feedback on my application.

Guy said that the other candidates were more flexible with their time and that other than that, I was perfect. Understandable... He said that if I apply to other restaurants and mention him, he'll put in a good word.

Was excited to start a new job back to job searching.

eeguy

DublinArnie wrote: »

Was excited to start a new job back to job searching.

Ah hard luck. It happens to everyone at some stage. At least you got some feedback and a possible reference.
Best of luck in the job hunt!

Donal55

DublinArnie wrote: »

Okay,

I rang today wondering if I still had the job and when orientation was on. Turns out I didn't get it (the business manager answered, not the restaurant manager), and I asked for feedback on my application.

Guy said that the other candidates were more flexible with their time and that other than that, I was perfect. Understandable... He said that if I apply to other restaurants and mention him, he'll put in a good word.

Was excited to start a new job back to job searching.

Really sad to hear that. I can't see why business dont have the courtesy in letting people know where they stand on asking them to complete, training/evaluation days.
I read this thread in full and felt your sense of inital anxiety, then delight at getting the job and then the dismay.
Keep the head up and plod on.
The management could do with having some manners.

Full Marx

OP you are better off, McDonalds is a crap place to work, I did for a while when I was younger.

Samuel T. Cogley

Best of luck OP.

FMG

Sorry to hear you did'nt get the job. I have been through a few interviews lately and know how it feels to be almost certain of getting a start only to hear you were unsuccessful, worse still to hear nothing back.
I hope something turns up for you .

pilly

DublinArnie wrote: »

Okay,

I rang today wondering if I still had the job and when orientation was on. Turns out I didn't get it (the business manager answered, not the restaurant manager), and I asked for feedback on my application.

Guy said that the other candidates were more flexible with their time and that other than that, I was perfect. Understandable... He said that if I apply to other restaurants and mention him, he'll put in a good word.

Was excited to start a new job back to job searching.

That's such a shame. Whey would he say you weren't as flexible with your time? Is there certain hours you can't work?

DublinArnie

pilly wrote: »

That's such a shame. Whey would he say you weren't as flexible with your time? Is there certain hours you can't work?

He probably wanted people who could work day light hours during the weekdays. Since I'm in college I wouldn't be able to do them hours on weekdays.

What was weird was that the guy said that they have 10 job positions, and only 3 made it to interview stage (including me), meaning 7 positions were vacant when I did my interview.

gruffler91

Just wanted to add to this. I recently worked in Mc D's in the UK for a short stint and one of the things that they tend to pride themselves in is offering flexibility with regards to shifts so it's so strange to hear that this wasn't being offered where you interviewed. For example, where I worked lots of college students only worked weekends etc. Hard luck OP, but as others have said keep the head up!

Mrs OBumble

DublinArnie wrote: »

He probably wanted people who could work day light hours during the weekdays. Since I'm in college I wouldn't be able to do them hours on weekdays.

What was weird was that the guy said that they have 10 job positions, and only 3 made it to interview stage (including me), meaning 7 positions were vacant when I did my interview.

They tend to not have fixed positions as such. Instead they know they need roughly X people who can do day time hours, Y who can do nights and Z who can do weekends, and then hire to build up to having those numbers on the books.

Then every week they assign people to shifts based on hour busy they expect it to be, and also your availability.

It's not a job I'd advise staying in forever (unless you want to get into management). But as student jobs go, it's far, far from the worse: you work hard, get paid relatively well for it, learn lots of transferable skills, and meet a wide range of people among your colleagues.

If there are other stores around, why don't you try applying there too, like your man said. Or even try applying back at the same place again at a time when their weekend worker numbers are likely to have gone down a bit.

pilly

DublinArnie wrote:

He probably wanted people who could work day light hours during the weekdays. Since I'm in college I wouldn't be able to do them hours on weekdays.

That's a pity. You think they'd be crying out for people to do weekends. Anyway it bodes well for you getting a job in another restaurant. Sure there's plenty out there looking for weekend workers.

DublinArnie

Yeah, I applied initially because I've heard McDonalds being flexible for students. So I thought my college hours wouldn't effect my application too much.

But I trust the manager and believe I've done two great interviews, so at least I got interview experience.

Will keep applying around Dublin.

edit: Appreciate everyone's support and intake on this!