I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Cruise (San Francisco, CA) in May 2021
Interview
- Initial call with recruiter (30min)
- interview with hiring manager/AI product lead (45min)
- Interview with another AI product lead (45 min)
Was then scheduled for a virtual on-site interview with 5 additional leaders (eng, data science, product and TPM)
- Product roles seem to be more aligned with a TPM industry role. The Product function is not clearly defined within the company and that might lead to confusion for external candidates.
- The recruiter with whom I had the original call never responded to any of my requests/emails/calls. Thank god a coworker of him in the recruiting team covered for the complete absence.
- I was scheduled for a product interview but ended up by complete surprise in an eng entry level coding interview
- 2 of my panel interviewers canceled on the day of the interview (one of them literally 5 min before the interview)
- there was quite a bit of scrambling to reschedule but we ended up never rescheduling and they "moved with other candidates"
Unprofessional behaviour for a company with a multi-billion USD valuation.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
- MVP for flying cars
- snake rotating in matrices (choose your own language)
- Standard STAR framework questions
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Cruise (San Francisco, CA) in Oct 2019
Interview
Back and forth with a couple of schedulers, call with a technical recruiter, phone screen, onsite interview. Interviewers were very particular and quite consistent about taking detailed notes. Lots of whiteboarding.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How to rank various risks to prioritize engineering investment.