I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Zoox in July 2020
Interview
Lengthy interview process without transparency. After on-site, they scheduled another culture fit interview in a week .After another week, they scheduled a talk with vp of software. Then after 2 weeks, they scheduled another talk with director of engineering because he was on vacation when I was interviewing. They did not mention any of this before my on-site interview.
Finally they made an offer. Then I told them honestly that this offer is not competitive considering my experience and I showed them my competing offer. Then the most exciting part came. The recruiter called and told me that they rescinded their offer without giving any reason. It is the weirdest interview experience ever in my job hunting experience.
Recruiter call to go over resume and position, tech screen (coding challenge), onsite with four rounds (coding challenge, system design, math and problem solving (MAPS), and one with team manager), leadership call.
interviewed at zoox for software engineer. had their famous brain teaser, a c++ round, 1 domain problem solving and 1 hiring manager. the hiring manager apparently has no interest and was unprofessional. The feedback from him is an unfinished sentence, according to my recruiter. Others are ok.
It was a live coding screening. It lasted an hour. It was a planning problem involving a lane change maneuver given other vehicles on road. There wasn’t much dialogue, just coding.
