Toptal interview questions
Updated 30 Apr 2026Difficulty
Average
Experience
Mixed
How others got an interview
- 8%RecruiterRecruiter
- 4%Employee referralEmployee referral
- 2%OtherOther
- 0%In personIn person
- 0%Recruitment agencyRecruitment agency
Interview search
758 interviews
Toptal interviews FAQs
- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Toptal as 25% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.71 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Senior Front-end Developer and Engineer rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for QA Engineer and Senior Front-end Developer roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at Toptal takes an average of 16 days when considering 8 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Product Manager had the quickest hiring process (on average 2 days), whereas Senior Front-end Developer roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 30 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at Toptal according to 8 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 29%
Skills test: 18%
Phone interview: 18%
Other: 12%
Presentation: 12%
Background check: 6%
IQ intelligence test: 6%
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