I spoke with a recruiter who explained the position and the work Cruise was doing. They were very accommodating with my schedule and we booked something for the future. It was a two-round interview with one developer for each round. The first round was a coding assessment. LC easy-med level question. The second round was a presentation of a system I had designed. I got a response a few days later that they did not think it was a good fit. I thought the interview went well! so was surprised to hear it. I am hoping to get some specific feedback to improve.. we will see.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
They were interested in knowing what sort of systems I designed and what scalability challenges I took on.
J'ai postulé via la recommandation d'un employé. J'ai passé un entretien chez Cruise (San Francisco, CA)
Entretien
The interview process consisted of an initial recruiter screen followed by a technical phone interview focused on data structures and problem-solving in Python. The onsite loop included 4 rounds: one coding round (medium LeetCode-style problem), one system design round focused on building a scalable ML data processing pipeline, one backend/API design round, and one behavioral round. Interviewers emphasized real-world problem solving, tradeoffs, and communication. Overall, the process was structured and aligned with large-scale distributed systems and ML infrastructure.
J'ai passé un entretien chez Cruise (San Francisco, CA)
Entretien
Online submission. Then contacted by recruiter. The phone screening, and then onsite, which lasted an entire day in San Francisco office. Sat in a room while interviewers came and left.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
generic questions, nothing to really test what I knew. The interviewers seemed to not know how to interview a candidate and what to look for. I didn't want to work there after what i saw.
J'ai postulé en ligne. Le processus a pris 2 semaines. J'ai passé un entretien chez Cruise en nov. 2024
Entretien
The interview process consisted of a one-hour coding challenge followed by a one-hour deep dive with the hiring manager.
The coding challenge involved solving a LeetCode hard-level problem,
The discussion with the hiring manager focused on previous experience. Mismatch in chemistry. Rejected.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
coding round: lc high frequency hard
HM round: project deep dive