Cruise·Systems Engineer

Cruise Systems Engineer interview experience

Got offer

Medium

Positive

San Francisco, CAPosted Jan 2019 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I applied online and got rejected, and then later a friend at the company passed my resume to a recruiter, which led to an interview invite.

The recruiter did a quick call, followed by a skills interview over the phone, and then I was invited to an onsite. Scheduling was quick and flexible, and during the onsite I did four interviews alongside a tour and a closing session with the hiring manager.

Most of the conversations were with systems engineers at different levels, plus one software engineer. It felt like they were deliberately sampling how I communicate and how I’d fit into the broader systems group, not just checking raw coding ability. A few days later the recruiter called with offer intentions, and I received the offer

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