I applied online. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Best Buy in Sep 2011
Interview
I first received a phone call from one of the local managers who then asked me basic questions, from when I was available to work to if I want full time or part time.I then had my first interview at the store the next day and he asked me questions of why I want to work there, how I would handle a general situation. 2nd interview consisted of store manager who loved my attitude, said I had great potential and wanted me to do my third interview that same night. Now usually by the 3rd and final interview, the job can be secure. I had the final interview now with the same store manager and one person that was above him. They asked me about references and said they would call me, but never did.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Best Buy (Boston, MA) in Oct 2011
Interview
Filled out application online. Got a call from a recruiter the next day and went through a phone interview. The phone interview wasnt hard, it was just basically talk about your past experience and describe yourself. After that she set me up with an interview with the mobile sales manager. That was about a week later. Could of been sooner but i wasnt available. But the interview with the manager was ok. The manager starts off by asking you to talk about yourself then he talks about his experience and Best Buy. That part of the interview was cool. You get to open up and show your personality. Then from there he takes out a packet and starts asking question from it and writes down your response. Depending on your experience, someone might think its hard but the questions are really those generic interview questions. "tell me about a time when you had to help someone; tell me about a time when you had to show leadership; what are the steps of selling" etc... After that I was offered the job but was told i had to meet with the Best Buy GM first. So that was about a week later. Heres where the bad part starts. I was 5 min late because i took public transportation. When I got to the store i went to the kisok just like the last interview. Had to wait another 5 min to ask for the gm because it was busy. One of the reps told me to go to the front to the security part and ask for the guard to page the GM. So i did that and waited and another "manager" came out and asked why I was late. Told her the situation and rudely she says "yea were going to have to reschedule". Right there i knew i wasnt going to be hired. So I explained the situation again and she said she would go to the back and talk to the GM. 5 min later she comes back out and says "yeah im sorry but he says he has another interview coming in and we have to reschedule and that I shouldve had security page him earlier". I said no one ever told me to go to security to have him "paged". I said this is unprofessional and I walked out. Needless to say i didnt get a call for rescheduling. Im sure someone else might have better luck in the hiring process lol. But basically if you get called in to meet the GM, your already hired. Just dont be late lol.