I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Mistral AI (Paris)
Interview
A joke. 3 minutes before the interview the recruiter sends an email saying that "a meeting is taking longer than expected we will have to reschedule our interview"
Zero respect, good thing I am not by any means desperate to get a job there, but I am sorry for the lack of professionalism and for people that are really into such sweatshops and in need for a new job.
Other Software Engineer interview reviews for Mistral AI
- one itw about engineering culture where you present a project you worked on
- one technical itw of live coding
- one technical itw of system design
- one cultural itw about company's values
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Mistral AI (Paris) in Mar 2026
Interview
The role was located in Paris. Here are the steps I went through:
- recruiter reached out
- recruiter call
- live coding (python, not leetcode-style but involves choosing a suitable data structure)
- system design (LLM related system, but not focused on the inference part)
- hiring manager: project presentation (high throuput system)
All the interviewers were kind and helpful. Scheduling the interviews is very convenient (you pick a time slot and get an interviewer immediately). Rejected at HM round for lack of experience on high throuput systems, even though it should have been clear earlier on from resume that I am more of a python lib and scientific computations engineer. Very nice experience overall nonetheless.