I applied in-person. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Aurora Innovation (Palo Alto, CA)
Interview
Was contacted by a recruiter. I did an initial phone screen, then came on site. I didn't feel like I did very well and it would seem I was right because I was ghosted with no further contact. Very unprofessional.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Can't get into specifics due to the NDA, but if you've interviewed in silicon valley the questions are nothing out of the ordinary.
I interviewed at Aurora Innovation (San Francisco, CA)
Interview
Recruiter call, then 1 hour coding screen then onsite that contained two more coding screens, a systems design round then a behavioural with manager. Overall process was reasonable and everyone was nice to talk to
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Design Spotify, then couple Leetcode medium questions
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Aurora Innovation in Feb 2026
Interview
Process was recruiter screen → 60 min C++ technical interview.
The recruiter screen was mostly background discussion and role fit. They were specifically interested in experience with computer vision, calibration, sensor systems, and C++.
The technical round focused heavily on C++ fundamentals rather than LeetCode-style trick questions. Topics included pointers/references, stack vs heap allocation, memory management, STL usage, debugging thought process.
Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Aurora Innovation with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 40% positive. To compare, the company-average is 45.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 29 days to get hired, when considering 20 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Aurora Innovation overall takes an average of 28 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Aurora Innovation as a Software Engineer according to 20 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 43%
One on one interview: 23%
Skills test: 17%
Presentation: 7%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Personality test: 3%
Group panel interview: 3%
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