I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at CARVANA in Feb 2017
Interview
They started with a phone interview, which seemed to be an initial screening with a recruiter. This was mostly a conversation of getting to know me and understand my working experience. The recruiter was very engaging and friendly, but the meeting time had to be rescheduled several times which was frustrating. We had a set time for the call and they never called. It took 3 tries to actually connect.
After the initial call, they moved on to a video conference interview. The interviewer was 15 minutes late to join the call, and we primarily just talked about what the job would entail. The interviewer was very friendly and mostly just talked about how much they loved the company, despite a heavy workload. The mood was extremely casual.
I declined a third interview, as it didn't seem like a good fit.
The company seems very exciting because they are growing, and they cited room to grow- but there was an overall feeling that everyone working there felt overworked and unsure what their role was within the company. I don't mind ambiguity but I would say proceed with caution interviewing with a company where they might not be showing you the whole picture during the interview process. It also felt much more casual than I am used to in the business world, which felt like a red-flag.
I applied online. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at CARVANA (New York, NY) in Mar 2021
Interview
Received request for phone interview about a day after applying. Phone interview is with an HR rep and the purpose is to discuss the intended role, answer questions, and determine salary expectations. For myself, my expectations were about 30% over their intended budget for the role (They budgeted $70,000 base for my market). The interview basically halted there because it was obvious it wasn't a match. I did try to say I was ok with the package as stated because I was interested in learning more about the company, but I completely understand their decision to go in a different direction. Received an automated email two days later.
I applied online. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at CARVANA in Nov 2019
Interview
I recently had an interview for the Market Operations Manager Position. I was quickly selected for an interview very shortly after submitting an application.
Interview was very, very informal with limited information from the recruiter. I was driving the conversation and asking the majority of questions - it seemed they were only interested in learning what my salary expectations were vs really understanding my qualifications for the position.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
- What is your background?
- What are your salary expectations?
The first corporate recruiter was professional and engaging. Spent an hour on the phone with her, got really great vibes. She passed me onto someone else to schedule an interview with field management. Got scheduled for an interview, which they cancelled 3 hours before it was scheduled. Got rescheduled for the following week with someone else in the field. He was confused about the process which had happened to that point. Was unaware they were trying to have me manage two markets rather than one, which apparently is very atypical. The interviewer had to call me because they hadn't coordinated my video conference interview with him. While I didn't mind the confusion and changing situations too much because they are a fairly new company, I didn't appreciate the informality that the field interviewer presented by swearing multiple times throughout the interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The last interviewer didn't really ask structured questions. Informal conversation, but the phone screening asked typical management questions. What was the most difficult conversation you had to have with an employee, tell me about a time when you received a very difficult piece of feedback