I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Perplexity AI (San Francisco, CA) in May 2026
Interview
Recruiter screen, online assessment. The online assessment is wildly difficult for candidates without specific domain knowledge, and definitely leetcode "hard" level even if you've seen the question before. Ultimately it is possible to figure it out with just DSA fundamentals, but seeing this problem beforehand would be an enormous advantage.
Other Software Engineer interview reviews for Perplexity AI
Completed OA after recruiter call. You have 4 hours to complete it but usually takes less than 2 hours. Got a rejection email from recruiter although passed all OA tests.
I applied online. I interviewed at Perplexity AI (San Francisco, CA) in Mar 2026
Interview
First normal recruiter call, then moved on to machine coding round, where was tasked to solve questions regarding a real world problem, consisted of 5 parts, was able to solve 3 parts of it. The interviewer was nice, but I lacked timing.
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