Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Bose as 50% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Technical Support and Senior Key Account Manager rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Technical Support and Senior Key Account Manager roles were rated as the easiest.
The hiring process at Bose takes an average of 7 days when considering 2 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Technical Support had the quickest hiring process (on average 7 days), whereas Technical Support roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 7 days).
Competency based interview questions. Asked about my situation and the typical "tell me a situation where you did x".
Talked through my experience, career journey.
Got to the end of the interview and they said they were looking for someone with department store experience but my experience was all eCommerce and I probably wasn't a good fit. Not sure why they couldn't work that out from my CV or Linked In but at least it was good interviewing experience for me.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me a time where you had to put a long term goal ahead of a short term goal
Online Interview with a few people. Screening involves c interview questions, e.g. atoi implementation, other leetcode bit/string manipulation. Interviewers help you think through the process. Positive atmosphere. Positive atmosphere. Positive atmosphere. Positive atmosphere.
HR screen with an optional call with a recruiter - take it! They were very nice people and got back to me quickly. It was not a culture fit. Bose is like a startup in organization and KPIs.