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 3 days. I interviewed at Best Buy (Houston, TX) in Jul 2012
Interview
In order to become an employee at Best Buy you must successfully pass through three interviews. The first interview is held with the Assistant Manger, second step is a random phone interview, with a Best Buy hiring manger, and the last interview is with the General Manger. On your last interview the General manger will give you a date they will call back if they are interested in hiring you. Also, it might depend on the the Best Buy location you've applied to. It took two weeks to get a call back from Best Buy. A Best Buy employee called and asked for my availability to schedule a meeting with the General Manger to finalize the process before obtaining the job. Finally the General Manger will offer you a job and tell you your starting pay with Best Buy. The GM makes you sign required documents and gives you a pre-employment drug test packet to take to the drug test location in order to get officially hired . If you pass the drug test you will be called in for a Best Buy orientation and later go into taring with BB. After you finish all of their requirements you are ready to go and start working!
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.