Software Engineer Intern applicants have rated the interview process at DraftKings with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 45.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer Intern roles take an average of 22 days to get hired, when considering 8 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at DraftKings overall takes an average of 22 days.
Common stages of the interview process at DraftKings as a Software Engineer Intern according to 8 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 42%
Phone interview: 25%
One on one interview: 25%
Background check: 8%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
One on one technical interview with another software engineer through hacker rank code pair after a quick coding challenge also done through hacker rank. Multiple programming language options are available.
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Question 1
Write code to validate a DraftKings lineup given a set of rules that the lineup must conform to.
OA -> Final round technical
both very similar (OOP with 4 parts). OA was much harder than the final round. Both questions were implementing a class involved with business decisions
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
implement this function given the three classes provided
I applied online. I interviewed at DraftKings (Boston, MA) in Oct 2025
Interview
One OA with 3 basic DS/Algos questions on Hackerrank then one technical interview where you live code with one of their engineers. The structure and content of the technical interview is easy to find online.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is the time complexity of your implementation.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at DraftKings (Boston, MA) in Jan 2025
Interview
Asynchronous Online Coding Interview. There was a platform and I was given a 1 week time span to complete the problem that was a timed 1 hour test. It was too many problems to complete in the time and I believe it was a part of the process to see how you think when given that kind of time pressure
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Question 1
Use a java structure to complete a set of problems