I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at CarMax (Richmond, VA) in Nov 2021
Interview
I'm surprised to see how many of these reviews are reporting negative experiences. Every single person I talked to during the interview process was kind, helpful, and genuinely interested in what I had to say.
The first step of the process was a quick 20 or 30 minute online math assessment. The one complaint there is that some of the charts they gave were small/blurry and difficult to read.
After that, I got an email from them to schedule a phone interview. The interview was an hour long and started off with some behavioral questions and then we moved to a case style interview that took the majority of the time. My interviewer was super nice, and helped steer me in the right direction at one point when I was unsure how to proceed.
After the phone interview, I got a call from HR to schedule the "super day" interview. The "super day" consisted of 1 behavioral interview, 2 case interviews, 1 general interview with one of the managers, and a lunch session where they gave us the opportunity to speak with employees who were in the program. The whole thing lasted from 9 AM until around 2:30PM, so prepare for it to take the entire day. Again, my interviewers helped guide me through the cases and it felt more like they were teaching me rather than trying to assess my performance. The behavioral interview was also pretty straightforward, just make sure you know what the STAR method is and you'll be fine.
The best part of the interview process was that all of the interviewers were actual analysts at CarMax, not people from HR. I interviewed with another company that had a guy from HR call me and it was an absolutely awful experience compared to my CarMax experience.
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Application
I applied online. I interviewed at CarMax
Interview
I applied for the position online and later got the reach out from HR. I did an interview online with a business analyst for about 1 hour. I didn't pass this interview, so I didn't know the process after that.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
There is a math question about buying land to build a new store. The question involves a lot of numbers, and you need to calculate and choose the land that will benefit the company the most.
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at CarMax (Richmond, VA) in Feb 2024
Interview
1-hour behavioral and case interview with an analyst. Then a virtual super day. The behavioral questions are quite basic. The case however takes most of the 1 hour time. Felt like I aced the case but was sent a rejection email at 3:40 am the next Saturday. When I asked for feedback, they told me they were unable to provide feedback due to policy.
I applied through college or university. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at CarMax in Oct 2022
Interview
First, 1 hour phone interview with a senior in the field. She asked me about a dataset that I have worked that was used to solve a business problem. Asked my about variables and what I did. After this, we did a case together that was about figuring which land to purchase for a new carmax store location. Overall, the case wasn't as hard at others (like capital one) but the wording was confusing and there were a lot of numbers, which messed me up. After this, the interviewer asked basic behavioral questions about teamwork.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
There were 2 pieces of land in question and if purchased today the price of the land was at a 40% discount. If purchased tomorrow, then the given price is at a 50% premium. Figure out the prices if bought today vs tomorrow.