I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at CarMax (Houston, TX) in Mar 2015
Interview
It was warm and welcoming. All of the assessments were in a comfortable environment. The manager met with me and sat down and discussed aspects of the job and few hypotheticals that were questioned to see what type of steps can be taken in certain situations.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If you were to describe yourself, in a few words, how would you?
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at CarMax (Gilbert, AZ) in Oct 2016
Interview
Went in and sat down at a computer to take a "background check" quiz. They need your social security number right off the bat. The quiz asks if you've done illegal drugs, committed a murder or rape(can't make this stuff up) and you also need to provide your license number, and previous addresses. Afterwards, they ask you to sign a bunch of papers that basically will release all of your private information for review if necessary. The amount of time and effort preparing for this interview went out the window because it lasted 4 questions. The hiring manager was aware I didn't have experience in the field, I know this because I was recruited from Indeed and put through the phone screening process. I'm very frustrated with their lack of preparation and disregard of the applicant.
I applied through college or university. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at CarMax (Richmond, VA) in Oct 2016
Interview
Found them through a career fair and was invited to apply online. They started with a standard phone interview, about an hour long with technical and behavioral questions (technical questions were very basic, such as what is a variable or what is an array). Then, once I had passed that I was sent an online background check exam. After I completed that, I was invited to the home office where I had dinner with recruiters and 5 other applicants one evening, then interviewed with them for about half a day the next day. They will offer hotel accommodations if you need them. The half-day interview was evenly divided between interviewing and touring their office. We ate lunch in their cafeteria, toured the building and gym facilities, then went through two hour-long panel interviews (2 on 1), one behavioral involving role-plays and the other technical focusing HEAVILY on SQL and web development (this may have been due to my stressing web dev on my resume, but the SQL questions are definitely standard). If you don't know any SQL or haven't worked with databases at all, LEARN IT. Expect Object-Oriented Programming questions as well, but nothing too difficult. They reached out to me 2 days later with a job offer. Pay was above what I expected and good for the Richmond area, and definitely worth it given their incredibly flexible vacation policy and relaxed environment.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
What is the difference between the different types of JOINs in SQL, left/right and inner/outer?