I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Aurora Innovation
Interview
Had 3 rounds, 1st round interview was with engineering lead asked mostly my background, 2nd round was with team of engineer, around 3-5 senior/staff engineers. Round 3 was design challenge, instructions were unclear/open for interpretation, didn't even give me a chance to explain/talk through my design.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe reliability/test/material properties/design requirements for a component that experiences impact/drop.
Heat transfer, cool an object that interfaces with a customer.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Aurora Innovation (Bozeman, MT) in Nov 2020
Interview
Though very long, the interview panel was pleasant, asked fair questions and answered questions thoroughly. I was able to speak with people from many different parts of the organization including technicians, engineers, and director level executives.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How much time I spent using CAD software on a day to day basis.
Mechanical 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 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 45.7% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Common stages of the interview process at Aurora Innovation as a Mechanical Engineer according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 25%
Presentation: 25%
Background check: 13%
IQ intelligence test: 13%
Phone interview: 13%
One on one interview: 13%
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