Strategy Manager applicants have rated the interview process at CarMax with 3.4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 20% positive. To compare, the company-average is 59.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Strategy Manager roles take an average of 44 days to get hired, when considering 11 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 Strategy Manager according to 11 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 25%
Phone interview: 21%
Skills test: 14%
IQ intelligence test: 11%
Drug test: 7%
Personality test: 7%
Presentation: 7%
Background check: 4%
Group panel interview: 4%
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I applied through a recruiter. The process took 8 weeks. I interviewed at CarMax
Interview
Started with brief call with a recruiter, followed by an hour long case study call, then an all-day onsite interview with a number of people from the team, which included both problems/case studies and behavioral interviews, plus a drug test. Including time to go back and forth on the offer (ultimately declined), the whole process took about two months. Offer was declined because I was contacted about a Manager role, but they ultimately extended the offer for a Senior Analyst role instead.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about the most dynamic presentation you've ever given.
Have only done the first round which is a very straightforward HR Screening, waiting for the next rounds though. Seems very focused on culture and willingness to be in Richmond.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at CarMax in Aug 2025
Interview
Call with recruiter, one case and a couple behavioral in first interview, then 2 more cases and behavioral in super day. Overall 5 hours of interviewing. Pretty much the same experience as everyone else, one interviewer didn’t show then had to reschedule and find a way to squeeze in later in the day. Job is listed as Dallas, Atlanta, and Richmond. Interviewers checked out when I said I wanted to work in Atlanta not Richmond. Overall weird, had one interviewer give me his background for 15 minutes then tell me “don’t tell me about your background you can do that in the other interviews.” All interviewers had been with the company for 15+ years and seemed a bit insecure about it to be honest. Also could not figure out what the job was, super vague posting, asked questions about the job and they never told me what the specific role was. Really weird. Anyways good practice.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Bridge, break even car loan interest, and 100 paintings.
It started out with a initial call with the recruiter to see if it was a good fit. Then it went straight to a case with someone currently in that department. They made you do mental math without a calculator, with someone with many years of professional experience in advanced math and analytics I found it silly to have to preform mental math when I have spent years using R, SQL and Excel. I also found it a little strange that this position has been posted for over 2 years... Clearly they don't really want anyone in this role. This is Carmax and not a FANNG company and they should start acting like it.