HireWow puts restaurant hiring on autopilot. Screen 10x more candidates, fill shifts faster, and reduce the turnover that kills your labor cost.
📊 The restaurant hiring problem
Restaurants have the highest turnover of any industry. Here's what's costing you.
Your GMs are running shifts AND doing phone screens 😩. That's 5-10 hours a week on calls with no-shows and unqualified applicants.
150% turnover means you're rehiring your entire crew every 8 months 🔁. Without a faster process, you're stuck in a costly, exhausting loop.
Every manager screens differently 🤷. Some are too lenient, some too tough. Multi-unit operators end up with wildly inconsistent hires.
Set up once. HireWow runs interviews automatically across every location.
Use our restaurant-ready templates for Crew Member, Shift Lead, Assistant Manager, and more 📝. Customize questions to your culture in under 10 minutes.
Candidates get a professional AI voice interview 🎙️ — no scheduling needed. They can interview at midnight after their current job. Your managers don't lift a finger.
See scored, ranked candidates with full transcripts 🏆. Know who's reliable, available, and a cultural fit before your GM spends 10 seconds on them.
Everything a franchise operator or chain HR director needs
Manage hiring across every location from one view 👀. See pipeline health, candidate volume, and fill rates by store.
Natural, conversational AI that candidates actually like 💬. No robotic forms — a real interview experience that gives you real signal.
Post at 9am, have 20 screened candidates by end of day 🎯. No more waiting for managers to make callback rounds.
Every candidate evaluated against the same rubric ⚖️. Compare fairly across locations and against your historical benchmarks.
Restaurant-specific question templates designed to screen for 90-day retention signals 💪 — not just whether they can show up.
Candidates apply and interview from their phone 🔗. No app download, no friction. Just a link that works.
Multi-unit operators at McDonald's, Dunkin', and fast-casual brands use HireWow to stay staffed.
"We were doing 30+ phone screens a week across 4 locations. HireWow cut that to zero — our GMs just look at the ranked list and call the top 3."
"Turnover dropped 30% in the first quarter. Turns out when you screen properly, you hire people who actually stay."
HireWow screens for reliability, availability, and culture-fit signals that correlate with retention — not just whether someone can flip a burger. Our AI asks behavioral questions proven to predict 90-day retention, so you stop hiring people who leave in week two.
Yes. HireWow runs 24/7 with no scheduling required — you can go from posting a job to having 50 screened candidates in a single day. Whether it's summer rush or holiday staffing, we scale with you instantly.
Absolutely. Multi-unit operators can manage all locations from one dashboard, standardize interview questions across units, and compare candidates side-by-side regardless of location.
Under 10 minutes. Define the role, add your questions (or use our restaurant-ready templates), share the link — candidates start interviewing immediately.
Phone screens require a manager's time. HireWow runs the entire first interview automatically — every candidate gets a consistent, professional experience, and you get a scored report. Your managers only talk to people worth hiring.
Set up your first AI interview in 10 minutes. Your GMs will thank you.
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