Engineering Manager applicants have rated the interview process at Sonar with 2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 25% positive. To compare, the company-average is 33.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Engineering Manager roles take an average of 51 days to get hired, when considering 4 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Sonar overall takes an average of 33 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Sonar as a Engineering Manager according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 36%
Group panel interview: 18%
One on one interview: 18%
Skills test: 9%
IQ intelligence test: 9%
Personality test: 9%
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I applied online. I interviewed at Sonar (Geneva) in Aug 2024
Interview
I interviewed for a position at the Switzerland office. The recruiter initially reached out to me and invited me for a screening round. However, at the scheduled time, the recruiter did not show up. I contacted her to check if there were any last-minute changes that I wasn't informed about. She responded, stating that she had connected to the meeting but claimed I did not attend. She then proposed to reschedule for the following week.
The next week, the same situation occurred. The recruiter failed to show up again and later explained that she was unable to connect to the meeting room due to a technical issue with Zoom.
She reached out a third time to schedule another meeting. This time, she attended but mentioned that she almost canceled due to illness, yet decided to join. Despite completing the screening, I have not heard from her since.
Overall, this experience was extremely disappointing. It seemed as the recruiter was occupied with her personal affairs at the time when she supposedly screening candidates.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me how you conduct 1:1s with your subordinates
8 interviews - I was told that I successfully passed the process, only to be told a week later that the opening doesn't exist anymore. Very weird and not professional.
I applied online. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Sonar in Feb 2025
Interview
Extremely easy and without any actual knowledge being tested, It didn't give me a feeling of speaking with anyone technically strong. I finished all the interview rounds, I was expecting a final feedback that never came. I was ghosted by the recruiter. I had to reach out to understand what was going on, I'm actually glad I didn't get an offer.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Sonar (Geneva) in Jan 2025
Interview
Very professional and structured hiring process. You get a booklet (virtual) that described the process and the expectation at each interview steps. They require an on-site which is great IMO.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
- Management question, experience
- Designing a cloud system at scale
- Organization question: you have unlimited resources how do you setup your organization to develop the system you designed (awkward IMO)
- Lunch with some employees