I applied in-person. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Best Buy (Tampa, FL) in Oct 2012
Interview
I applied online beginning of October and one day, I decided to go to Best Buy. I asked to see the manager to ask if he could look over my application. I had no expectations but I just wanted to ask. Anyway after a couple minutes, the recruiter guy told me the manager will interview me in a few minutes. I was in jeans and shirt!!!! But no one seemed to care about it. I hung around while waiting and soon enough, the manager and I went to the backroom and he had like a packet with lots of interview questions. The questions are not easy if you never had a job before. They are behavioral and situational questions. I know I didn't give the best answers but I was friendly and enthusiastic. It took about 45 minutes, very long, and as I wasn't appropriately dressed, I apologized and he was cool about it. Right after, he scheduled me for the interview with the GM. I came back the next day and the interview with the GM was pretty relaxed. If you made it to this point, you get the job. While I was answering her questions she was filling the paperwork for me. All in all, a very good experience, fast (took 3 days), friendly. There are normally 3 interviews but I skipped the phone interview by going to the store and asking for the manager.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you know that a customer trusts you?
Name a time when you went beyond for a customer.
What are your three favorite departments?
What is the best experience you had at BB?
What would you do if you saw someone taking and eating a candy?
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Best Buy (New York, NY) in Oct 2012
Interview
I applied online and took the personality test. Almost 2 weeks later they called me and asked a couple of easy questions. Then they scheduled an interview for me a week later. Came to the interview and to my surprise was interviewed by the GM. He interviewed me that day and was given a job offer. I have no prior work experince. Offered me $9/hr.