Software Engineer(Internship) applicants have rated the interview process at MITRE with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 65.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer(Internship) roles take an average of 11 days to get hired, when considering 9 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at MITRE overall takes an average of 29 days.
Common stages of the interview process at MITRE as a Software Engineer(Internship) according to 9 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 33%
One on one interview: 25%
Skills test: 17%
Presentation: 8%
Background check: 8%
Group panel interview: 8%
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I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at MITRE in Mar 2026
Interview
It was 2 rounds. The first was a phone interview with one of the department leads. Basically just a resume deep-dive. Second round I had to present a technical project to 2 people. They asked follow up questions about the project and then some more basic behavioral/technical questions about other things on my resume.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at MITRE (McLean, VA) in Feb 2025
Interview
Since it was a early-college level internship, there was only a phone screen and follow-up behavioral, which was around 40-60 minutes for the latter, with all types of typical interview questions (biggest problem you've faced, etc etc) coming at you, from a project director.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time you had to resolve a conflict in your team.
Simple, straightforward. Not many hard questions and seemed to go over basics that most people in the field should already be familiar with. Also included some interesting puzzle questions that seemed to gauge personality/thinking.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What are the differences between string comparation operators?