Bartending Mock Interview

Master 30 Bartending interview questions covering drink knowledge, customer service, and high-volume service.

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Tell me about your previous bartending experience.

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Rachelle Enns is an interview coach and job search expert. She works with candidates to perform their best in employment, medical, and post-secondary admission interviews.

"I have not worked as a bartender in the past; however, I have worked as a bar assistant for the past nine months. My duties as a bar assistant include ensuring the bar is fully stocked, running for ice, replenishing the garnishes, and general clean up. I am ready for this next step in my bar career."

Rachelle Enns

Rachelle Enns is an interview coach and job search expert. She works with candidates to perform their best in employment, medical, and post-secondary admission interviews.

"I have worked as a bartender for the past four years. Two years I spent in a local Irish pub, and two at a nightclub. It's been an incredibly lucrative career path for me, and I look forward to continuing this path at your establishment."

Rachelle Enns

Rachelle Enns is an interview coach and job search expert. She works with candidates to perform their best in employment, medical, and post-secondary admission interviews.

The interviewer is not asking for you to list your past jobs in chronological order with all of your responsibilities. They are only interested in a brief history, highlighting the relevant work you have done.

If you don't think you've done any work that is relevant to bartending, take some time to review your work history. Think about those transferable skills that you acquired from a job in customer service, for instance.

Rachelle Enns

Rachelle Enns is an interview coach and job search expert. She works with candidates to perform their best in employment, medical, and post-secondary admission interviews.

"I have three years' experience bartending at the competing pub, across the street from your establishment. I started as a bar assistant, then a backup bartender and now I am a senior bartender."

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30Bartending Interview Questions & Answers

1.Tell me about your previous bartending experience.

2.How do you make a White Russian?

Bartending Mock Interview

Tell me about your previous bartending experience.

30Bartending Interview Questions & Answers

1.Tell me about your previous bartending experience.

2.How do you make a White Russian?

3.Why did you leave your last bartending job?

4.How do you feel about serving drinks in a heavy volume environment?

5.How do you make a Cosmopolitan Martini?

6.What techniques do you use to upsell?

7.If you see a fight start across the bar, do you act or do you wait until the bouncers take care of it?

8.Your drawer is $44.21 short, how would you explain this? What would you do to correct something like this in the future?

9.This is a coveted bartending gig. Why should we hire you?

10.If your car broke down on the way to work, what would you do?

11.How do you make a Washington Apple?

12.How do you make an Irish Car Bomb?

13.How do you avoid serving to minors?

14.How do you make a Whiskey Sour?

15.Are you flexible to work any shift?

16.How do you use your time on a slow shift?

17.Explain the differences between a wheat beer, a pale ale and an IPA?

18.What is your favorite drink with vodka?

19.When you go above and beyond for a customer and they don't tip well, how do you handle it?

20.How do you decide which customers to serve first when the bar is packed?

21.How do you make a Dirty Martini?

22.How do you make a Johnny Vegas drink?

23.How do you treat customers on special occasions, like birthdays and bachelorette parties?

24.How do you garnish a Manhattan?

25.How do you engage with customers while making and serving drinks?

26.Explain to me how you properly stir a cocktail.

27.Do you have any flaring techniques?

28.Tell me about the garnishes you enjoy using for various cocktails.

29.Besides making drinks, what roles do you think bartenders serve?

30.Do you enjoy socializing with strangers?