Magento apply sort order for the search criteria interface repository by using Magento\Framework\Api\SortOrderBuilder Class.
You can do sorting by ASC or DESC order by any field type for a given search criteria repository.
$sortOrder = $this->sortOrderBuilder
->setField('created_at') //FIELD_NAME
->setDirection(SortOrder::SORT_DESC) // SORT_TYPE
->create();
You can check the given code snippet to fetch orders by created date with the search criteria builder order repository.
