I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Sage in Nov 2014
Interview
A recruiter contacted me via LinkedIn about a position at Sage NA with a detailed description. After communicating back my interest in the position we spoke briefly on the telephone and went over my goals and I told him about some of the projects that I have been working on. He then contacted a Sr. Talent Acquisitions member who later contacted me via telephone to discuss the projects that I have worked on in slightly more detail. He seemed to have some technical training and asked some minor technical questions regarding the projects. Shortly after, I received a c# questionnaire that was nearly identical to some college level intro level programming course assignments. Within 3 days I was asked to do an in person interview with the team manager, dev ops manager, and two Sr. level Software Engineers. First I met with the software engineers. First, they reviewed a couple of things on my assessment to see if I recognized any things I could have done differently. Then they asked me a high level implementation question and had me white board a solution. There was a lot of low key discussion. They were mainly looking for problem solving skills and how I would go about implementing a resolution to a random problem. They never made me feel uncomfortable. It was very collaborative. I could ask questions, they would ask questions and they assessed how I went about it.
Then I met with the DevOps manager and Team Manager who reviewed my interests, skills, goals, projects, and experience in agile processes. The interview ended with a tour of the facility.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The high level implementation question and had me white board a solution.
I applied online. I interviewed at Sage in Dec 2020
Interview
1 screening interview with HR;
1 technical interview with R&D manager;
2 technical interviews with Senior Developers
The last interview wasn't friendly. The interviewers requested me to turn on my camera and never did the same in response. Hinted I was overqualified for the position. Also mentioned a strict hierarchy. Even without mentioning that I could feel it from the conversation. If you're junior, you're nobody and if you're candidate we won't even turn our cameras on. Felt unfair. Never received any feedback or at least rejection email (checked my junk, not there).
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Sage (Dublin, Dublin) in Mar 2020
Interview
Applied online, got sent a Tech test to be completed online, after a phone call with HR just saying what the first steps where with basic questions like expected salary.
The position was for .net/C# but was given a java version due to experience with C#. The test was fine but it was really a java test instead of a basic understanding of programming itself that could be transferred to C#/.net. The role is associate level with training be part of the process for the first year, based on the job spec and the phone call so I have no idea why they would test someone very java specific. 90 % of the test is multiple choice questions on theory of Java with about 2 coding questions at the end.
After completing the test within 24 hours of getting it I waited 3 weeks to hear back that they where going with someone else. This was after been told to do it over the weekend so they could make a decision the following week.
The only feedback I would give is if you going to do a test and push for it to be done fast. Don't make someone wait 3 weeks to hear back, at that point someone already knows the outcome.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Functional Interfaces, Streams (not I/O), Collections, Different java versions and differences.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Sage (Richmond, BC) in Apr 2019
Interview
I got a brief phone call with a recruiter talking about the company and information about the onsite interview. Onsite interview was about 2 hours. The first hour consisted of behavioral questions with the team manager. The second hour was technical.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
lots OOP questions, write an SQL query, a debugging, and an algorithms quesion