Sales Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Sandvik with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 64.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Sales Engineer roles take an average of 7 days to get hired, when considering 3 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Sandvik overall takes an average of 24 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Sandvik as a Sales Engineer according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 17%
Drug test: 17%
Personality test: 17%
Skills test: 17%
Background check: 8%
IQ intelligence test: 8%
Other: 8%
One on one interview: 8%
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I applied in-person. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Sandvik (Haryāna) in Jul 2010
Interview
1. Was contacted by the organisation
2. IQ test
3. 1:1 interview with Local country manager
4. Second 1:1 interview with Global HR manager
5. Selection
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
1. Why Sandvik
2. Why leave previous job
3. What do you know about us and our department?
4. List problematic situations successfully resolved in previous employment?
5. How can you add value to our business?
6. Where do you think we can improve?
I applied in-person. I interviewed at Sandvik (Johannesburg) in Jan 2026
Interview
Very much fair, they are welcoming and the questions are related to the position. Know about safety and everything around the company. Be ready and well prepared. They usually give feedback after 2 weeks
At first their is the application round, After selection I was interviewed by the consultant. After which the manager interviews. I did not progress future than this. So no idea on after the interview with the manager.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Experience
How you fit to the role
Ability to travel
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Sandvik (Gurgaon, Haryana) in Apr 2015
Interview
two rounds. One with head of department, one with direct manager and one with the overall HEAD but that wasnt an interview but just an interaction to explore each other