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 1 week. I interviewed at Best Buy in Aug 2012
Interview
I applied online as a cashier on a Thursday. Exactly a week later i got a call from one of the managers asking if i was still interested and then scheduled me for an interview that Tuesday. I arrived at the store 15 minutes early and was interviewed about 15 minutes later. The interview consisted of many question (see below) with most being a tell me a time when.... After the interview the guy told me if it was okay if i waited a little bit and get interviewed by the GM. After about 10 minutes my interviewer came back in and said that the GM got caught up in something and if it would be okay if i came back the next day.
The next day i walked into the store, 15 minutes early, and went to customer service to check in for my interview. The lady there told me that the GM was currently interviewing someone else and if it would be okay if i just waited. I said yes and walked around the store. After about 10 minutes an employee introduced himself to me, which i thought was very nice. A manager came to get about 10 minutes after that to tell me that the GM is ready. I walked back into the room I was interviewed in the day before. The GM asked me some of the same questions but the most important, what would you do if you saw someone stealing from the company? at the end of the interview i was offered a job in video games instead of cashier. I would just like to add what you hear about if you get the GM interview, you basically have the job because while the GM was getting me a drug test paper I lookeed at the whiteboard and saw my name and the word "gaming" right next to it
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.