The Trade Desk interview questions
Updated May 13, 2026Difficulty
Average
Experience
Mixed
How others got an interview
- 17%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
- 16%RecruiterRecruiter
- 2%OtherOther
- 2%Staffing AgencyStaffing Agency
- 2%Campus RecruitingCampus Recruiting
- 1%In PersonIn Person
Interview search
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The Trade Desk interviews FAQs
- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at The Trade Desk as 51.3% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3.07 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Sr. Product Manager and Software Engineering rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Senior Programmer Analyst and Senior Software Development Engineer roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at The Trade Desk takes an average of 31 days when considering 335 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 Software Engineering had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Associate Director roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 90 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at The Trade Desk according to 335 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 28%
One on one interview: 22%
Group panel interview: 13%
Presentation: 13%
Skills test: 10%
Background check: 6%
Drug test: 3%
Personality test: 2%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
Other: 1%
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