Sales Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Sweetwater with 3.9 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 81% positive. To compare, the company-average is 61.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Sales Engineer roles take an average of 36 days to get hired, when considering 26 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Sweetwater overall takes an average of 25 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Sweetwater as a Sales Engineer according to 26 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 15%
Phone interview: 14%
Personality test: 14%
One on one interview: 14%
IQ intelligence test: 13%
Drug test: 10%
Background check: 7%
Group panel interview: 7%
Presentation: 4%
Other: 2%
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I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Sweetwater in Feb 2009
Interview
The hiring process was really easy and painless. The first step was applying on their website. They are clearly looking for people with music technology degrees, but I came across many people from many different backgrounds. Next step was a phone interview. The HR guy called me and told me a little about the job and we did some role playing. He was a customer and I was a Sweetwater Sales Engineer. Wasn't too hard, just to see how comfortable you were. The next step was an all day interview at their location in Fort Wayne. I lived within driving distance so I got there the night before and they paid for a hotel room for me. On the interview day I took some skill tests and a Wonderlic personality test. Then they bought me lunch and I interviewed with the Head of HR and the Sales Vice President. I could tell they were interested in what I had to say and they didn't schedule 15 interviews that day so they wouldn't get burned out. After that, they took me to sit in with one of their employees to see what kind of work they did. He was a super nice guy and told me how much he loved it there. He was good at his job and was rewarded for it with higher commissions. If you don't do the work, your pay will be disappointing, but still fair. After that, a tour of the facility and an offer to stay an additional night at the hotel if the weather was too inclement for me to leave (really bad snow storm that day).
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What percentage of you're attitude do you control? It's not a hard question to answer, just not one I had heard before. Hint, there is only 1 right answer.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Sweetwater (Fort Wayne, IN) in Aug 2024
Interview
To start when applying for this job right at the beginning of the application it tells you in bold letters, "Sweetwater is a drug free workplace. All candidates must submit to a test for illegal drugs, INCLUDING MARIJUANA, before any job offer will be extended," and this was a concern for me as I am a medical marijuana patient where I live so I asked about that and the interviewer pretty much gaslit me saying that they don't test for marijuana, and I didn't read it right. My next question was about commission and the interviewer started saying that wasn't the case for the Category Advisor position and asking me what interested me in that position, I told the interviewer that I was confused as I thought I had applied for a Sales Engineer position, to which the interviewer proceeds to say that I did in fact apply for sales. Last major red flag for me was the interviewer seemed to want my undying loyalty to this company. It's a job not an entire lifestyle and many employers are making this mistake. You sign my paycheck that is all, we as humans do not owe any company everything we have. Honestly, I feel like they won't even offer me the position at this point, but I'd most likely turn it down if they did anyways. Something doesn't sit right with me about this company, just kind of screams "we want slaves that will devote their entire life to our company."
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They mostly just ask about your background and all the other typical interview questions. Some of them make the company seem like a cult mentality though
3 rounds of phone and in person interviews on top of “how did you think you did” style questions after the interview. All in all it wasn’t too bad. The training is 13 weeks of intense “drinking from the fire hose” graduate level gear knowledge
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
To sell a home studio setup face to face over lunch
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Sweetwater (Fort Wayne, IN) in Feb 2024
Interview
I had a short phone interview asking about my knowledge and experience.
First I got a tour of the campus, and a history of the business and founder. After that, I took a 170 question interview (2 hours). You’re expected to fail this test, so don’t trip if you don’t know a lot of it. Next I ate lunch with a couple of their employees (great cafeteria). After lunch, I had a mock session with possible Sweetwater lead. Some people do this part on the phone before flying out. Next I answered questions that gave them a better idea of who I am as a person. What motivates you to do what you do, what makes you depressed, what could you see causing you to not pass Sweetwater Uni, etc… Lastly I took a drug test (not for THC), & got a job afterwards. It normally takes a day - week for an offer, so don’t trip if it takes a min.