Recruiters were very friendly and communicative. Had a coding screen and then two other interviews. The behavioral questions focused on looking for opportunities where I've learned. Overall great experience and would reccomend
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Q: What's a challenge you had with a previous project?
Started off with a codesignal online assessment after the resume screen, recruiter phone call, 1h technical, and finally another recruiter call when I was notified I had gotten the offer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Standard behavioral questions, make sure you can talk about you, your motivations, and your experiences coherently. Technical consisted of leetcode-style questions, with 3 total.
There was a recruiter screen, which was mainly behavioral. It asked pretty standard questions like why us and tell me about yourself. Recruiter screen was followed by technical, which had a question on graphs.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Pinterest (San Francisco, CA) in Dec 2025
Interview
Codesignal GCA (70 min, 4 questions) -> Recruiter call (30 min, basic behavioral questions, logistical stuff) -> Technical screen (60 min, 2-3 LC styled Pinterest-related questions on CoderPad)
Overall, enjoyable process as my recruiter got back to me very fast! I think I did get luck for the technical because I wasn't asked anything too graph-specific, like Dijkstra's or DSU...
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Why Pinterest?
Tell me about a project you've worked on.
Remote or hybrid work.
What specialization do you want to work for?
Software Engineer Intern applicants have rated the interview process at Pinterest with 3.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 49.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer Intern roles take an average of 39 days to get hired, when considering 9 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Pinterest overall takes an average of 24 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Pinterest as a Software Engineer Intern according to 9 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 38%
Phone interview: 38%
Personality test: 13%
Skills test: 13%
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