Software Engineer(Internship) applicants have rated the interview process at National Instruments with 2.6 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 68% positive. To compare, the company-average is 72.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer(Internship) roles take an average of 13 days to get hired, when considering 22 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at National Instruments overall takes an average of 19 days.
Common stages of the interview process at National Instruments as a Software Engineer(Internship) according to 22 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 34%
Presentation: 25%
IQ intelligence test: 9%
Group panel interview: 9%
Drug test: 6%
Background check: 6%
Skills test: 3%
Phone interview: 3%
Personality test: 3%
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They asked one behavioral interview question then two technical interview questions. The technical questions were embedded systems questions. One was about a FIFO and the other was about how you'd manipulate data from a piece of hardware.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Q: What is a bug you encountered and how did you solve it?
I interviewed at National Instruments (Pulau Pinang)
Interview
One round face to face interview (1 hour plus)
- Resume / Project
- Technical Question ( Live Coding )
The interviewer is quite friendly , the interview has 2 parts , behavioural and technical.
Overall, nice experience
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at National Instruments in Feb 2026
Interview
The process was smooth and completed in span of two days,.
First round was written test which included testing of core knowledge(pointers, recursion, inorder traversal, time complexity) after they shortlist around 30 people
I interviewed at National Instruments (Greater Noida)
Interview
The interview process consists of four rounds. The first two rounds focus on Data Structures and Algorithms (DSA). The third round involves technical questions related to DSA fundamentals and your project work. The final round is an HR interview to assess your communication skills, personality, and overall fit for the company.