Handshake interview questions
Updated Jun 1, 2026Difficulty
Average
Experience
Mostly positive
How others got an interview
- 20%RecruiterRecruiter
- 18%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
- 5%OtherOther
- 1%Staffing AgencyStaffing Agency
- 1%Campus RecruitingCampus Recruiting
- 1%In PersonIn Person
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Handshake interviews FAQs
- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Handshake as 56.1% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.84 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Associate Analyst and Software Engineer In Test rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Trainer and Business Operations roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at Handshake takes an average of 23 days when considering 385 user submitted interviews across all job titles. To compare, the average duration of hiring at similar companies like BlackRock, Inc. is 14 days, Fabricated Software, Inc. is 2 days, and Apple Inc. is 21 days. Candidates applying for Trainer had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas University Success Manager roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 120 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at Handshake according to 385 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 28%
One on one interview: 23%
Presentation: 13%
Group panel interview: 12%
Drug test: 7%
Skills test: 6%
Background check: 6%
Other: 2%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
Personality test: 1%
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