I applied online. The process took 4 months. I interviewed at Quansight in June 2025
Interview
One 1:1 interview, where you had to present on some open source project that you worked on, and discuss the role. The company said that they hoped this opportunity would help underrepresented folks in OSS, and that interns would be registered as employees, but the pay was for 8$ an hour. I raised the concern that this is below the legal minimum wage, and that if they want to be an ally to underrepresented folks then they should pay them fairly. the company rescinded my internship offer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
You had to walk through a project/codebase you have developed with the interviewer.
I applied online. I interviewed at Quansight (New York, NY)
Interview
There was only one interview after being shortlisted post-applying and it involved walking through an Open-Source contribution or a project and just talking about interests and past experiences and less technology expertise test-y.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked about what technologies interest me and what experiences I've had with them.
One round on technical knowledge, one round on Python coding, and one on C++ coding. Interviewers were all really nice. Coding questions were pair-programming style, where the interviewer instructs you to implement something and asks your thinking process. C++ coding round was difficult.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
In-depth C++ questions, including how certain features work and when would you prefer using which one, e.g. when is passing a vector by value better than passing by reference?