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%
Skills test: 20%
Phone interview: 20%
Personality test: 10%
Group panel interview: 10%
Background check: 10%
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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
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.