Software Engineer(Internship) applicants have rated the interview process at Arm with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 75% positive. To compare, the company-average is 65.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer(Internship) roles take an average of 23 days to get hired, when considering 12 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Arm overall takes an average of 28 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Arm as a Software Engineer(Internship) according to 12 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 28%
Phone interview: 28%
One on one interview: 11%
Other: 11%
Background check: 6%
Group panel interview: 6%
IQ intelligence test: 6%
Presentation: 6%
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I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Arm in Jan 2021
Interview
Applied via the website. Then had to do a HireVue interview where they asked me about my experience with working in a team, knowledge of computer architecture, etc.
I was then invited to interview virtual day. Where we were given a presentation in the morning. Then in the afternoon, I had my interview with 3 seniors at ARM. They asked job specific questions which were great, as it was not those "reverse a binary tree" type questions. They really wanted to know about my comfortability with C/C++ and low-level programming.
CV screening, HireVue, then 2 hours of interviews. Got rejected after HireVue. You can take around 3 retries per HireVue questions, also contains a mini coding sample in the middle
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe in as much detail main functions of an OS
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Arm (Cambridge, England) in Jan 2026
Interview
The interview process consisted of a Hireview followed by a video call interview with some engineers. Overall the process took around a month, and is done as fast as possible.
HireVue -> One remote interview. Remote was mostly about my experience, they did a technical deep dive into my project, and asked me different questions about how I would approach different scenarios technically.