Software Engineer Backend applicants have rated the interview process at HubSpot with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 51.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer Backend roles take an average of 60 days to get hired, when considering 1 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at HubSpot overall takes an average of 26 days.
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I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at HubSpot (Cambridge, MA) in Aug 2025
Interview
For new grad; CodeSignal ICA -> Recruiter Call -> 2-part VO: (1) HTTP -or- LC (2) System Design.
For System Design, they expect perfection. Their structure is also a bit different, you are not asked to explore what features they want, instead they just paste all the requirements off the bat and want you to get straight to designing.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at HubSpot in Mar 2025
Interview
Stage 1: 3 hour long OA
Stage 2: Behavioural/culture fit
Stage 3: Technical interview (1 hour system design, 1 hour leetcode-style)
Overall was not too difficult. I spent a lot of time researching and preparing to stand out in each of the stages
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Stage 1: Real-life example of handling responses of API calls and sending a transformed version of the response back through another API
Stage 2: Typical STAR behavioural questions
Stage 3: Design a certain popular system + easy leetcode question - emphasis on communication and being systematic