Rivian·Software Engineer

Rivian Software Engineer interview experience

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GermanyPosted Jun 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My process was intense and stretched across a lot of stages—seven rounds total—and it leaned into both breadth and depth.

I started with HR-style and resume-deep-dive conversations, then moved into system design and coding rounds. The system design focus centered on autonomous driving with different levels of autonomy, and the coding pieces pulled in specific technical areas like C++, CUDA, and Python with PyTorch.

The difficulty felt high throughout, not just in the hardest technical parts but also in how much they expected me to connect design choices to real-world constraints. I didn’t get the outcome I wanted. One coding round didn’t pass all test cases for me, and while I still worked through follow-ups

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