Software Engineer(Internship) applicants have rated the interview process at Western Digital with 2.9 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 75% positive. To compare, the company-average is 62.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer(Internship) roles take an average of 22 days to get hired, when considering 12 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Western Digital overall takes an average of 23 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Western Digital as a Software Engineer(Internship) according to 12 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 23%
One on one interview: 20%
Presentation: 13%
Skills test: 13%
Group panel interview: 10%
Background check: 7%
Drug test: 7%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Personality test: 3%
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I applied online. I interviewed at Western Digital (San Jose, CA) in Mar 2026
Interview
Email correspondence. One-hour long technical interview where they gave you a coding challenge and ask about your thought process (flexible on syntax, you can choose your language). Very nice interviewers.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you improve this design of this program you wrote?
Very rushed interview. 10 mins phone screen and 1 hour technical panel. Lack of updates and slow response time from team. Recruiter does not communicate, only sends emails for interview time.
I applied online. I interviewed at Western Digital (Fremont, CA)
Interview
Different team has different process. For me, I got and hr reach-out email, then a first round coding interview, then a final round back-to-back interview with teammembers, manager and skip.