I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Cruise (San Francisco, CA) in Oct 2017
Interview
The interview process went smoothly. The recruiters were professional and responded to me via emails and phone calls very fast. The recruiter called me first and asked my background and experience. Then she arranged a technical phone interview the very next day. After the technical phone interview, I got an onsite invitation, again on the very next day. I was told to bring my own laptop, but I ended up coding on the whiteboard, which is OK for me.
The interviewers were very knowledgable. They seemed interested in my past research and projects. In between every round, they offered me water and asked if I needed to use the restroom, which was really nice. The interview problems were not difficult. According to my experience, they respected my ideas and we discussed a variety of ways to solve the problems. It was more like a working environment rather than a rigid coding test.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Basic algorithms on computer vision. C++ whiteboard coding. Knowledge on matrix and geometry.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Cruise (San Francisco, CA)
Interview
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.
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.
Interview questions [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.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Cruise in Nov 2024
Interview
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.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
coding round: lc high frequency hard
HM round: project deep dive
