The hiring process was really easy and painless. The first step was applying on their website. They are clearly looking for people with music technology degrees, but I came across many people from many different backgrounds. Next step was a phone interview. The HR guy called me and told me a little about the job and we did some role playing. He was a customer and I was a Sweetwater Sales Engineer. Wasn't too hard, just to see how comfortable you were. The next step was an all day interview at their location in Fort Wayne. I lived within driving distance so I got there the night before and they paid for a hotel room for me. On the interview day I took some skill tests and a Wonderlic personality test. Then they bought me lunch and I interviewed with the Head of HR and the Sales Vice President. I could tell they were interested in what I had to say and they didn't schedule 15 interviews that day so they wouldn't get burned out. After that, they took me to sit in with one of their employees to see what kind of work they did. He was a super nice guy and told me how much he loved it there. He was good at his job and was rewarded for it with higher commissions. If you don't do the work, your pay will be disappointing, but still fair. After that, a tour of the facility and an offer to stay an additional night at the hotel if the weather was too inclement for me to leave (really bad snow storm that day).

To start when applying for this job right at the beginning of the application it tells you in bold letters, "Sweetwater is a drug free workplace. All candidates must submit to a test for illegal drugs, INCLUDING MARIJUANA, before any job offer will be extended," and this was a concern for me as I am a medical marijuana patient where I live so I asked about that and the interviewer pretty much gaslit me saying that they don't test for marijuana, and I didn't read it right. My next question was about commission and the interviewer started saying that wasn't the case for the Category Advisor position and asking me what interested me in that position, I told the interviewer that I was confused as I thought I had applied for a Sales Engineer position, to which the interviewer proceeds to say that I did in fact apply for sales. Last major red flag for me was the interviewer seemed to want my undying loyalty to this company. It's a job not an entire lifestyle and many employers are making this mistake. You sign my paycheck that is all, we as humans do not owe any company everything we have. Honestly, I feel like they won't even offer me the position at this point, but I'd most likely turn it down if they did anyways. Something doesn't sit right with me about this company, just kind of screams "we want slaves that will devote their entire life to our company."