Sales Associate applicants have rated the interview process at Best Buy with 2.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 69% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Sales Associate roles take an average of 11 days to get hired, when considering 975 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Best Buy overall takes an average of 12 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Best Buy as a Sales Associate according to 975 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 26%
Drug test: 17%
Background check: 15%
Phone interview: 13%
Personality test: 9%
Skills test: 9%
Presentation: 4%
Group panel interview: 4%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Other: 1%
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I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Best Buy (Pasadena, CA) in Oct 2012
Interview
I applied online and was called for an interview three days later. When I got there I waited for about 30 minutes with about 5 more candidates. I was the first one to interview and it was with one of the assistant managers. He asked why I wanted to work there, may experience, where I'm going to school, mainly the basic stuff. When it was over he said that he wanted me to interview with another manager so I waited another 10 minutes and had the second interview. The manager was super nice and it was actually her first day there and didn't know she'd be doing interviews. She asked about the same questions and explained the job position (cashier). She told me that someone would let me know the outcome within 24 hours and as I was getting ready to leave the parking lot I got a call to come back at 4:30pm for the third interview with the general manager! I went in and waited about 30 minutes. He seemed a little flustered but very nice. He asked the same questions, more about my availability and explained the difference between a sales person and a clerk. He told me that he could see me as a sales person rather than a cashier and hired me on the spot! $9.00/hr and only seasonal unless told other wise at the end of the season. I took my drug test the next day and came back two days later for an orientation!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why do you want to work for Best Buy?
Explain a time where you had to deal with a difficult customer and how you handled it.
Recorded interview: asked basic about me overview question, why best buy, and a few scenario question touching on customer privacy and respect. Overall very smooth, did not get a call back due to locations
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They always tend to start with the "tell me about yourself" where you essentially pitch yourself in 90 seconds or less.
Star method questions. Depending on the location they each have a very different interview process. The first two were more lengthy and expected you to do a demonstration or convincing them to buy something whereas my third interview at a different location was very laid back.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why Bestbuy and can you tell me about your last experience.
It was not too long and was a good process. They asked me about eight questions so that was not bad at all. Just make sure you act professionally and be positive throughout the process is what’s most important of all.