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:
One on one interview: 43%
Phone interview: 43%
Skills test: 14%
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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.
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Data structures Iterative Algorithms Solution efficiency
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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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).
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Similar to leetcode mediums. Related to graphs, trees, and hashmaps.