I took the HackerRank coding test provided by the company, which was moderately difficult. The problem(s) were focused on array and sequence-based manipulation and sorting, in a variety of coding languages.
OA (Leetcode easy-mediums and MCQs), recruiter screen, a final round with 2 technicals and 1 behavioral. I had one backend and one frontend interview. The behavioral was typical situational and experience questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why Pendo? Tell me a time you failed. Tell me about your favorite project.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Pendo (Raleigh, NC) in Oct 2025
Interview
Got a prescreen for the software engineering internship, but did not move forward. They use HackerRank, and asked two coding questions and three multiple choice questions, which seemed rather easy, if you have taken a intro data structures and algorithms course.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked about big O notation and the time complexities of some for loop structures.
There were three parts,
1. Online Assessment: An assessment link was sent for hacker rank platform
2. Cultural Fit kind of Interview: Why Pendo, technologies used kind of questions
3. Virtual Onsite Interview: Systems Design kind of questions irrespective of technologies
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
For Virtual Onsite, for the backend there was a scenario given and asked about how would I design for API calls
Software Engineer(Internship) applicants have rated the interview process at Pendo with 3.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 71% positive. To compare, the company-average is 42.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer(Internship) roles take an average of 35 days to get hired, when considering 7 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Pendo overall takes an average of 21 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Pendo as a Software Engineer(Internship) according to 7 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 27%
Skills test: 27%
Phone interview: 27%
Presentation: 9%
Background check: 9%
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