Software Engineer (Developer) applicants have rated the interview process at Pinterest with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 46% positive. To compare, the company-average is 51.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer (Developer) roles take an average of 40 days to get hired, when considering 13 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Pinterest overall takes an average of 32 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Pinterest as a Software Engineer (Developer) according to 13 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 43%
One on one interview: 33%
Skills test: 24%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
1st round technical phone screening with in 1 hour.
One follow up question was asked.
The problem was not too hard, but it requires you finish really fast without bugs.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Leetcode 1564. Put Boxes Into the Warehouse I.
Follow up: what is maximum total box sizes.
Good experience not the best outcome. Was 1000% sure I completed all coding and sys design but was told didn't get enough signal for the competency round. Overall very organized but not very satisfied with the response.
I applied online. I interviewed at Pinterest in Feb 2026
Interview
Comienza el proceso con una llamada de alguien de Talent Adquisition, super atentos desde el principio. Después de esta llamada continua una de Technical Phone Screen, que consiste en dos ejercicios de leetcode, el primero es Medium el segundo es continuación, pero ahora Hard.