Process
Because of COVID-19 all the interview rounds were virtual. HR team was quick in sharing feedback and next steps at each round of interview. They have come up with this new onboarding website that keeps track of all ToDo and one can request for information from the onboarding team or hiring manager which seems pretty cool. Also, HR and the engineering team keep in touch with you every few weeks. Overall a good interview experience.
Questions
It depends on your resume. However, few things will be common for almost all design verification roles at ARM i.e processor architecture understanding, basic programming language like C or C++, SV, UVM, DV skill, RTL understanding and basic RTL coding skills.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 3 interview experiences for the Arm Staff Engineer role in Bengaluru, India.
Success Rate
67%
Pass Rate
Arm's interview process for their Staff Engineer roles in Bengaluru, India is incredibly easy as the vast majority of engineers get an offer after going through it.
Experience Rating
Positive67%
Neutral0%
Negative33%
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Arm's Staff Engineer interview process in Bengaluru, India.
Arm Work Experiences
5.0
Good place to work
Staff Engineer • Current Employee
Bengaluru, India
February 3, 2026
Pros: Salary is fair compared to market.
Cons: No transport, health insurance is limited
4.0
Facilities/Travel policies are tailor-made without any documentation
Staff Engineer • Current Employee
Bengaluru, India
October 5, 2017
Pros: There are a lot of pros as long as my personal comfort is not hampered.
Cons: Facilities are meant to work for employees, not to provide any discomfort to the individual.
Policies of hotel selection is totally different for India employees staying in Bangalore than international employees. This is complete racism and this tailor made policy is not written anywhere on Sharepoint.
Facility team and its management in Bangalore is really pointless. One sided argument and no clarity on global policy.
ARM Bangalore is running its own policies which is nowhere written and documented.
One of my major frustration in 2 months of ARM career has been due to struggling with Facility team here and having one-sided discussion.
3.0
Non-Technical Mangers at the Top in CPU Teams
Staff Engineer • Current Employee
Bengaluru, India
November 29, 2019
Pros: Arm is a good place to work until a few years ago. Not anymore. Work life balance is good.
Cons: After the Softbank acquisition, only CPU derivative products being done here. Work is very monotonous. No challenging projects.
To top it, most of the senior management in the CPU teams in Bangalore is filled with non-technical folks, who don't understand things in the projects, but who understand only 'resources' and 'milestones'. Everything else is noise to them.
Whoever talks more in meetings, seems to moves up the ladder fast. This has caused Arm to loose many good technical folks, which in-turn has increased the burden on us. Teams are genrally short staffed, so when this is raised, the management folks in turn start questioning our ability instead. This sets very negative environoment, which has caused rise in attrition. Management only want 'Yes Boss' people who will blindly execute and not smart tech guys who can identify and solve challenges.
Very monotonous work. Promotions seem to be unfair also, as seen in the recent past.
- 5.0Good place to workStaff Engineer • Current EmployeeBengaluru, IndiaFebruary 3, 2026Pros: Salary is fair compared to market.Cons: No transport, health insurance is limited
- 4.0Facilities/Travel policies are tailor-made without any documentationStaff Engineer • Current EmployeeBengaluru, IndiaOctober 5, 2017Pros: There are a lot of pros as long as my personal comfort is not hampered.Cons: Facilities are meant to work for employees, not to provide any discomfort to the individual. Policies of hotel selection is totally different for India employees staying in Bangalore than international employees. This is complete racism and this tailor made policy is not written anywhere on Sharepoint. Facility team and its management in Bangalore is really pointless. One sided argument and no clarity on global policy. ARM Bangalore is running its own policies which is nowhere written and documented. One of my major frustration in 2 months of ARM career has been due to struggling with Facility team here and having one-sided discussion.
- 3.0Non-Technical Mangers at the Top in CPU TeamsStaff Engineer • Current EmployeeBengaluru, IndiaNovember 29, 2019Pros: Arm is a good place to work until a few years ago. Not anymore. Work life balance is good.Cons: After the Softbank acquisition, only CPU derivative products being done here. Work is very monotonous. No challenging projects. To top it, most of the senior management in the CPU teams in Bangalore is filled with non-technical folks, who don't understand things in the projects, but who understand only 'resources' and 'milestones'. Everything else is noise to them. Whoever talks more in meetings, seems to moves up the ladder fast. This has caused Arm to loose many good technical folks, which in-turn has increased the burden on us. Teams are genrally short staffed, so when this is raised, the management folks in turn start questioning our ability instead. This sets very negative environoment, which has caused rise in attrition. Management only want 'Yes Boss' people who will blindly execute and not smart tech guys who can identify and solve challenges. Very monotonous work. Promotions seem to be unfair also, as seen in the recent past.
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