Sales Advisor 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 83% positive. To compare, the company-average is 69% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Sales Advisor roles take an average of 8 days to get hired, when considering 58 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 Advisor according to 58 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 25%
Phone interview: 20%
Background check: 16%
Skills test: 13%
Personality test: 8%
Drug test: 6%
Presentation: 4%
Group panel interview: 3%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Other: 2%
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The process was quick and painless. Their goal is to weed out individuals who aren’t the most competent in making good decision and some who lack common sense. For example: What to do if you see anyone stealing? The course of the interview is usually based around getting to know you, but understand your general thought process and compare it to what you’d do in a real situation. Currently the paradigm is focused on customer obsession and membership skills ( Credit cards and Total Tech subscriptions) So they are looking for individuals with great people skills.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is a time when you knew you made a mistake? What did you do to fix it?
Typical Interview with standard behavioral questions and role play questions. If you have any experience with interviewing, this should be very straightforward. They also ask about relevant Sales Experience and availability.
If you apply during Black Friday time you got a good shot at getting a first job. Meet with manager/gm in the back room and talk about any prior work experience, mostly behavioral, be alive and talkative, understand this is sales and they want you to attach cards and paid memberships.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Basically do you have reliable transportation and any previous work experience.
I applied through other source. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Best Buy
Interview
The questions weren't necessarily hard to answer, however they did make me think. Think of typical interview questions (how would you handle xyz, name a time when xyz, etc...) Overall not too bad.