I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at The Trade Desk (San Jose, CA) in Nov 2017
Interview
Coding challenge followed by 2 interviews. The first interview was a group informational that lasted about an hour followed by an on-site interview. It lasted a few hours and consisted of several rounds of technical questions.
1st round hr interview: BQ questions. 30-45 mins.
The interviewer was very nice, warm, polite, and professional. But The interview process was really intense. The interview lasts 30–45 minutes. It primarily consists of behavioral questions based on your resume. the interviewer asked some broad questions, but each one was followed by several follow-up questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Can you share a project you’ve worked on in the past? What problem did it solve? What unique technologies or frameworks did you use that others haven’t?
Oa was 70 min, 4 questions total. 30 min recruiter screen couple days after passing oa. after that was technical screen, and then superday which was 1 hr lc, 1 hr sys design
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at The Trade Desk in Sep 2025
Interview
It consists of 4 rounds:
Code assessment - 4 questions were asked (easy-medium)
Screening interview (general about us and projects done)
Tech Interview round - 30 mins (didn't attend)
2 X Final tech interview round (didn't attend)
Software Engineer(Internship) applicants have rated the interview process at The Trade Desk with 3.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 73% positive. To compare, the company-average is 51.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer(Internship) roles take an average of 33 days to get hired, when considering 11 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at The Trade Desk overall takes an average of 31 days.
Common stages of the interview process at The Trade Desk as a Software Engineer(Internship) according to 11 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 33%
Presentation: 25%
Group panel interview: 17%
Skills test: 17%
IQ intelligence test: 8%
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