Perplexity

Perplexity publishes its interview process as four stages: a recruiter phone screen, a technical assessment (a standard programming interview for engineering roles), an onsite of four to five interviews including a deep-dive with the hiring manager, and a final interview with a Perplexity founder or leader. The firm commits to responding to applications within two weeks of submission and to issuing an offer decision within a week of the onsite. The deep-dive expects a candidate to walk through one past project at detail, so preparation concentrates on a small number of well-rehearsed artefacts rather than spreading thinly across coding drills.

Perplexity does not run a traditional summer or graduate scheme; its flagship structured early-career path is the Research Residency, a three-month, full-time, in-person program based in San Francisco or Palo Alto at a $220,000 annualised base salary. It takes researchers, engineers, and analysts from quantitative disciplines including non-traditional AI backgrounds, pairs each resident with a senior researcher or engineer, and converts strong performers to full-time roles. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis and residents start within eight weeks of acceptance. Because the timing is rolling rather than tied to an academic calendar, the program competes against year-round full-time hiring rather than against a single autumn deadline cluster, and earlier submissions are reviewed first.

Perplexity states on its careers page that it cannot provide visa sponsorship for all roles or candidates, but that when an offer is extended it works with an immigration partner to support the process and that it sponsors green cards once a candidate is eligible. The Research Residency page separately confirms immigration and visa support is provided based on individual circumstances. Public H-1B filing records classify Perplexity as a non-dependent sponsor filing in the low double digits of LCAs per fiscal year. The practical read for an international candidate is that sponsorship is a gate decided at offer stage rather than at application, so it is worth raising sponsorship explicitly with the recruiter at the phone-screen step rather than waiting for the offer conversation.

Yes. Perplexity currently has 2 open internship and graduate roles on Jorb AI: summer internships, insight programs, graduate schemes, and early-career positions across the United Kingdom. Postings update continuously as new roles are added and filled.

Perplexity has open internship and graduate roles in the United Kingdom. Specific offices and program structure (summer vs year-round, internship vs graduate scheme) vary by region; check individual postings for details.

Applications to Perplexity go through the official careers site. Each role on this page links directly to the specific application. Perplexity does not use third-party submission services.