Software Engineer Intern applicants have rated the interview process at Figma with 3.5 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 47.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer Intern roles take an average of 19 days to get hired, when considering 6 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Figma overall takes an average of 25 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Figma as a Software Engineer Intern according to 6 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 43%
One on one interview: 43%
Skills test: 14%
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I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Figma (New York, NY) in Oct 2025
Interview
Given a byteboard Interview, different from normal technical assessments, where a hypothetical situation was given, and simulated crafting responses to a project manager. Then afterwards was given a mock project and was given instructions to code out the rest of it.
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Question 1
Asked about what team Figma saw myself being apart of and why.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Figma (San Francisco, CA) in Oct 2023
Interview
- Recruiter questionnaire consisting of basic logistics
- ByteBoard OA (2 hours): there were two parts. The first part was about writing comments and recommendations on a design doc, and the second part was about implementing solutions related to the first part.
- Onsite (3 hours): There were 3 parts: behavioral (30min), technical (60min), and another technical (60min).
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Similar to leetcode mediums. Related to graphs, trees, and hashmaps.
Met with recruiters during campus events and was invited to take an online assessment, it was quite untraditional but innovative compared to other coding assessments I have done in the past.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Data structures Iterative Algorithms Solution efficiency