Page Contents
- The Technical Interview
- The Final Round Interview
- The Post-Interview Process
- Adobe Engineering Businesses and Teams
- The Adobe Internship
- FAQs
- Resources & Contact Info
The Technical Interview
The technical interview consists of (1) 30 -45 minute virtual technical interview with an Adobe Engineer. This interview will consist of a 20-minute live coding portion, like the HackerRank assessment you completed as a take home.
The remaining time in the interview will include questions aimed at better understanding your technical experiences, projects, skill sets, and areas of interest. Please come prepared with questions for the interviewers, as this is a great way to show interest and learn more about Adobe software engineer internships and our culture.
The Final Round Interview
The final round interview consists of (1) 30 -45 minute virtual behavioral panel interview with 2 Adobe Engineers representing various business units and teams.
Your interviewers will ask you behavioral questions related to your background, experiences, and skillsets. They may also ask about previous roles, technical skills, and/or projects you've completed in the past. Please come prepared with questions for the interviewers, as this is a great way to show interest and learn more about Adobe software engineer internships and the Adobe culture.
The Post-Interview Process
If you are selected to move to offer stages after the final round interview, you will receive a general Software Engineer Intern offer on an Adobe team and in a specific location. You will be matched to a hiring team after an offer is extended. Though the timeline of a final match may vary from business to business, you should expect to be matched to a team in February of 2026.
After you've been matched to a team, you'll have the opportunity to meet with your Hiring Manager to get to know them, their team, and get an idea of what projects you might work on during the summer.
Team matches will be based on:
- Impact & Skillset: where you can make the strongest impact based on your skillset and experience
- Business Need & Availability: which teams have open opportunities based on current business need
- Preferences: taking your preferences into consideration to find a team that you will be excited to work on
Adobe Engineering Businesses & Teams
Please see below for more information on Adobe's engineering organizations and available hiring teams, including the role types they hire for and locations they hire into.
Digital Experience (DX)
The Digital Experience organization develops solutions that empower businesses to make, manage, measure and monetize online, offline and multichannel business initiatives.
Digital Media (DMe)
Adobe’s Digital Media Business Unit focuses on advancing state of the art content and driving digital transformation of industries. It provides tools and services that enable individuals, small businesses, and enterprises to create, publish, promote, manage and monetize their content anywhere through Creative Cloud and Document Cloud.
Finance, Technology Services, and Operations (FTSO)
The Finance, Technology Services and Operations organization is responsible for planning, organizing, reporting, auditing, accounting for and controlling Adobe's finances. The team safeguards company assets, help meets regulatory requirements, manages pricing, enables an efficient global supply chain, and communicates the "Adobe story" to investors. Adobe Technology Services drive operational excellence across Adobe’s cloud offerings, infrastructure, data, and applications.
Global Marketing Organization (GMO)
Global Marketing Organization (GMO) is responsible for Adobe's brand, communications and integrated marketing efforts worldwide.
More organization information to come!
The Adobe Internship
Timeframe: All Adobe internships are 12 weeks long and take place in the summer (~May/June - August/~September). Start and end dates will be determined based on your school schedule. We do not offer fall, spring, or winter internships.
Location: All Adobe internships will be located in an office where your manager and/or team sits. This is to ensure you have the best experience possible while you're interning with us.
Adobe has a flexible work model, and all employees assigned to an office are expected to come into the office 2-3 days per week.
We offer software engineer internships in the below locations. Please note that placement in these locations is dependent on both team placement and availability:
- San Jose, CA (our headquarter office!)
- San Francisco, CA
- Lehi, UT
- Seattle, WA
- New York, NY (limited availability)
- Austin, TX (limited availability)
- Waltham, MA (limited availability)
Eligibility: You are only eligible for a summer internship if you are currently enrolled in school full time within the US and will have at least 1 term remaining in school following your summer internship. You are not eligible for an internship with us and cannot move forward in the interview process with us if you will not be returning back to school in Fall 2026.
Projects: Each intern will work on an impactful summer project during their time at Adobe! Your project will be determined by your manager and will depend on current business need.
Benefits: We offer many great benefits for our Adobe interns. For more information, please see the Adobe Benefits website.
FAQs
How long after my final interview will I know if I'm receiving an offer? Our goal is to provide an offer decision to you as soon as we're able to after your interview. Because we will go through a careful process to identify an overall team match when extending your offer, we appreciate your patience in advance with offer timelines.
Will Adobe consider my competing offer deadlines? We will do our best to consider competing offer deadlines but cannot make any guarantees.
What are the benefits of this process? There are many benefits to Adobe’s Software Engineering Intern hiring process! As a candidate, you will have the chance to meet with representatives from multiple teams within one interview, which increases your exposure and chances of securing an internship offer with Adobe! Our team will also take your role, team, and location preferences into consideration prior to extending an offer.
Will my preferences be taken into consideration? You will provide your role type and location preferences prior to completing a HackerRank assessment via the interest form sent to you. Should you move to the final interview stage, you will be able to provide specific team preferences following your interview. We will do our best to accommodate your preferences through the offer and final team matching stages.
Do I get to pick my internship location? You will get to select your location preference in the interest form sent to you. We will do our best to accommodate your location preference, but ultimately, internship location will depend on business need and availability.
How will I be matched to a team? Throughout the interview process, we will review your skills and experience and consider your personal preferences to determine the best team fit. Team matching will also depend on the needs of the business and availability of teams and locations
When will I find out about my final team match? Our hiring team will do our best to finalize team matches in a timely manner after an offer has been accepted, but no later than mid-February of 2026. We will match you based on your team preferences and our business needs.
Resources & Contact Information
Questions? Please reach out to urecruit@adobe.com should you have any questions.
We look forward to meeting with you!