Is it hard to get hired as a Engineer at IonQ?

Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at IonQ with 1.5 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 46.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.

How long does it take to get hired as a Engineer at IonQ?

Candidates applying for Engineer roles take an average of 28 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at IonQ overall takes an average of 29 days.

Where can I find IonQ interview experiences by job title?

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based on 2 ratings - Updated Aug 21, 2025

Easy interview difficulty

Mixed interview experience

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Applied online
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2 interviews

Engineer Interview

Aug 21, 2025

Anonymous employee

Accepted offer

Positive experience

Easy interview

Application

I applied online. I interviewed at IonQ (College Park, MD) in May 2025

Interview

Take home design challenge followed by presentation on previous research project followed by 5 1-on-1 technical interviews. Couple other small 1-on-1s. About 5 interviews all together over about 2 months.

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Question 1

Experience with standard EDA tools.

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Engineer Interview

Mar 25, 2022

Anonymous Interview Candidate

No offer

Negative experience

Easy interview

Application

I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at IonQ in Dec 2021

Interview

Just a waste of time. Most interviewers had less experience than me. Even some of them had no idea in some special areas what I also work in but always had an argument (mostly wrong). For instance, one engineer claimed a max. frequency of a MCU that I have been using for 2-3 years and currently working on but he was wrong. However I couldn’t convinced him. Being able to say “I don’t know” isn’t that bad, in fact a great merit.

Interview questions [1]

Question 1

We posted this role as remote but would you relocate since we might need you here? (!)

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