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Updated Sep 21, 2023
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Anonymous Employee in Port Harcourt
I applied online. I interviewed at SoundCloud (Port Harcourt) in Sep 2023
Sure! The interview process on SoundCloud is like jamming with the hiring team. You'll get to share your music, talk about your experience, and show off your skills. It's all about letting your passion and creativity shine through! 🎵🎧
- They said they want artists like me from Nigeria

Anonymous Interview Candidate in New York, NY
I interviewed at SoundCloud (New York, NY)
Great interview process. Got to meet others across the business and understand the culture and dynamic. Everyone I spoke to was knowledgeable and nice. I have nothing bad to say.
- Why SoundCloud? And what do you know about SoundCloud?
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Anonymous Interview Candidate
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at SoundCloud
Was selected for the introduction call. Gave my availability but had no answer back for a week. After a week I sent them an email and they replied confirming a slot for me with their HR. I joined the meeting on the date/time of the interview, but nobody was in the call. I was literally ghosted

Anonymous Interview Candidate in Berlin
I applied online. I interviewed at SoundCloud (Berlin)
First interview is with an HR person, to get the general overview of the position and environment. The next stage is the coding challenge with 2 engineers who were nice, helpful and pleasant to talk to. The task wasn't too difficult and there is enough time to solve, at least parts of it

Anonymous Interview Candidate
I applied online. I interviewed at SoundCloud
Phone screen. Promised to send follow up practical test as the next step in the application. Never did, despite my follow up. If not advancing candidates to the next round at least be honest about it?
- What is your background? What programming languages do you know?

Anonymous Employee
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at SoundCloud
I met with a recruiter and a panel of 3 current employees during my interview process. It was a fairly concise and streamlined experience. I enjoyed meeting with 3 personalities/perspectives from the company. It's a great way to give both parties an understanding of what they're going into.
- What experience do you have that makes you a fit for this job?

Anonymous Interview Candidate
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 months. I interviewed at SoundCloud
1. Recruiter screen; 2. Multiple rounds over the course of 4 months - Behavioral based - Case studies Panel included members from the US and internationally resulting in the need to accommodate international hours.; 3. Told additional rounds may be required and then ghosted.
- Think of a time that (insert generic behavioral question)

Anonymous Interview Candidate
I applied online. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at SoundCloud in Jan 2023
Far too many steps, but some of them can be bundled together into one day. - Recruiter - Home assignment - System design - Bar raiser - Product - Hiring manager It was hard to understand the future role from the job description – very inconsistent postings across the careers page. Eventually, out of three roles, it turned out that I've applied to team that was looking for a mid-to-senior candidate. The recruiter was kind enough to tell me that I'm overqualified in the call, so I wasn't surprised when I got the rejection. The recruiter call in its turn was cold and uninviting. They didn't have the camera on, didn't tell anything about the role or the process until I was done telling my story. I've made it clear that even though I might be overqualified for this particular team, I'd appreciate if I could be redirected to a different funnel, but I didn't hear back afterwards – only received a rejection email from a noreply address.
- General job history and reasons for changing jobs; Salary expectations; Programming language preference.

Anonymous Interview Candidate
I interviewed at SoundCloud
It was good with multiple steps. it was not too hard to pass. coding was not challenging. 2 system design interviews. one behavioral interview. it tooks 3 4 weeks to finish.
- coding and system design interview

Anonymous Interview Candidate
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at SoundCloud
I applied online & met with a recruiter shortly thereafter. I met with the manager and team over the weeks following. It was a solid process and I enjoyed meeting with everyone. Within a few hours of getting an hour, it was paused ‘as they reviewed internally’. I was told I’d get an update shortly after only to be ghosted by the company.
- Why are you interested in working for SoundCloud?
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Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at SoundCloud as 45% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.85 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Senior Software Engineer and Senior Product Designer rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Audio Engineer and Android Engineer roles were rated as the easiest.
The hiring process at SoundCloud takes an average of 30.63 days when considering 81 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for User Experience Designer had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Content roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 180 days).
Common stages of the interview process at SoundCloud according to 81 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone Interview: 34.34%
One on One Interview: 24.10%
Presentation: 14.46%
Skills Test: 9.64%
Group Panel Interview: 4.82%
Other: 4.82%
IQ Intelligence Test: 3.01%
Background Check: 2.41%
Drug Test: 1.20%
Personality Test: 1.20%
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