IDEO interview questions
Updated Mar 1, 2026Difficulty
Average
Experience
Mostly positive
How others got an interview
- 20%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
- 4%RecruiterRecruiter
- 4%Campus RecruitingCampus Recruiting
- 3%In PersonIn Person
- 2%OtherOther
Interview search
137 interviews
IDEO interviews FAQs
- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at IDEO as 62.1% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3.11 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Visual Interaction Designer and Community Manager rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for User Experience Designer and Researcher roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at IDEO takes an average of 41 days when considering 121 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 CNC Programmer had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Lead Interaction Designer roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 150 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at IDEO according to 121 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 28%
Group panel interview: 24%
One on one interview: 17%
Presentation: 13%
Skills test: 5%
Background check: 5%
Other: 3%
Personality test: 2%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
Drug test: 1%
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