SXSW interview questions
Updated May 21, 2026Difficulty
Average
Experience
Very positive
How others got an interview
- 15%Campus RecruitingCampus Recruiting
- 5%RecruiterRecruiter
- 5%OtherOther
- 5%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
Interview search
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SXSW interviews FAQs
- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at SXSW as 80% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.68 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Internship and Music Festival Programming rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Associate and Public Relations Intern roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at SXSW takes an average of 23 days when considering 25 user submitted interviews across all job titles. To compare, the average duration of hiring at similar companies like BlackRock, Inc. is 14 days, Fabricated Software, Inc. is 2 days, and Apple Inc. is 21 days. Candidates applying for Finance had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Public Relations Intern roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 120 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at SXSW according to 25 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 28%
Group panel interview: 23%
Phone interview: 21%
Skills test: 8%
Presentation: 8%
Personality test: 5%
Background check: 3%
Drug test: 3%
Other: 3%
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