I applied online. The process took 4 months. I interviewed at Sweetwater (Fort Wayne, IN) in Apr 2012
Interview
The interview process was definitely a long process. It consisted of three interviews over a 3 or 4 month period. After applying a few days later I was asked to do a phone interview.
This first interview is very basic. I was asked things like "what motivates you to do your best work?" "What are your weaknesses?" "How do you feel about 100% commission" This interview took about 20-35 minutes. I was given a few timed online tests after this interview which consisted of personality tests and some basic math questions.
About a month later I received another email for a follow up interview. They basically went over the questions I had been asked previously, this interview seemed more relaxed and lasted about 40 minutes. The last question I was asked at the end of this interview was "A singer songwriter is thinking about buying a mic for vocals, what kind of mic would you recommend?"
Very shortly I was asked to come to Fort Wayne Indiana to do an all day interview at Sweetwaters headquarters. When I arrived for my interview I was first sent to a room to fill out short answer/multiple choice questions on a computer. (These questions were about audio gear, guitars, etc.) this took about an hour or two. Then I was given a tour of Sweetwater (recording studio, practice rooms, sales rooms, cafeteria, large theater). After that I had a lunch interview at sweetwater. I basically got questions like "how do you keep yourself motivated" "what are your dreams?" and things of that nature. Afterwords I sat in on a sales engineer for about 40 minutes just listening to their calls.
Overall I was at Sweetwater for an 8 hour interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I had prepared and studied hard for this interview. If you know your audio, practice interview questions, and sales questions you will do fine.
What things will you do to build up a client base?
How will you respond to this customer email?
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.