They had a hiring event in SF at one of their hotel locations. They had some seats arranged outside of their conference room areas to wait in. Started off just talking about education and background and how it related to tech work. My background and experience are pretty much an exact match for what they were looking for, but you could honestly relate tech work to any job that uses computers, etc. They asked me a "test" question about how I would hook up the interviewers computer to be mirrored on a tv screen. I honestly thought this was a trick question because it seemed too simple. Eventually I just responded "uhhh guess it depends on what ports are on the computer but probably can just hook up a long hdmi cable and run it to the table you're presenting from" This was all they wanted. They weren't looking for super complex answers, it was more just to see what you know at a most basic level. They mostly just talked about how great they thought PSAV was and how they were really proud of PSAV's training videos for new hires. They kind of sell the job to you rather than have you sell your resume to them. They have a super high turnaround on techs because it's a demanding job physically and time-wise, so they have to make it sound like a really good gig in the interview. I liked working at PSAV before Covid hit and everything shut down, but it's definitely a work hard for low pay type of job. You can learn a lot in a short amount of time and there's usually a lot of opportunity to move up in the ranks if you can stick it out. It's best if you live in an area that has lots of locations because then there's more opportunities for new position to open up. The majority of techs you work with are really cool and fun to be around, and if you're lucky like I was, you'll have a competent Director who actually cares about the techs. This isn't the case at every location, but you just have to get in there and see how it is.

I had two interviews. First was online second in person. First was informative and to get a sense of my experience. I got a great impression of the company and was eager to learn more. Second in person also went smoothly and I really enjoyed meeting some of the Team members and seeing the facilities.