Ho presentato la mia candidatura tramite segnalazione di un dipendente. La procedura ha richiesto 3 settimane. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Rivian (Palo Alto, CA) nel mese di mag 2024
Colloquio
Got connected through referral. Interviewed through videochat. Interviewer didn’t even bother to show up first time, with no explanation, and I got rescheduled. Second time, the same interviewer showed up and pretended like nothing ever happened. They asked me 5 minutes with bog standard “getting to know you” question - I doubt they read my resume, then proceeded to ask a bog standard leetcode question. I didn’t do well on that question, but I didn’t care. As a senior engineer in larger firms, I personally don't believe in emphasizing leetcode with a senior level role. In general, the whole recruitment process was efficient, but disappointing.
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.
