Internship applicants have rated the interview process at Sotheby's with 3.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 75% positive. To compare, the company-average is 45.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Internship roles take an average of 14 days to get hired, when considering 8 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Sotheby's overall takes an average of 33 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Sotheby's as a Internship according to 8 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 38%
One on one interview: 38%
Group panel interview: 13%
Presentation: 13%
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Standard interview process. It was conducted online with one interviewer who asked about my previous experiences listed in my CV. I had a nice conversation with the interviewer and got to learn about their experience working there as well.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Sotheby's (London, England) in Jul 2025
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Friendly interviewers but no offer and not even any feedbacks. The questions that interviewers asked were mostly behavioural questions (very easy). No questions in regards to your specialisation or department choices.
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Two rounds of interviews mostly behavioural questions.
the interview process for this internship was incredibly lengthy, they were very slow and unresponsive and asked boring questions...I initially wanted to be in client relations but they gave me the second round in communications after i said i didnt want comms