I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Sonova (Santa Clarita, CA) in Dec 2025
Interview
Seven rounds of interviews only to be ghosted.
7 rounds.
1. Initial call with a recruiter
2. Take-home assignment
3. Talk with Hiring Manager
4. Talk with Hiring Manager's Boss
5. Talk with the International Team
6. In-person Panel Interview Vibe Check.
7. Final interview with Hiring Manager
After 7 interviews, I was told that it was down to me and one other person and they couldn't decide so after all of that and a work assignment I was told... "Give us your final pitch. Why should we choose you?"
I was told to wait. I checked in after 2 weeks and was told there was a delay in the decision-making process. I checked in after another 2 weeks and was told to wait.
It has now been 6 months, and I still haven't received an offer or a rejection.
Sonova/AB has a deeply unserious and outdated hiring process.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Sonova (Berlin) in Apr 2026
Interview
The process was incredibly unprofessional. I had an interview with HR, and after a few days, I was informed that I was moving on to the manager's interview. The manager's interview went very well, and he even invited me to an on-site case study, saying the HR representative would give me the details. That never happened. I sent two follow-up messages, and they didn't even bother to reply. I was completely ghosted. Please don't do this to candidates; it's extremely unprofessional, and it costs nothing to simply reply that you weren't selected.
I applied online. I interviewed at Sonova in Jan 2026
Interview
I had two interview rounds. The second was fast after the first, then silence. Then a query asking for a timeline. Silence. Then I saw on LinkedIn that the search is closed. Please, companies, do better than ghosting!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How much I was comfortable with navigating in gray zones.