xAI Software Engineer interview experience

After completing that, I had a thirty-minute technical interview with an engineer, and then I met with a manager for another one-hour technical interview that felt similar to the kinds of work I’d be doing.

I ended up getting an offer, which was a huge relief. The catch was that it didn’t last—the offer was rescinded before my start date because of restructuring. That timing made it feel like the decision was more about internal operations than anything I did in the interviews.

I left with mixed emotions: I could see that I’d performed well enough to earn the offer, but the process ended on