Software Engineer Intern applicants have rated the interview process at Dimensional Fund Advisors with 3 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 62.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer Intern roles take an average of 35 days to get hired, when considering 3 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Dimensional Fund Advisors overall takes an average of 27 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Dimensional Fund Advisors as a Software Engineer Intern according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 30%
Phone interview: 20%
Group panel interview: 20%
Background check: 10%
Skills test: 10%
Personality test: 10%
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I applied online. I interviewed at Dimensional Fund Advisors (Austin, TX) in Oct 2024
Interview
Reasonable process, consisted of screening with hr, interview with senior swe, then a hackerrank followed by interview with both a PM and senior data engineer at the same time, finished up with interview by compliance member. Went through entire process and was still rejected.
I applied online. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Dimensional Fund Advisors (Austin, TX) in Oct 2025
Interview
Three rounds of interviews: First was a simple behavioral screen (30 min), the second dove a bit more into experience (30 min), and the third was an in-depth experience/technical interview followed by a "culture-carrier conversation" (60 + 30 min).
Interview questions [6]
Question 1
Tell me about a time when you had to learn something new.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Dimensional Fund Advisors (Austin, TX) in Oct 2025
Interview
Had four rounds. First round was a resume screen, second round was a behavioral interview, third round was a technical interview, fourth round was a company fit chat with different employees.