I applied online and received a call about an hour and 15 minutes after I applied. I had a phone interview the next day and was called back about 10 minutes after the interview ended to see what my availability was the next week for an in person interview. I went to the interview expecting 1-2 interviews and ended up doing 4 interviews the last one being with the Group Vice President. I found the interview process straight forward with all the questions being in the STAR (Situation, Task, Action, Result) format. I spent about 6 hours doing research on the company so I would be informed and wasn't asked a single question about the company. Not sure if my experience is unique or not but I'd advise always spending time researching a company you're going to interview with. Despite not being asked any questions I was able to incorporate some of the company research into my answers and I know I surprised one of the interviewers by being able to quote their principle objective word for word during the interview. Cintas uses a process called meticulous hiring and I think it helps them weed out people and only hire the best folks. The process gives both them and you a good look at the company so that you'll be able to know if you're going to be a good fit for them and them for you. The entire process took about 2.5 weeks as it was a week between my initial phone interview and the in person interviews. The day after the in person interviews they asked for my references and that took a couple days. I received an offer a couple days after they closed out my references and then had to take a drug test and have a background check before I started employment.

The interview process was lengthy and involved multiple steps, but there was little communication between each stage. Long gaps of silence made it unclear where I stood in the process or what to expect next, leading to uncertainty and frustration.