I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Humane (CA) (San Francisco, CA)
Interview
recruiter call + tech screen + panel onsite with multiple managers, fellow engineers, cross-function collaborators. Fairly straightforward though they were slow to prepare offer and discuss salary after I got through all the steps.
I applied online. I interviewed at Humane (CA) (San Francisco, CA) in May 2023
Interview
Recruiter screen - warm, knowledgeable, conversational interview . Hiring manager interview - discussed team, role, her role and vision. 4 panel interviews with two people each panel: focused on specific areas depending on the panel members role.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Behavior and Open ended questions specific to their area of expertise and the role.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Humane (CA) (San Francisco, CA) in Apr 2023
Interview
1st round - recruiter - check your interest, brief about the company, etc (45 mins)
2nd round - hiring manager - check technical capabilities (1 hr)
3rd round - 6 people interviewers - (45 mins/2)
__ 2 - software engineers
__ 1 - wifi bt engineer
__ 1 - rf design engineer
__ 1 - wireless system engineer
__ 1 - Engineering Program Manager
-- interviewers were ex-apple, ex-meta employees.
-- I felt like some interviewers did not represent Humane culture and showed hung over of the faang culture. (the reason I say this I love watching and reading about the founders, their vision, their soft skills, their passion, their humility)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
# Questions asked by EPM (appeared friendly)
- Tell me about a project you were passionate about
- How will you communicate differently to a Sales person
- Did you ever analyze data and make an impact on business decisions. Explain.
- A product is to be launched with x number of features, you realize that you won’t be able to finish testing all the features, what will you do?
- (When I asked how has been her experience at Humane, she over-dramatically told me that she had been working there for a month and it's a lot of work, "a lot of work". who says that to a candidate appearing for interview. either she was being honest, or maybe she did not want me to join)
# Questions asked by cellular Software Engineers (senior - friendly, junior - unfriendly)
- cellular protocol related - Low data throughput debug steps, NDI, RV
- Log post processing for failures
- Registration Call Flow
- advantages of different SCS in 5G
- design a test plan for a device
- (interviewer was young and almost unfriendly when I asked clarifying questions.)
# Questions asked by wifi/ bt engineer (friendly)
- Which Cellular band does Wi-Fi 2.4 GHz interfere with?
- Given a device (a phone or similar device) come up with broad categories of test plan.
- Telemetry for devices, which parameters you will check?
# Questions asked by rf hardware design engineer (soft spoken)
- Functional blocks of RFFE
- If you find a test is failing how will you debug before reaching out to the equipment vendor? (he was looking for a step by step sequential answer)
# Questions asked by wireless system engineer (unwelcoming)
- How does the traffic flow when you stream a video from youtube
- What will you do if phone heats up
- (kept emphasizing "There’s no I, there’s only WE here" for no reason. he appeared as unwelcoming)
# Recruiter got back to me -
- there was no problem with your interview, just that we found someone better aligned for this role.
- This role involves communication with other department and we want someone better at that.
- recruiter calls or responds (does not respond) on his own time
