Software Engineer(Internship) applicants have rated the interview process at DRW with 3.4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 33% positive. To compare, the company-average is 45.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer(Internship) roles take an average of 40 days to get hired, when considering 12 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at DRW overall takes an average of 20 days.
Common stages of the interview process at DRW as a Software Engineer(Internship) according to 12 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 33%
Skills test: 25%
One on one interview: 17%
IQ intelligence test: 8%
Presentation: 8%
Personality test: 8%
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I applied in-person. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at DRW (Amsterdam)
Interview
They gave me an online assessment, about a month and half later, they contacted me to have an interview call. I responded the next day, but they got back to me two weeks later. The interview questions were mostly languages specific question. They didn't reach back to me.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How to make a class in CPP hashable? What is the algorithm for making balance binary tree called.
I applied online. I interviewed at DRW (Montreal, QC) in Jan 2026
Interview
Online Coding Assessment. Aced it but they didnt contact me after. It was about 2 hours long but I took 1 hour. Got the rejection notification a couple days later.
Codility online assessment was the first round which was leetcode style. Then a technical interview and then a superday. Technical interview entailed multiple questions on various topics such as algorithms, data structures, os, networking, system design and more.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Data structures, Algorithms, Networking, OS, System design
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at DRW (London, England) in Oct 2025
Interview
OA then first round interview in 45 minutes. The interviewer is friendly and helpful. They mostly ask about C++ knowledge and low-level details, rather than leetcode questions. Got rejected after that.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How is vector in C++ implemented? What is an iterator?