First Student Software Engineer interview questions
Updated 12 Dec 2025Difficulty
Average
Experience
Mostly positive
How others got an interview
- 33%Campus recruitingCampus recruiting
- 7%OtherOther
- 7%Employee referralEmployee referral
- 7%In personIn person
Interview search
27 interviews
First Student interviews FAQs
- Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at First Student with 3.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 60% positive. To compare, the company-average is 70.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
- Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 2 days to get hired, when considering 20 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at First Student overall takes an average of 9 days.
- Common stages of the interview process at First Student as a Software Engineer according to 20 Glassdoor interviews include:
Background check: 14%
Skills test: 14%
IQ intelligence test: 12%
One on one interview: 12%
Presentation: 12%
Personality test: 9%
Phone interview: 9%
Other: 7%
Group panel interview: 7%
Drug test: 5%
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