I applied through university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at PlayStation (Los Angeles, CA) in June 2018
Interview
A series of technical questions, ranging from binary functions to creating a simple algorithm. They also asked about what software you have experience with. They also quizzed about your personality to see a fit.
The process took 2 months. I interviewed at PlayStation (San Francisco, CA) in Sept 2017
Interview
1. Applied in August 2017
2. 1 week after initial interview, was requested a phone interview.
3. A few days after phone interview, was requested for a 2nd phone interview with hiring management and team.
4. After a few days, was asked to come onsite.
5. Onsite interview was completed, 2-3 hrs tops.
Months later after final interview in September (even after a few follow up emails, no response from recruiter(s). Strange, as when the interview process was live, recruiter was very quick to respond. It seems if they are not interested, there is no response. I have never experienced this before from a recruiter to not respond especially after historically having good communication. It's strange that a huge company such as Sony would have this type of practice in recruiting, after reading others responses, this seems to be a pattern with a variety of recruiters within. It's a huge company so it would be nice to add their name to your resume, esp in the tech world, however it's not worth it as their perks are not up to mar with todays tech market and it does not help that recruiting is unresponsive towards the end if you have not been selected for the position.