I applied in-person. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Five Guys (Watertown, NY) in Dec 2011
Interview
Open interview - panel of Assistant Managers, Manager and Franchise Owner
Asked generalized questions about experience and work ethic. They then went on to ask a bit about the interviewee.
I applied through other source. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Five Guys (Stuart, FL) in May 2014
Interview
The manager called me at around 2:30PM saying he wanted to schedule an interview three days from the day; Friday. I accepted, and showed up 10 minutes early on Friday. The Interview lasted maybe five minutes, and ended on the exact time the interview was scheduled. The questions were all capability questions like "can you lift 30-50lbs" and "can you interact well with others". I thought I did great, and he told me he'd call me on monday. He didn't, so I called, and said he has a second interview to schedule with me on Friday. I said OK. Friday came, and he called me saying the GM was unavaliable so he;d have to reschedule to next tuesday. I said OK again, but on Saturday, he called canceling that second interview and basically saying No you can't work here. I have no idea what I did wrong.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
All the questions were relatively easy. They need an "outgoing, lively, energetic" person.