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Graduate Engineer Review

at Arm

Graduate Scheme

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 - Overview of the Role
5/5 - Experience & Company Culture
4/5 - Recommendations & Advice

Overview of the Role

Overall, how would you describe your experience at Arm?
There is so much support available for grads. Everyone takes out so much time to explain things, you really see how much people want to help grads. The work life balance is great. There are some great benefits available as an employee. Based on your team you can get rotations within different teams which help you gain different sets of skills and experiment different roles.
What are the main responsibilities of the role and which elements of the role do you enjoy the most?
- Verifying different modules of the Image signal processor work as intended to give the best image quality
- Understanding, implementing changes within the driver code base
- Understanding different driver algorithms and hardware operations
To what extent does your role give you the opportunity to contribute meaningfully and feel valued by your team?
4/5
How does your compensation package - including perks & benefits - fairly remunerate you for the work you do?
5/5
How well do you feel the role is preparing you for your future career?
4/5
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

Experience & Company Culture

How is the support you receive?
5/5
Everyone at Arm takes out time to help/ listen you. In my personal experience I have had so many senior members spend and take out so much of their time to explain concepts or help me with any questions I have. It is always easy to approach anyone and ask any question.
How is your work-life balance?
5/5
What is the organisational culture, values and general atmosphere like?
5/5
How would you rate Arm initiatives when it comes to equality, diversity, inclusion and accessibility?
5/5
How would you rate Arm CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) initiatives?
5/5

Recommendations & Advice

Would you recommend Arm to a friend?
Yes
Why?
The work, people, culture everything at Arm is as good as it can get.
How well did the role match your expectations based on the recruitment process?
4/5
When considering the recruitment & onboarding process, have you any specific tips or advice you would give to others applying to Arm?
Read the job description and roles and responsibilities and do your research on them. If you cannot answer a technical question in an interview, just try and explain what your problem solving approach to it would be.
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