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      Software Engineer(Internship) Interview

      Nov 13, 2021
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Duolingo

      Interview

      I applied through Handshake. They ask for a resume and some short response questions. I was then invited to take a 120 minutes online coding assessment consisting of two questions

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      A Dynamic programming question .
      Answer question

      Other Software Engineer(Internship) Interview Reviews for Duolingo

      Software Engineer(Internship) Interview

      Nov 14, 2025
      Anonymous employee
      Pittsburgh, PA
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Duolingo (Pittsburgh, PA) in Oct 2025

      Interview

      Consisted of a CodeSignal OA (you can share previous scores). Then, a one-hour technical interview through Karat. Question difficulty was a medium. Second technical interview was with a Duolingo SWE and the question level was a medium-hard.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      They asked me a medium question involving DFS with a few additional constraints
      Answer question

      Software Engineer(Internship) Interview

      Sep 17, 2024
      Anonymous employee
      Pittsburgh, PA
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Duolingo (Pittsburgh, PA) in Sep 2024

      Interview

      codesignal gca oa (used past score, 600/600) -> karat outsourced interview, 1 hour, 10 minutes of trivial short answer questions about time complexity and the bug and explaining what code does, 50 min hard implementation problem with hashmaps -> batch day final round, 60 minute technical with writing/explaining test cases for a leetcode style problem, solving it, then follow up questions including some oop follow ups (finished in 30 min, talked with interviewers about duolingo for 30 min), 15 minute behavioral with batch day buddy -> call to offer two days later overall a very good process, enjoyed my interviews

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      tell me about yourself and why duolingo
      Answer question
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      Software Engineer(Internship) Interview

      Jan 30, 2024
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Duolingo

      Interview

      Technical part was leetcode medium. Did not hear back after that, even though I did pretty well on the technical part. They took about a month or so to give updates, and I did not get any email or info about anything except the rejection

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Talk about stuff on my resume
      Answer question

      Duolingo interviews FAQs

      • Software Engineer(Internship) applicants have rated the interview process at Duolingo with 3.4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 40% positive. To compare, the company-average is 47.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
      • Candidates applying for Software Engineer(Internship) roles take an average of 18 days to get hired, when considering 20 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Duolingo overall takes an average of 28 days.
      • Common stages of the interview process at Duolingo as a Software Engineer(Internship) according to 20 Glassdoor interviews include:

        Phone interview:  28%

        One on one interview:  28%

        Presentation:  22%

        Skills test:  17%

        Group panel interview:  6%

      • Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -

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        4. Intern(6) ;
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        11. Internship(3) ;
        12. Product Manager(3) ;
        13. Project Coordinator(3) ;
        14. Software Engineer II(3) ;
        15. Contractor(2) .


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