Ho presentato la mia candidatura online. La procedura ha richiesto 3 mesi. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Rivian (San Francisco, CA) nel mese di mar 2023
Colloquio
Very confusing and unprofessional process. I started communicating with one recruiter, and completed a full round of interviews (coding + system design + culture). After that they mentioned I would be a better fit for another role, and they asked for another full round of interviews with no guarantees. I got transferred to another recruiter who has no clue about my case, and continued asking for more interviews. As I already took vacation to complete the initial rounds of interviews, I thought it was a waste of time to start the whole interview process from scratch so I pushed back. After that they returned to ask me what are my compensation expectations, and after saying a number they just said it was too much an cut me off, with absolutely no negotiations. I had to explicitly ask for a closure conversation with the recruiter. I decided to accept an offer from another company that was much better with communication. Internally in Rivian there seems to be a disconnect between roles/teams/recruiters, so be prepared to waste time and effort.
Domande di colloquio [1]
Domanda 1
Coding was primarily geometry and generic dynamic/recursive problems
7 rounds of Interviews
Mix of HR, Resume Deep Dives, System Design and Coding interviews (C++, CUDA, Python , Pytorch)
System Design Focus on autonomous driving for higher Levels of autonomy
Ho presentato la mia candidatura online. La procedura ha richiesto 3 mesi. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Rivian nel mese di set 2025
Colloquio
i had total of 4 rounds of coding and 2 system designs
i struggled with 1 coding round, i wrote the solution but it didn't pass all the test cases, i guess it was considered as failure, which i can understand
they conducted additional round of coding and i solved the problem even with the follow up question.
Rivian decided to give me down level offer which is 50% of the salary that i was getting from one of faang company.
very disappointing.
Recruiter told me their bar is so high (but not the salary) and i am not good enough for senior role.
5 rounds of interviews. HR, HM, Live Coding, System design, Cross functional. Lasts about a week or two in total. All were done online. All in all a good experience.
