Arm·Software Engineer

Arm Software Engineer interview experience

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Manchester, EnglandPosted Sep 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I applied for Arm through a degree apprenticeship track, and the whole interview experience felt more intense than what I’d expected.

A big part of it focused on behavioral questions, but there were also two technical tasks that leaned on computer science theory and logical thinking rather than just writing code.

The way the process was framed made it clear they were trying to understand how I’d think, not only what I’d memorized. I had questions about my interests and about why I wanted the apprenticeship, and then I went into problem-solving exercises where the second task felt more like an interactive conversation than a standalone prompt.

The difficulty was difficult overall, and it matched the feeling that this path

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