PhD Research Intern applicants have rated the interview process at Dolby with 2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 55.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for PhD Research Intern roles take an average of 41 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Dolby overall takes an average of 34 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Dolby as a PhD Research Intern according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 40%
Skills test: 20%
Presentation: 20%
Phone interview: 20%
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I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Dolby (San Francisco, CA) in Nov 2023
Interview
It was very chill and relaxed, just a short, 50-minute conversation over Zoom with two of the senior research engineers. There was only one round and I heard back decently quickly.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked me to describe my current research projects and propose ideas for a summer project.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Dolby (San Francisco, CA) in Oct 2024
Interview
PhD Research Intern - Multimodal Research (Summer 2025). Two interviewers just listened to my presentation of previous work. There was no coding session. I was thinking that it went well but ended up with a rejection. They seemed not be familiar with the direction that I was working on. Maybe that was why I got a rejection.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Technically questions regarding my previous projects