Automotive Sales Consultant - Full Time applicants have rated the interview process at CarMax with 2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 59.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Automotive Sales Consultant - Full Time roles take an average of 10 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at CarMax overall takes an average of 12 days.
Common stages of the interview process at CarMax as a Automotive Sales Consultant - Full Time according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Background check: 17%
Phone interview: 17%
Drug test: 17%
Personality test: 17%
One on one interview: 17%
Presentation: 17%
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I applied online. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at CarMax (Laurel, MD) in Jun 2016
Interview
Apply at home online- Got a call to schedule a quick phone interview. "why do you want to work in sales, have you ever worked in sales, why CarMax?" Get a call to schedule an in person interview Arrive and take a loss prevention survey online. Give information about where you have lived criminal background. Interview with sales manager, interview with general manager, urine test, schedule first day of work. Lots of hypothetical questions about work and selling product experience. A mock sale. Greet an individual show them a car schedule an appointment. They're supposed to send you a link and information to prepare for this. I got none. Ask about it on the phone interview. I was at a disadvantage having not selected a car or gotten the "how to sell" info. Luckily I have owned a lot of cars and chose one quickly and researched it and asked to use it as I was at a disadvantage. Quick research let me know, roughly the trim levels, awards it had won, and a fun fact. Though they told me afterwards that only about 30% of their people have sales or car experience at hiring. It could be school or previous non sales work you describe your conflicts and "sales" type stories with. The questions came off a CARMAX form. They'll be the same everywhere. They offered me the job on the spot. Don't know if they were impressed, or because its so cheap to hire and train salesmen. $12/hour for training which is "1 month". Self paced but with redlines you must meet. 15 cars a month bumps up your pay by 10? 20? bucks per unit and there's another step above that. GM said that just shy of half of his staff was on the higher pay scale.
Very pleasant overall. Friendly a nd easy,Took about 4 hours.
Interview questions [5]
Question 1
Describe one time you had to work as a team to accomplish a goal-
Interview with 4 different people for a minimum wage sales job. Commission structure her low. Lots of personal questions, not so many car questions. Pretty easy process. But no offer.