RejectedOnsite

Screen Plus 4-Round VO, Rejected Two Weeks Later

BasetenSoftware Engineer · Onsite · Aug 2026

A recruiter reached out to me by email. I didn't actually know this company at first, but later I found out it does AI inference and is a competitor of Fireworks. They're already at Series F with a $13B valuation. Supposedly their headcount is going to grow 50% this year. I interviewed for the General SWE position. The process was as follows: Recruiter call HM call (background + behavioral) Techn…

Shared by a candidate · reported Aug 2026. Interview formats change; use it as a guide, not a script.