Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Sophos with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 43% positive. To compare, the company-average is 49.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 9 days to get hired, when considering 7 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Sophos overall takes an average of 24 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Sophos as a Software Engineer according to 7 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 30%
Phone interview: 20%
Skills test: 20%
Group panel interview: 10%
Background check: 10%
Personality test: 10%
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I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Sophos (Bengaluru) in Jul 2023
Interview
They asked about Full life cycle of Application Devolopement in depth. Some easy Problems leetcode easy problems are enough Many Interviewers talk in condescending way and display attitude. More than anything the way they treat candidates shows how they will treat employees.
After getting shortlisted had a review with technical recruiter who wasn't very polite or wasn't responding properly. Had a great interview from my end but received a standard rejection mail after a week
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me how are you using AI in your software engg
I applied online. I interviewed at Sophos in Apr 2026
Interview
After application, a recruiter contacted me and we had a short basic interview about my resume, experiences, what the role is about, etc., it was said that next Monday I will be contacted for sure (it was a Thursday).
One week after the promised response I wrote an email to get information, 3-4 days later I got a template rejection email.
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Sophos (Bengaluru)
Interview
On campus((online process)-
3 rounds:-
Online Assessment
Technical Interview
Managerial +Technical interview
i clear OA and Got rejected in Technical interview
, they asked one DSA question on their codility platform as interview was online , the question was maximum sum of non adjacent nodes in a binary tree and system design of To do list
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
First the interviewer told about himself and the role then he asked for my introduction