The Trade Desk Software Engineer(Internship) interview questions
based on 16 ratings - Updated 29 Mar 2026
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Software Engineer(Internship) applicants have rated the interview process at The Trade Desk with 2.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 51.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer(Internship) roles take an average of 14 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at The Trade Desk overall takes an average of 30 days.
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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.
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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 university. I interviewed at The Trade Desk in Sept 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)