A&R applicants have rated the interview process at Sony Music Entertainment with 2.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 63.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for A&R roles take an average of 13 days to get hired, when considering 6 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Sony Music Entertainment overall takes an average of 30 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Sony Music Entertainment as a A&R according to 6 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 38%
Other: 13%
Background check: 13%
Personality test: 13%
Skills test: 13%
One on one interview: 13%
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I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Sony Music Entertainment (New York, NY) in Mar 2015
Interview
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2+ weeks, and I interviewed in March 2015. The interview was relaxed, mostly focusing on current tastes and the state of the industry, and I was offered the job at the end of the interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What music do you think people should be listening to right now?
Went through 4 interviews with different people in the span of a week, one also being a recorded video that was due in 48 hours. Interviewers were often late. After all these steps, received a copy and pasted rejection email with no feedback. Impersonal and not respectful of your time.
I applied online. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Sony Music Entertainment (Los Angeles, CA) in Dec 2023
Interview
The interview was good, but the person wanted to make it more like a conversation rather than an actual structural interview which made it harder to try and understand what the job was about.
I applied online. I interviewed at Sony Music Entertainment
Interview
I was asked by the interviewer a lot regarding the company (artists, the smaller companies withing sony, etc) , but it was a standard interview. Just make sure you do your research.