Software Engineer(Internship) applicants have rated the interview process at MongoDB with 2.9 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 75% positive. To compare, the company-average is 67.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer(Internship) roles take an average of 35 days to get hired, when considering 51 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at MongoDB overall takes an average of 33 days.
Common stages of the interview process at MongoDB as a Software Engineer(Internship) according to 51 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 40%
One on one interview: 18%
Presentation: 12%
Skills test: 12%
Background check: 8%
IQ intelligence test: 4%
Personality test: 4%
Group panel interview: 3%
Other: 1%
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I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at MongoDB (Sydney) in Jun 2022
Interview
Interviewed for storage engines team Sydney, everyone was really nice. Questions weren't too hard, people were super helpful. Applied a bit too late so spots were already filled up. Backend based questions, talked about projects, lots of time complexity based questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What does this class do?
Think of an algorithm that can do the same thing but faster time complexity and constant space
Tell me about a project you've worked on
First had a phone call with a recruiter, then a technical assessment through a third party (with a person, not one of those websites), and then a three hour interview with three members of the team. Two of the three hour segments were coding, and the other was a behavioral.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at MongoDB (New York, NY) in Mar 2026
Interview
1. HR Call discussing the opportunity
2. Karat interview to solve as many leetcode as possible
3. Three interviews in 3 hours including a leetcode round, a behavioral round, and a Object-Oriented round.
* Initial screening calling with a recruiter and then a 1 hour technical interview call using Karat with a pair coding set up using a plain text editor not an IDE
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Half System Design based questions and half technical