I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Tout Events (Boston, MA) in May 2020
Interview
Start by submitting videos, though this step seems superfluous as I doubt they refuse most. Second interview was with a very nice employee over zoom who gives an overview of the process. This is where you can begin to see that they are trying to take advantage of people. Every job is the same, with no different descriptions offered on their site or by the interviewers. After a pleasant interview with an employee, there was a third round interview with the head honcho Garrett Something. It started out alright, but when I mentioned RBI(what they used to be called, don't know why they changed) he started acting weird and fiddling with things on his desk. I asked a lot of questions about how the salesmen move up, and how many had been promoted, and Garrett got agitated. I expressed skepticism at the rate people were promoted, and he went on a weird rant about the different cities he had trained managers in and said we were wasting time. It was very weird. Maybe he was just nervous but I would caution anyone interviewing there to not expect to move up the chain as fast as they say you will.
I applied through other source. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Tout Events (Malden, MA) in Feb 2020
Interview
Their interview process is very disrespectful to candidates. You go online to their website pick a date and time no prior qualifications needed. You show up then realize that there is multiple people interviewing at the same time, mine happened to have 10+ people in the room waiting. It was a one on one face to conversation that lasted 5 minutes you can tell they don't care about your previous experience because they haven't even looked at the resume you gave them. So you drive all the way there through dense Boston traffic for a 5 minute talk then they call you for a second round interview for the next day or within the next couple days. Now its a hour/hour and a half long interview where they inform you this so called "Manager in Training" is actually pretty much a sales commission gig. Something that should be clearly represented before you even walk in so you don't waste time commuting to Boston not once but twice. The first half of the second round interview they will give you a background of the company and tell you how much money you can make if you are determined and sell sell sell, but lets be honest you walk into best buy and the last thing you want to do is buy cable/internet from a young looking kid in a suit.
Look if you can sell its a good job I guess there are people there that make great money but they have 100's of employees some of them have to make money right. The job consists of Mon - Fri 9:30-11 in the office meeting then 12-6:30 you're in a store selling things to consumers and you receive $55 per service you sell. They expect you to make 600-800 each week during your first month and you have the opportunity to run your office within 2 years but you need to sell sell sell. There is no base pay so if you have a bad week you're working 45+ hours for nothing. Not the best job college students right out of school. They rope you in and are genuinely nice people but be advised ITS ALL SELLING AND COMMISSION.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is the difference between a manager and a leader?