Food Service Worker-Part Time, Evenings
Posted Sep 24, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 5, 2026
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About your past
This tray passer shift at Kishwaukee Hospital runs from 3:30 to 9 p.m. What experience do you have serving food in a hospital or care setting?
What they are checking: Whether they understand that patient meals come with diet rules and a more careful pace than restaurant service.
Tell me about a time you handled cash. How did you make sure it balanced?
What they are checking: Whether they handle money carefully, which the posting lists as a duty.
This job includes alternating weekends and holidays. How does that fit with your life?
What they are checking: Whether they can reliably cover the schedule hospital meal service requires.
How do you treat patients when you deliver a tray to their room?
What they are checking: Whether they bring kindness to a short visit that matters to patients.
What would you do
A patient calls to order something that is not allowed on their diet. What do you say?
What they are checking: Whether they follow diet orders politely and offer allowed choices instead.
A family member is upset because their loved one's meal was late. How do you respond?
What they are checking: Whether they can stay calm, apologize and fix the problem.
You notice food in the cooler that is past its date. What do you do?
What they are checking: Whether they remove unsafe food and follow first in, first out practices.
About the work
How do you check a tray before it goes to a patient?
What they are checking: Whether they verify the patient and diet order so the wrong food never reaches someone.
How do you keep cold food at a safe temperature while you prepare and deliver it?
What they are checking: Whether they understand food safety rules for cold items.
Have you used Microsoft Excel before? What did you use it for?
What they are checking: Whether they can handle the basic data entry the posting asks for.
How do you keep your work area clean and organized during a busy shift?
What they are checking: Whether they clean as they go and follow daily checklists.
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