xAI Software Engineer interview experience

I had to have my camera, microphone, and screen sharing on, and I also needed a government ID. That overhead made the whole thing feel more like compliance than pure engineering.

Once the interview started, the questions were classic leetcode-style coding problems. The format was straightforward in what it asked, but the setup was stressful because it demanded constant attention to the monitoring requirements while I was trying to think through the algorithm.

I didn’t receive an offer from that track. Even though the technical challenges were what mattered, the proctoring setup was the