Circuit city workers

[jluv 10+ year member]

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

LOL @ the irony here!

 

[thunder9500 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.

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I am currently a full time installer at CC...only 2 of us are certified (i'm not one of the two)...we have a part timer....

and up until I started at CC, I had NEVER touched an alarm. I still don't do that many. And I'm in the top 30 in the company as far as PPH% and actual PPH.

my advice to the guy applying...just be yourself dude.

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

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.

I'd say incorrect.

nG

 

[gl0ck 10+ year member]

i know for fact that 1 guy is mecp at this circuit city, the store in merrivlille, indiana. Thanks alot for the responces.

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

i know for fact that 1 guy is mecp at this circuit city, the store in merrivlille, indiana. Thanks alot for the responces.

1 out of 5 at my store were.

3FT and 2PT installers.

nG

 

[mikeyboc 10+ year member]

I didnt dress up because I went straight there after school, and my interviewer was fully aware of that. I'm too lazy to dress up for interviews anyways. I just came in as the guy that they'll see every day in the shop

Could that be WHY you work at CC?

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

I would be VERY scared if jmanpeecee was to touch my vehicle...

nG

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

I have a buddy who's parents live in Orange Park... I'll come down and piss on you... R. Kelly style.

nG

 

[ssj2xxgotenxx 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!

^^ Agreed. It's always good to leave a good first impression.

 

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

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I am currently a full time installer at CC...only 2 of us are certified (i'm not one of the two)...we have a part timer....

and up until I started at CC, I had NEVER touched an alarm. I still don't do that many. And I'm in the top 30 in the company as far as PPH% and actual PPH.

my advice to the guy applying...just be yourself dude.

Reading comprehension....... I said some stores will not work like that. I am quoting corporate policy. There are plenty of stores that are not up to corporate standards. High volume stores are the elite stores ran by A-team members.

You and your experience does not reflect the entire company. I know managers who force test results through because their buddy wants the job. I know managers who could give a darn less about MECP. Your single experience in one store has absolutely nothing to do with the companies policy.

Let's face it... Circuit City is no "Tweeter". All a CC employee needs to know is how to slam a head unit and amp in with a rare alarm install. IMO CC doesn't even need to hire people who can read to perform these simple head slams and amp slams. Tweeter is fiber glassing these immense systems into cars with 30+ hours labor, IASCA standards implied in safety regarding to wire standards, routing, etc...... CC is over here hiring people that can connect red to red and blue to blue. I don't personally believe they even need to hire MECP certified installers, but it IS POLICY.

Hell, a lot of circuit city stores still use crimp connectors. It is also corporate policy to solder and tape all connections in any roadshop. I helped A team member Chris Welch write some of these policies into the corporate handbook. Run that name past someone higher than store level or any A-team member if you can find one to talk to in the district. There is no one in an "average" CC store that even knows half the actual policies. Most of the management is improperly trained. There is simply no need in arguing corporate policy with me, I was there with A-team when they wrote it. You have not had the opportunity to experience what I have in your store.

 

[15nissen 10+ year member]

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

i got hired at the lincoln park location to be a installer......but decided to pass when i found out there going bankrupt.....................

 

[thunder9500 10+ year member]

Reading comprehension....... I said some stores will not work like that. I am quoting corporate policy. There are plenty of stores that are not up to corporate standards. High volume stores are the elite stores ran by A-team members.

We are a Platinum Location and the top grossing store in the district. We have an MECP First Class Installer, an MECP Basic Level Installer, an Asst. S & I that's been in the biz 15 years, another Installer for 10, our Part Timer was a FT guy back in the day, and then myself. I personally think we have an "A-Team" as you call it.

But cool, wasn't going off on ya, but just simply saying MECP is not a requirement.

 

[TypeRBass 10+ year member]

I cant even get CC to call me back for an interview, and I'm MECP certified, I **** I guess?

 

[Ricky616 10+ year member]

so gl0ck did u get hired?

 

[azbass 5,000+ posts]

who works at CC as an installer anyway //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/uhoh.gif.c07307dd22ee7e63e22fc8e9c614d1fd.gif