I applied through college or university. I interviewed at CarMax (Richmond, VA) in Nov 2012
Interview
I submitted my resume through my school, and was contacted for a first-round phone interview, which consisted of behavioral questions and a problem-solving case (pretty simple math). Then, I had to complete some online behavioral and cognitive assessments. The cognitive section was mostly data reading/analysis. I was then invited to final round interviews in Richmond, where they took me and the other candidates out for dinner and a brief city tour the night before. For the interview day, they had our individual schedules planned out for the whole day, which included a campus tour, couple of behavioral interviews, a problem solving case, a group business case, an individual presentation based on the group case, lunch, and drug test. It was a long process, but the people were all friendly and helpful.
I applied online. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at CarMax (Rockville, MD) in Mar 2010
Interview
I had three interviews with CarMax, two interviews were on one day and the third was on another day due to time restrictions on their behalf. For the first interview, they ask you to bring in a print out of 2 cars from their website and you will have to choose one to pretend and sell. Normally you would go to the car itself and pretend as if you're trying to sell it, but in my case it was raining so I did not have to go outside. If you can make through the first and second interview, you will more than likely be offered a job on the third interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Because they ran out of time to give me my third interview that day, they told me they would call me for the third interview. They never called, so I called them because they had forgotten to call me. I scheduled my third interview which was only 10min and by the end of the interview I was hired.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at CarMax (Virgin, UT) in Mar 2011
Interview
I was called for an interview withing 7 days of completing the application. I sat down with 2 managers that asked several questions based on thier competency modles. They were looking for very specific answers not a broad or in general answer. I was passed to a 2nd interview with the senior manager who asked a few questions about prior work experience. Lastly I was interviewed by the Regional Vice President who was probed deep into my prior work experience asking quesiont after question. After that i was offered the position and a drug screen.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time when you gave someone extra responsibility and they failed.
They will ask you questions that you have to admitt fault and humility. Most people dont do very well at them. My advise is think of some very specific answers and tell them what you would do diferently next time.