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SWE Intern Interview Experience

October 14, 2025
Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

They outsourced the interview to Karat. Three easy technical runtime/logic error in code questions, and then one medium-to-hard LeetCode question. The interviewer doesn't help at all and just stares at you.

Questions

What is the runtime of these two algorithms, and which is faster?

When might one be faster than the other?

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 13 interview experiences for the Duolingo SWE Intern role.

Success Rate

15%
Pass Rate

Duolingo's interview process for their SWE Intern roles is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive54%
Neutral31%
Negative15%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Duolingo's SWE Intern interview process.

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