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%
Presentation: 4%
Group panel interview: 4%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Other: 1%
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I applied online. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Best Buy (Phoenix, AZ) in Apr 2012
Interview
3 days after I filled out my application online for one store, I got a callback from another store for a interview. First interview was with the Supervisor of the computer department. A second one followed up imminently with the manager. After having a talk with him, he said that he would schedule an interview with the general manager within the next 2 hours. 6 hours later I got a call back from an assistant that my interview would be in the afternoon. The next day, just as I was getting ready for the interview, I got another call that my interview would have to be rescheduled due to a conference call. So I showed up for the interview on time, and it was 45 minutes long, where mostly the GM talked about reaching their sales quota, customer relations, etc. I was also promised a call on the following Thursday, but that call never came, so I called in on Friday morning to find out that 'they didn't had space' for me. After contacting the manager from the 2nd interview, this was exposed as a lie.
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.