Rivian·Software Engineer

Rivian Software Engineer interview experience

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Palo Alto, CAPosted May 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I went through a pretty quick process that felt efficient and, for the most part, friendly.

After a recruiter conversation to align on logistics and expectations, I met with someone from the team for a more technical discussion. The overall tone was more like a conversation than an interrogation.

The technical rounds centered on a coding-style question similar to leetcode, and in the cases I experienced it was framed clearly with enough context to work through it. One round included a technical presentation with team members, and I remember how smooth it felt—no awkward jumps, just a steady back-and-forth. I also had a version where the coding problem was positioned as

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