Senior Software Engineer Interview Experience - London, United Kingdom
Process
I got calls from 4 different recruiters from Arm, United Kingdom. All of them called for senior software engineer positions for different teams based in United Kingdom.
All of them took first round of interview virtually where they asked various questions like current work, CTC, behavioral questions and a couple of easy technical questions (like which is faster cache or CPU register).
I was told that I will be getting interviewed but none of them called again. I tried contacting recruiters but no one reverted.
I would like to say that this practice of recruiters at ARM, United Kingdom is pathetic. They will call you, take details and then they never respond. It has happened to me 4 times. So, I would suggest anyone taking the interviews to be very cautious that they simply choose not to revert no matter how many times you call or email them.
A very bad practice indeed and I really never want to work for such a company.
Questions
What is your CTC? What is your current work profile? How would you rate yourself in C++ or any other Object Oriented language? Could you describe your current project?
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Arm Senior Software Engineer role in London, United Kingdom.
Success Rate
Arm's interview process for their Senior Software Engineer roles in London, United Kingdom is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very negative feelings for Arm's Senior Software Engineer interview process in London, United Kingdom.
Arm Work Experiences
- 5.0What a great first impression!Senior Software Engineer • Current EmployeeManchester, United KingdomAugust 8, 2025Pros: Everything, this company is amazing, I've never had such a good onboarding experience, and first 6 months in a role.Cons: The only thing that can be seen as a con is that it's not fully remote. But even that's not a bad thing, it's 40% in the office.
- 3.0OKSenior Software Engineer • Current EmployeeOctober 10, 2022Pros: I like working at Arm. I don't love it. Arm misses some excitement that you get in other tech companies. It's a fairly nice company when some people in some engineering roles can develop personally. Non engineering parts of Arm are much more dysfunctional. Progression is slow and based almost entirely on luck and time in the role. It's very quiet out here, you don't hear much banter in the office, people who have worked together for years don't know each other. Not much of the little free stuff that makes people happy, even team lunch above £30 pp is not allowed. Don't expect to be yourself at Arm. Arm has very clear definition of what a member of staff should be like. Arm has a lot of interesting projects but few people do the interesting bits in them. If you're new you most certainly won't be one of them. There's an opportunity to learn from some brilliant people and it's relatively easy to move around if you don't like where you are.Cons: Every group at Arm is quite different with different history, culture, resources and management style, but the above applies to all of them.
- 5.0Positive cultureSenior Software Engineer • Current EmployeeManchester, United KingdomSeptember 12, 2026Pros: Competent colleagues, positive culture, good work environmentCons: Company direction and priorities are rapidly evolving due to AI.
