I applied in-person. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at GameStop (Albany, NY) in Sep 2011
Interview
More than likely, you're going into the back room. How the back room is organized will say a lot about the people you might be working with. They have a preset questionnaire they might have to go over with you. Mostly, they want to know the basics for working there, such as if you're a gamer, if you've ever had sales experiences, your availability, and if you know the alphabet (yes, the alphabet is very important. You'll be organizing a library of games alphabetically. It might seem funny to you, but I have spent hours reorganizing drawers because co workers had no idea where to put the games.)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Are you a gamer? What is your availability? Do you have any sales experience? If you saw, or felt if, something was shady, would you report it to upper management (phrasing could be different). How would you go about selling a particular game to a particular customer (i.e Grandma May wants to buy Grand Theft Auto for her eight year old grandson, but has no idea about what she's buying. How do you go about informing her about the game?)
Met with the manager and interviewed. Good interview, professional, the questions were good and not invasive. The job seemed like a good fit but there were only a few positions open.
I applied in-person. I interviewed at GameStop (Fairfield, CA)
Interview
Standard questions given by the managers and assistant manager. Questions involving teamwork, managing time, and organization. Also, work history and education. Experience with last and current game consoles is a must. Relaxed environment while appearing business casual. No need to do an online application.
Applied online and then got a call to schedule interview. She asked me about what games I like, consoles I have, etc...Then she went over how strict the job is alongside the pay rate and I, for some reason, still said I wanted to work there.
Game Advisor applicants have rated the interview process at GameStop with 1.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 69% positive. To compare, the company-average is 63% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Game Advisor roles take an average of 13 days to get hired, when considering 303 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at GameStop overall takes an average of 13 days.
Common stages of the interview process at GameStop as a Game Advisor according to 303 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 47%
Background check: 13%
Skills test: 8%
Presentation: 7%
Group panel interview: 6%
Personality test: 6%
Drug test: 6%
Phone interview: 3%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
Other: 2%
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