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      Senior Software Engineer II Interview

      Aug 13, 2023
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Cruise

      Interview

      One of the more unprofessional technical interviews I have encountered in my career. The first interviewer was rude, discouraging, had a negative demeanor, and kept interrupting me as I was attempting to talk/code my way through the question. They also tried to force me to answer the entire question verbally before writing any code at all despite this not being how I tackle interview questions. I always continue to explain my thought process throughout writing my code as well, which made this even more odd. Although the second interviewer was much more amenable and encouraging, both the question and process for performing the system design task were lackluster. The question itself was extraordinarily generic with hardly any detail at all or use cases, but they seemed to have a very specific idea in mind of the answer they wanted. Visualizing the design of the system was done over an online canvas that somehow had even less functionality than a 1990s version of Microsoft Paint, which wasn't helpful at all and made it far more difficult to convey my answer. Additionally, despite neither interviewer saying anything directly negative about the company, the description of both interviewers' daily jobs left the impression that the company itself is incredibly disorganized and doesn't have proper leadership, which is pretty standard for a Silicon Valley company. I would not apply to this company again.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Q1: Given a 2D rectangular array of 0s and 1s, write a function which outputs the number of valid paths from the top left to the bottom right of the array without intersecting a 1. Q2: Design a system which powers a dashboard used to track the GPS location of Cruise vehicles.
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      • Candidates applying for Senior Software Engineer II roles take an average of 14 days to get hired, when considering 1 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Cruise overall takes an average of 26 days.
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