Circuit city workers

[gl0ck 10+ year member]

I have an interview friday, anything special to know about before hand? also what did you wear to it? thanks

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[shanerz21 10+ year member]

just dont listen to them.. there not the smartest. . .

 

[mikeyboc 10+ year member]

wear nothing less than shirt and tie, but recommend a jacket if you have it.

Make sure you spout of your knowledge like the kid who interviewed at BB and basically told the manager he would never sell a cap and that he knew more than the manager . . . and your good.

Please don't really do that.

 

[QtrHorse 10+ year member]

Be polite, cover up any tattoos (no matter what anyone says, people will still judge you), wear some dockers/ slacks w/ a nice solid colored shirt (nothing wild) w/ a tie and don't talk bad about your last job or boss. I know a tie sounds a bit out there but it will impress the interviewer.

 

[gl0ck 10+ year member]

lol, thanks alot tie ftw i hope..

 

[gl0ck 10+ year member]

hmmm.. not bad then

 

[Shyne151 10+ year member]

Just wear a colared shirt and some khaki's or black slacks. They will probably ask you some life questions, like "name a time you took responsibility in your life, when no one told you to." or some bull shit.

Let them know you do know something about car audio, mention what you have in your car...

Are you going for install or sales?

If install the manager will probably ask you some questions... how to wire a relay, soldering, voice coil wiring...

 

[azbass 5,000+ posts]

I also pulled the "I'm an Eagle Scout" card.

dont lie you were. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/nerd.gif.c6fa51ddf7ff75f1c0371fbc648f70ae.gif

 

[Lakota 5,000+ posts]

don't talk bad about your last job or boss.

I did that at Lowes, and I still got hired

 

[Lakota 5,000+ posts]

I haven't been interviewed at CC, but I do recommend being ready for the question "what are your best qualities?"

 

[woody89 10+ year member]

Wear a oxford shirt and some kackis or dress pants. Buisness casual wear.

-What makes you stand out from all the others interviewed for this position?

-What is your worst quality? (Sometimes a hard question when you are trying to make yourself look the best you can)

.....but I took a job at Abercrombie. I had an interview with another girl who got hired with me. It was basically, yall look good enough to work here, heres what you'll be doing, you got the job, and come for orientation. Yeah....

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

I wore khaki pants, and a light blue button up collared shirt, dress shoes, no tie.

nG

 

[o. l. t. 10+ year member]

As of 1999 all CC roadshop installers are required to be MECP certified. They prefer you to be certified when coming in, but if you have potential and they think you know enough they'll allow you to test for it within one month of being hired.

The X-mas bonus is good if you are at a high volume store, and the hours are predictable. CC usually does not hire part time installers, they prefer hiring full time and mostly turn part time perspectives away.

Therefore if you are not MECP certified AND you only want part time.... better apply for the sales job. The chances of you getting hired in the install area is slim to none for the most part however there are always exceptions such as low volume stores or managers who don't run their stores by the book. (these are the ones you hear bad reports of installs from).

When I worked for CC I was in one of the most high volume stores. High enough that I was in the roadshop news magazine consistently (circulated within the stores to employees) in the top 5% of installers in the company nation wide for productivity. (number of installs per month).

Each store and manager are going to vary on how you should win them over in the interview, but in the end experience talks and bull-ish walks. These cars are technical as hell these days and you HAVE to do alarm installs as an installer. It's not like the old VATS and PATS systems back in the day. So not being certified or having professional experience working in alarms or any audio professionally is going to leave you applying for a sales position unless you are just at "one of those" stores.

 

[l1nemup 10+ year member]

What store you interviewing at?

 

[jluv 10+ year member]

Why anyone would go to an interview without slacks, dress shirt, tie, and polished shoes is beyond me, even at Circuit City. It's an interview, so you want to put your best foot forward. Better to be overdressed (if that's even possible) than underdressed.

Good luck!