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 75% positive. To compare, the company-average is 65.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer(Internship) roles take an average of 23 days to get hired, when considering 12 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Arm overall takes an average of 28 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Arm as a Software Engineer(Internship) according to 12 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 28%
Skills test: 28%
Other: 11%
One on one interview: 11%
Background check: 6%
IQ intelligence test: 6%
Group panel interview: 6%
Presentation: 6%
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I applied online. I interviewed at Arm in Sep 2023
Interview
This process for the first round in the selection process and took place by the means of a digital interview where they present questions and you have to record video answers to the questions. You get unlimited time to prepare for each question.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What was one difficulty that you overcame in recent times?
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.