I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Cruise (San Francisco, CA) in Apr 2019
Interview
Standard interview loop. 1 phone screen and then an onsite.
The onsite consists of 4 1-hour sessions at Cruise HQ in SF. There was 1 architecture/system design interview, 1 behavioral interview with the Engineering Manager, and 2 coding interviews.
Interview questions [4]
Question 1
Standard Behavior Tell me a time type of questions from the Engineering Manager. Specifically, Tell me a time you were proud of something, Tell me a time you were wrong and Tell me a time you worked with somebody you disagreed with.
Create an algorithm to place mines on a minesweeper board in a realistic way. Realistic meaning not all in a row but randomized. You will have to update the numbers around each mine to meet the specifications of the game.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Cruise (San Francisco, CA)
Interview
The interview process consisted of an initial recruiter screen followed by a technical phone interview focused on data structures and problem-solving in Python. The onsite loop included 4 rounds: one coding round (medium LeetCode-style problem), one system design round focused on building a scalable ML data processing pipeline, one backend/API design round, and one behavioral round. Interviewers emphasized real-world problem solving, tradeoffs, and communication. Overall, the process was structured and aligned with large-scale distributed systems and ML infrastructure.
Online submission. Then contacted by recruiter. The phone screening, and then onsite, which lasted an entire day in San Francisco office. Sat in a room while interviewers came and left.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
generic questions, nothing to really test what I knew. The interviewers seemed to not know how to interview a candidate and what to look for. I didn't want to work there after what i saw.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Cruise in Nov 2024
Interview
The interview process consisted of a one-hour coding challenge followed by a one-hour deep dive with the hiring manager.
The coding challenge involved solving a LeetCode hard-level problem,
The discussion with the hiring manager focused on previous experience. Mismatch in chemistry. Rejected.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
coding round: lc high frequency hard
HM round: project deep dive