Ho presentato la mia candidatura online. La procedura ha richiesto 2 mesi. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso CarMax (Richmond, VA)
Colloquio
-brush up on your probability math puzzles
-phone screening, online personality assessment, online numerical assessment, phone case, onsite with multiple cases
-"manager", no direct reports, no office, no ownership. you will be analytical support to a few projects at any given time. you wont be managing the initiatives
-former consultants in the group with attitude, & arrogance, in the club or not
-people there seemed like they drank kool-aid
-"unlimited vacation", i.e. company does not have to pay you out if you quit or of they fire you
Domande di colloquio [4]
Domanda 1
case a) providing loans across different credit score groups (a, b, c) with probabilities of default, how much do you need to charge b's to earn return
case b) land purchase a or b to build a store. there is a bridge to be built, but only one bridge either a or b. you are provided with revenue from a store, costs of land a and land b, probabilities of bridge being built, cost of building a store. Asked a series of questions using probability of what would you choose if you knew __ before the bridge was built, after built what would you do... Dont say sell the land because selling the land is not an option
case c) variant of the hiring problem and interpreting graphs of trying to maximize payoff. you need to be able to derive the answer to the hiring problem either with probabilities, graphs, fractions... go beyond just knowing the answer
Have only done the first round which is a very straightforward HR Screening, waiting for the next rounds though. Seems very focused on culture and willingness to be in Richmond.
Ho presentato la mia candidatura online. La procedura ha richiesto 2 settimane. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso CarMax nel mese di ago 2025
Colloquio
Call with recruiter, one case and a couple behavioral in first interview, then 2 more cases and behavioral in super day. Overall 5 hours of interviewing. Pretty much the same experience as everyone else, one interviewer didn’t show then had to reschedule and find a way to squeeze in later in the day. Job is listed as Dallas, Atlanta, and Richmond. Interviewers checked out when I said I wanted to work in Atlanta not Richmond. Overall weird, had one interviewer give me his background for 15 minutes then tell me “don’t tell me about your background you can do that in the other interviews.” All interviewers had been with the company for 15+ years and seemed a bit insecure about it to be honest. Also could not figure out what the job was, super vague posting, asked questions about the job and they never told me what the specific role was. Really weird. Anyways good practice.
Domande di colloquio [1]
Domanda 1
Bridge, break even car loan interest, and 100 paintings.
It started out with a initial call with the recruiter to see if it was a good fit. Then it went straight to a case with someone currently in that department. They made you do mental math without a calculator, with someone with many years of professional experience in advanced math and analytics I found it silly to have to preform mental math when I have spent years using R, SQL and Excel. I also found it a little strange that this position has been posted for over 2 years... Clearly they don't really want anyone in this role. This is Carmax and not a FANNG company and they should start acting like it.