Case Study: Breakside Brewery achieves faster, cost-effective hiring and finds passionate employees with Spark Hire

How Breakside Brewery Found Its Most Passionate Employees With Spark Hire Video Interviews

Breakside Brewery is an award‑winning restaurant and pub brewery based in Oregon that has grown rapidly since opening in 2010. As the company prepared to expand, leadership needed a more scalable hiring process to quickly identify passionate, qualified staff—moving away from the old “walk‑in resume” interviews that couldn’t keep up with their growth.

They adopted Spark Hire video interviews because it integrated with their ApplicantPro ATS and offered strong customer support at an affordable price. Implementation was easy, saved significant time and money, and let managers review candidates asynchronously; Breakside found that applicants who completed video interviews were often their most engaged hires, and the tool helped the team better assess skills and personality before face‑to‑face interviews.

Breakside Brewery

Dustin Gordon

Director of Restaurant Operations