I applied online. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Best Buy (Madison, MS) in Aug 2015
Interview
I applied online and got a call the next day. The following day I had an interview. The interview was very unprofessional, but not in a "cool" way. The man interviewing me brought me into a room with two other employees in there. Throughout the entire interview the guy is constantly looking over and listening in on the other 2 employee's conversation while I am talking. He then asks if they are distracting me (because clearly they are distracting him). We continue with the interview and after a brief pause one of the employees in the background yells out "What's your availability" as I tell her when I am available she says "Oh yeah I remember you. If you can't work Saturday's thats a deal breaker". And the man interviewing with me agreed.
I feel as if they wasted my time even calling me in for an interview if not being able to work Saturdays was a "deal breaker" because my availability is clearly stated on my application. As I left they said they would talk to their GM because they felt as if I would be a great sales associate because of my prior knowledge in the department I was applying for, and said they'd call me in the following days and let me know.
Of course they never called. I got a brief email a week later saying "we will not continue with the employment process". This is what I kind of expected but not in such a manner.
Overall negative experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Generic Sales Questions:
How did you go above and beyond for a customer in previous employment?
What did you do at a previous job when you had to work with someone you didn't like?
How have you handled an upset customer in the past?
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.
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%
Group panel interview: 4%
Presentation: 4%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Other: 1%
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