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Updated May 17, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.

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Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed May 2012 in Palo Alto, CA (took a day)

I applied and they called me to come in at an appointed time for the interview. When I got there there were several other people waiting in line for interview times that were 30 minutes before mine. I ended up spending two whole hours going through 2/3 of the interviews. I would also like to point out that they initially lost my application and then found it later. The first interviewer was their Computer Sales Director/Manager. He was very straight forward/business-like and told me that he thought that I would fit in the position and would tell me if I answered a question right or wrong after he asked me one. He was probably the most nerve-racking part of the interview. I stumbled some mostly because I came absolutely unprepared, thinking that this was going to be a simple no-brainer type of job but I didn't realize how seriously they took the position. The questions that were asked were pretty ordinary job questions and others were specifically targetting the interviewee's ability to sell in the future. The Computer Sales interviewer made it clear that they were looking for someone who was bright, adept at selling and ambitious. They wanted someone who could make a lot of money quickly. The second interview was done in a room to the side instead of at one of the deserted registers with another director/manager and he continued with asking more generic work questions. Then he got to the meat in which he asked me to be honest if I would be willing to transfer to continue working at Fry's during the school year (since I am still in college) and I told them probably no. This would be a liability for them since it would mean costs from training me. He told me that he would leave the rest up to the last interviewer who also had the power to decide whether or not it was worth training me for just a summer's worth of work. That person was not at Fry's that day so he told me if they thought it would be worth it I would be phoned in a few days.

Interview Questions

"If this product here was newer and faster but gave you no commission while the other product was an older version but had fewer errors and paid you commission, which would you try to sell to the customer?"

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I applied In-Person and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.

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1.0

Very Easy Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Jul 2010 (took 5 days)

Spoke with their hr person on the phone to get basic information and set up an interview in person. Ended up speaking with the computer department manager, he asked a few questions about why i wanted to work at Fry's and what i felt i could contribute. 2 days later i received a call offering me the job pending my drug test and background check.

Interview Questions

Name 3 parts in a computer

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I applied In-Person and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Drug Test and a Background Check.

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1.0

Very Easy Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Aug 2011 in Palo Alto, CA (took 1 week)

Walk in application, HR calls and schedule the first round. long wait, then a dept. manager comes to interview, basic questions about who you are and what you want to do, no experience necessary. what he or she told you that day is completely irrelevant to what job you get in the end though. then he or she will tell you whether you will come to another interview with the store manager, again, long wait. it seems the management is never punctual, yet they require you to be on time all the time. again, easy interview.

Interview Questions

Do you know anything about plasma TV?

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I applied In-Person and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Drug Test and a Background Check.

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2.0

Easy Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Jun 2009 (took 2 days)

Interview with 3 managers. First is why you want to work for frys. etc. 2nd is customer service scenarios. 3rd is with store manager. Just be enthusiastic and energetic.

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Technical Experience?

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Negotiation Details

Quick there is no negotionation

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I applied In-Person and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Drug Test and a Background Check.

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4.0

Difficult Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Feb 2011 in Sunnyvale, CA (took 2 days)

I had an interview and they ask about last manager and weekness and somthing like that.

Interview Questions

What are your strengths?

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What is SLI

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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Feb 2007 (took 1 week)

Talked about sales of product ,warranties and customer service

Interview Questions

What is your background

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Negotiation Details

no negotiation

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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.

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1.0

Very Easy Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Sep 2007 (took a day)

Interview was very easy. I was asked a couple of questions about why I want to work there and what I am passionate about. It only took about 20 minute. I was given a position at the end of the interview.