Software Engineer(Internship) applicants have rated the interview process at Arm with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 65% positive. To compare, the company-average is 62.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer(Internship) roles take an average of 25 days to get hired, when considering 23 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Arm overall takes an average of 39 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Arm as a Software Engineer(Internship) according to 23 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 26%
Group panel interview: 17%
Phone interview: 17%
One on one interview: 17%
Personality test: 9%
Presentation: 9%
Background check: 4%
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The interview will start with an online video introduction, followed by two coding challenges to test your problem-solving and coding skills. Next, there's a one-hour segment for behavioral questions, focusing on your work style and experiences. The interview concludes with four technical questions on topics like data structures, algorithms, and system design relevant to the role.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
what is cache, what's it's function, why do we need l2 and l3 cache
CV screening, HireVue, then 2 hours of interviews. Got rejected after HireVue. You can take around 3 retries per HireVue questions, also contains a mini coding sample in the middle
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe in as much detail main functions of an OS
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Arm (Cambridge, England) in Jan 2026
Interview
The interview process consisted of a Hireview followed by a video call interview with some engineers. Overall the process took around a month, and is done as fast as possible.
HireVue -> One remote interview. Remote was mostly about my experience, they did a technical deep dive into my project, and asked me different questions about how I would approach different scenarios technically.