Had two phone interviews before visiting the company for onsite interviews. Talked to 5 engineers onsite, 1 hour each, and they all asked technical questions only. Had nice chats with them.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Check whether a substring exists in a string. Substring may include '*', allowing any single character.
I applied through other source. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at SiFive (San Francisco, CA)
Interview
Phone interview or Informal in-person meet with hiring manager followed by on-site interviews where the candidate is measured on technical depths by an interview panel of 5-6 engineers. Some questions were on programming - the candidate can program in various languages of choice in most cases.
Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at SiFive with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 61.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Engineer roles take an average of 28 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at SiFive overall takes an average of 25 days.
Common stages of the interview process at SiFive as a Engineer according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 100%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -