Software Engineer Intern applicants have rated the interview process at Grainger with 2.6 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 61% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Common stages of the interview process at Grainger as a Software Engineer Intern according to 5 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 50%
Personality test: 50%
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I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Grainger in Oct 2025
Interview
A first round technical interview that was very easy, asking to just define and create a few functions related to a given class in a language of your choice. As well as some behavioral questions. A second round very typical systems design interview that was a bit more difficult.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Design a system that allows a manufacturer to alert a user about the status of their delivery.
Very kind interviewers, most of whom worked at the company for a while. Wasn't really leetcode style questions, rather oop based. 2 rounds of interviews. tech -> tech + system design.
2 interviews total. Both were behavior and technical. 1st is about coding, they want u to improve their code, or create new functions. 2nd about system design, have to create a systems based on their prompt
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
System design questions based on the prompt, business/ inventory/ customer service based