UC San Diego interview questions
Updated May 11, 2026Difficulty
Average
Experience
Very positive
How others got an interview
- 18%Campus RecruitingCampus Recruiting
- 8%In PersonIn Person
- 7%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
- 3%OtherOther
- 1%Staffing AgencyStaffing Agency
- 1%RecruiterRecruiter
Interview search
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UC San Diego interviews FAQs
- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at UC San Diego as 76.6% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.52 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Programme Analyst and Director of Quality rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Staff Research Associate and Inventory Assistant roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at UC San Diego takes an average of 25 days when considering 573 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 Photographer had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Development roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 180 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at UC San Diego according to 573 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 21%
Group panel interview: 20%
Phone interview: 13%
Skills test: 11%
Background check: 10%
Presentation: 8%
Personality test: 5%
Drug test: 5%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Other: 3%
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