Zoox·Software Engineer

Zoox Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Medium

Negative

San Francisco, CAPosted Feb 2021 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

After reaching out by recruiter, I went through a phone screen that already felt a bit unusual in how it was structured.

We started with theory questions first—things like the difference between static and dynamic programming languages—before anything technical got going. Then the discussion shifted to a more coding-flavored cost calculation style question, and I struggled to understand what the interviewer was trying to evaluate. I even asked whether they wanted a more structured approach like OOD versus something more hardcoded, and the response was essentially to “just make the input work,” which left me unsure how to aim my effort.

Later, I had another interview that similarly jumped into technical

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