First Student interview questions
Updated Jun 3, 2026Difficulty
Easy
Experience
Very positive
How others got an interview
- 21%In PersonIn Person
- 17%Campus RecruitingCampus Recruiting
- 6%OtherOther
- 4%RecruiterRecruiter
- 3%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
- 1%Staffing AgencyStaffing Agency
Interview search
350 interviews
First Student interviews FAQs
- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at First Student as 70.1% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.83 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Software Development Engineer (SDE) and Management & Sales Intership rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for IT Analyst and Engineer roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at First Student takes an average of 9 days when considering 147 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Software Engineer Intern had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Electrical Engineer roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 90 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at First Student according to 147 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 20%
Phone interview: 13%
Background check: 13%
One on one interview: 12%
IQ intelligence test: 9%
Personality test: 9%
Presentation: 9%
Group panel interview: 7%
Other: 6%
Drug test: 3%
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