Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Personio with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 75% positive. To compare, the company-average is 56.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 12 days to get hired, when considering 8 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Personio overall takes an average of 22 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Personio as a Software Engineer according to 8 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 38%
Presentation: 25%
Phone interview: 25%
Group panel interview: 13%
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I applied online. I interviewed at Personio (Munich, Bavaria) in Dec 2020
Interview
It was a very professional and fast paced interview. I had an HR interview over zoom that patiently described every step. Then there was a technical interview. It was not really hard and the atmosphere was very good and casual. I didn't get accepted but they went a long way to have another zoom session to give me detailed feedback.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
General understandings of AWS and other cloud services
I applied online. I interviewed at Personio in Feb 2026
Interview
Racism experienced at the first contact during the first screening call with the HR person, he exhaled in disappointment as soon as I joined the call, treated me with lack of interest and respect, was rude and showed no interest.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Personio
Interview
Non responsive recruiters right from the start. They sound excited in each call. Then disappear for weeks stating no availability.
Then schedule, and disappear again for weeks.
Chase them for feedback. You may get some may not get some.
Then be scheduled in another month.
Then keep chasing recruiters.
Final decision / feedback never comes.
How difficult is it to communicate a hire / no hire.
Even if the candidate does not join, they should leave with a positive impression about the culture. Sadly I cannot say that based on my experience
Hr and technical round. Medium level interview. Focused on analysing you in hr. And also some technical questions in hr round. That is all. Keep cool
All the very best