I applied online. The process took 4 months. I interviewed at Robinhood (New York, NY) in Dec 2022
Interview
Initially applied for a backend role, had 1 technical screen and then 3 interviews for the onsite consistenting of a system design, project deep dive, and coding question. I passed, but unfortunately no Staff level backend roles were available. A frontend staff role eventually opened and I did 2 interviews consisting of a project coding interview and a frontend architecture interview. I then received an offer after this an accepted.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
NDA, but nothing crazy. For the frontend project interview there is a prebuilt mini app and you have to add a feature within an hour.
I applied online. I interviewed at Robinhood (Toronto, ON) in Jan 2026
Interview
HR reached out and quickly discuss about experience. 1 round of system design after the HR call, there should be a coding round and behavior round after that. Scheduling the SD wasn't that smooth, took more than 2 weeks to schedule for the first technical interview. HR was friendly and helpful, but the interviewer was late for interview, answered all questions but didn't get feedback
I applied through other source. I interviewed at Robinhood (New York, NY) in Jan 2026
Interview
Really smooth overall process, great communication & tech. Second round system design interview did not go well because of poor communication with the interviewer: very unclear direction; difficult to understand (audibly); contradictory answers to questions (including about constraints and areas of focus); facilitated and encouraged time-wasting on less important points; also unclear whether visuals mattered more or less than talking through the problem. The question was not very difficult, but it was a strictly timed assessment that started about 12 minutes into the allotted 50 or 60 minutes. The prompt was vague, and I was not able to completely answer all of the technical questions he seemed to be looking for.
Staff Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Robinhood with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 25% positive. To compare, the company-average is 46.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Staff Software Engineer roles take an average of 66 days to get hired, when considering 4 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Robinhood overall takes an average of 25 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Robinhood as a Staff Software Engineer according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 50%
Presentation: 25%
Skills test: 13%
One on one interview: 13%
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