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Your best bet at getting a job at best buy is if you apply for a seasonal position (usually summer, back to school, and christmas). They don't usually make you go through the whole process and you might skip a few steps a long the way. Or ask a friend to refer you. During the inbetween seasons, they don't hire as much since they tend to keep those from season who can work FT and people end up going back to school and working PT.
I used to work at best buy and helped out in the Computer's department a lot. Like yourself I love computers and I know how to fix them. I thought that the fact that I did love them and that I would be making money helping people buy computers was fool proof... Most of the time you're just there trying to differentiate two computers that are almost exactly the same to a customer who only needs it to watch youtube videos and facebook. You'll also be pressured by your supervisor/managers to their rip off warranties to customers who are already asking for a deal. And even though you're non commissioned you still need to hit sales numbers and you don't get any reward for doing well. I'd say about 60% of the customers are easy to deal with and aren't there looking to get a $700 laptop for $500. But other times can be brutally painful and you just want to get out of there but you can't lol.
It's also pretty fun working there depending on who you're working with. It's pretty chill and easy going when there are no customers especially before closing. You can pretty much just do w.e you want. Everyone is usually easy going as well and aren't always "by the book" type of employees they always do their best to help you out.
But if you really do love computers don't get stuck in sales. I work as a developer now and I get to work with a lot of computers and also make programs, games, and web apps. I find that it's a lot better for me than working with sales.
My $0.02
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