Software Developer Intern applicants have rated the interview process at Red Hat with 2.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 80% positive. To compare, the company-average is 62.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Developer Intern roles take an average of 21 days to get hired, when considering 10 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Red Hat overall takes an average of 31 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Red Hat as a Software Developer Intern according to 10 Glassdoor interviews include:
Personality test: 24%
Skills test: 24%
Phone interview: 19%
One on one interview: 19%
Background check: 5%
Group panel interview: 5%
Other: 5%
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I applied through college or university. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Red Hat (Hamilton, ON) in Nov 2021
Interview
Question and answer based interview. Including technical questions. There are 3 interviewers and any of them can ask questions. Takes 30-45 minutes. Two technical interviewers and one behavioural interviewer. If you are unable to answer a question, the interviewers will push you in the right direction to answer the questions.
1 on 1 in person interview with a recruiter with some behavioral questions and 1 technical question. Question isn't algorithmically hard. Interviewer has some discretion on what to ask you. They want you to respond with the correct performance of the algorithm in BigO notation. You should aim for the best performance possible.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you write a program that checks if two words are anagrams and what is the performance of your program/algorithm using BigO notation.
I applied through other source. I interviewed at Red Hat (Goldsboro, NC) in Apr 2025
Interview
It was assessment and technical interview and coding round with dsa questions they asked the approach of how the code works with the explanation and explain the resume description of it
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Red Hat (Boston, MA) in Sep 2023
Interview
Very casual, I interviewed on my university campus and was very understanding that interns have limited experience. It was more of a coversation rather than an interview. The interviewer also asked about what I want to do in my future career.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Q: what is the difference between a process and a thread? Q: what is the purpose of an operating system?