Graduate Software Engineer Review
at Arm
Graduate Job
Software Engineering
Manchester
Review Submitted: October 2025
Overall Rating
4.6 /5
The Overall Rating is the average of all the ratings given in each category. We take those individual ratings and combine them into one final score!
4.3/5
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Overview of the Role
4.8/5
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Experience & Company Culture
5/5
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Recommendations & Advice
Overview of the Role
Overall, how would you describe your experience at Arm?
Wonderful, there are many knowledgeable people and a lot to learn as a graduate. The graduate rotation scheme gives the opportunities to gain experience in different areas and explore interests.
What are the main responsibilities of the role and which elements of the role do you enjoy the most?
Working with the teams to complete tasks such as implementing new features, optimizing code performance and contributing code to open source projects.
I enjoyed being able to contribute to open source projects, which gives me the sense of the impact I make, and it would look good on my porfolio too.
I enjoyed being able to contribute to open source projects, which gives me the sense of the impact I make, and it would look good on my porfolio too.
To what extent does your role give you the opportunity to contribute meaningfully and feel valued by your team?
4/5
The work is mainly close to what the rest of the teams are doing, and the topics are interesting and offer learning opportunities. Due to only having 6 months in each rotation, sometimes it is only enough to do small tasks aside, as it would need more time to onboard and hand-over otherwise.
How does your compensation package - including perks & benefits - fairly remunerate you for the work you do?
4/5
How well do you feel the role is preparing you for your future career?
5/5
How would you rate the extent to which you were developing new or existing skills through formal training and your day-to-day role?
4/5
Mainly through day-to-day work rather than formal training. There are some training courses available, but a lot of the skills are very team specific.
Experience & Company Culture
How is the support you receive?
4/5
How is your work-life balance?
5/5
Overall not very demanding for graduates, and lots of social activities available to attend.
What is the organisational culture, values and general atmosphere like?
5/5
People are generally kind to each other, and people seem motivated about their work.
Hybrid working policy is 2 days minimum per week.
Hybrid working policy is 2 days minimum per week.
How would you rate Arm initiatives when it comes to equality, diversity, inclusion and accessibility?
5/5
Very inclusive and culturally diverse.
How would you rate Arm CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) initiatives?
5/5
Actively promoting volunteering activities, environmentally aware with the office amenities.
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Arm to a friend?
Yes
Why?
It is a great opportunity to develop, especially in early career, to be able to work with bleeding-edge technologies and learn constantly.
How well did the role match your expectations based on the recruitment process?
5/5
When considering the recruitment & onboarding process, have you any specific tips or advice you would give to others applying to Arm?
If there are any doubts or questions, just ask someone and they will be willing to help.
