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 65.8% 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%
Group panel interview: 6%
IQ intelligence test: 6%
Presentation: 6%
Background check: 6%
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I was sent a HireVue link a while after I applied. This consisted of about 7 written essay questions, some technical and some not. I had to record videos of my answers. Then there was a coding test, just one question, wasn't too hard.
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I don't remember as I did this interview last year. But I believe some were about pipeline in CPUs and such.
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
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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.