Sage Interview Questions
& Process

I went through a few rounds of interviews, ending with a final one. Some of the early chats were good, but the whole thing felt messy, sloppy, and rude. The last interview was a real letdown. It was with the hiring manager, and they hadn't even looked at my resume and didn't give me any clear direction or real questions. It felt unfocused because they weren't prepared, and I doubted if we were on the same page about the job. After the last round, they said I'd hear back in a week or two. I followed up nicely a few times and waited way longer, but I never got a clear answer or any kind of closing. An unstructured final interview followed by complete silence isn't just a delay; it's bad process and unprofessional.

So I was invited to 2 interviews at the same time, which were stages 3 and 4 of the Graduate UX Designer recruitment. This was after I'd already done online tests and a video interview 9 months prior. I took 3 days off work to prep and do these. The first interview was a group session with the other 2 candidates. We were given a task to test collaboration: imagine we're on a burning yacht and have to choose limited items for the lifeboat from a list. We debated what to take and why. It was fun, but weird collaborating with my competition on a video call. The second interview was supposed to be a 'competency' interview with me and 2 people from the Sage UX team. But only 1 person showed up, which I found unprofessional; I'd expect a reschedule. They started by telling me about themselves and their role, then asked me to 'tell me about yourself'. That was the only question, and I was expected to give a presentation of my whole career without prompts. I was totally thrown as I didn't expect this format and asked if I needed to prepare examples beforehand, and was told no because it wasn't that kind of interview. So when they asked to see my UX work, I had to scramble. They never got back to me with feedback, even after I emailed twice. I was ghosted after 4 stages, 3 days off work, and a 9-month wait.

It was my second time interviewing with Sage, and this interview was about an hour long and online. We started with introductions, and then they asked me about my background. After that, I did a LeetCode-style coding assessment with a junior engineer. Finally, a senior SWE asked me some questions on machine learning concepts. I received an offer about one to two weeks after the interview.

The interview was split into two sections. Section 1: A fun, game-based test with around 10 quick mini-games. Each game was super easy and didn't take long. Section 2: A video interview where you answer three questions. You get 60 seconds to prep and 2 minutes to record your response for each. You can re-record up to twice per question. Gotta finish the whole thing within five business days.