R&D Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Sony with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 57.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for R&D Engineer roles take an average of 15 days to get hired, when considering 1 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Sony overall takes an average of 29 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Sony as a R&D Engineer according to 1 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 33%
Background check: 33%
Phone interview: 33%
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1st interview with HR, 2nd interview with department managers. They mostly asked me about my current research. For example, what are the real life applications of my research, why did you choose this topic, what is the current state of the art etc
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what are the real life applications of my research, why did you choose this topic?
I applied through university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Sony (Oxford, England) in Mar 2016
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Applied via university channel. The tasks are to develop new visual recognition algorithms using machine learning theory for SONY products. Expected capabilities include deep learning, signal processing, image/video processing. There were four interviewees from different groups at Tokyo institute. Each asked at least two questions about my research experience. They also shared what their departments worked on at that time. There was an HR who directed the interview.
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Question 1
They asked about my previous experience with video analysis and signal processing. They were also interested in what kind of research I am currently doing using recurrent neural networks (RNN). They asked about temporal signal processing and my solution to a potential question that involved my research.