Denny’s Server Job Description & Interview
Job Description and Duties
What Does a Denny’s Server Do?
Server jobs at Denny’s primarily involve significant amounts of customer service. Workers greet customers, take down food and drink orders, and serve made-to-order meals. Servers must perform all job requirements while maintaining a professional and friendly attitude.
Varied Shifts
Since Denny’s restaurants operate 24 hour a day, locations need servers with the ability to work flexible schedules. Additionally, the ability to multitask and work in a fast-paced environment often increases hiring potential.
Get On Your Feet
Physical requirements from Denny’s include various amounts of standing, walking, lifting reaching, bending, and carrying various amounts of weight. Previous experience working in the restaurant industry may help secure employment.
Salary and Compensation
How Much Do They Get Paid?
Denny’s servers earn base pay of about $2.00 to $8.00 an hour. However, workers may accept tips and gratuities for performing excellent service. Servers may work in both a part-time of full-time capacity. Qualified Denny’s workers may earn several benefits that cover employee health and financial security, as well.
What Benefits Does Denny’s Offer?
Perks include discounts on food, paid time off, holiday bonuses, and performance rewards. Several benefits available with more advanced positions include corporate insurance coverage, insurance plans, and 401(k) retirement plans.
Moving Up the Ladder
Career advancement opportunities also exist for motivated Denny’s servers seeking professional growth with one of the biggest restaurant chains in the industry.
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Denny’s Server Interview Video
Video Transcript
Interviewer: Please describe your job title and primary duties.
Denny’s Server: I was just a server. That entailed a lot of different responsibilities – waiting on tables, talking to customers, working the cash register, also bussing tables, helping clean up in the back kitchen, stuff like that.
Interviewer: What was the work environment like?
Denny’s Server: The work environment, depending on the shift can be either high energy or low energy. Early mornings and late nights, you get a lot of crowds of people, and during the day, it’s sometimes a little bit dropped off. So, it’s a cool work environment as long as you get along with your coworkers.
Interviewer: How would you describe the application and interview process?
Denny’s Server: It’s a pretty straightforward application. You can find it on their website or you can ask the manager to give it to you in person. It will ask basic descriptions like if you’ve worked in the past. If you haven’t, it’s fine. You don’t need prior job experience to look for these jobs. They look for people who just want to learn. So, name and info… I think they ask for one or two references; I think they ask for a reference, and you can give a teacher or just someone you’ve worked in an organization with. And if they like your application, they’ll call you back in a week or two, and then you go in and it’s straightforward questions. I think one of the questions was, “What’s your favorite Harry Potter character?” They want to get to know you and most of the time with these types of jobs as long as they see that you can communicate and do basic work, they’ll be down.
Interviewer: What set you apart from other candidates?
Denny’s Server: I feel like I have strong communication skills, so that really makes a difference especially if you’re going to be taking people’s orders, and I’m good at multitasking, so I can run around and do a bunch of things, and it’s also about not having an ego, so being able to take work and do work and work as a team, and not be like, “Why is he telling me what to do?” It’s more about collectively doing work to better the place.
Interviewer: What other advice would you give to a job seeker looking to gain employment?
Denny’s Server: Be yourself. Don’t try to talk yourself up and sell yourself as something you’re not, because oftentimes it shows, and other than that, I would say just approach all of them like they’re regular people. Don’t look at him like he’s a manager or like this person just is a regular worker. Just treat everyone like they’re regular people. It’ll be a good environment to work in.
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