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3935 interview stories from candidates at 857 companies: how each round went, what was asked and how it ended. Every company page links to practice questions in the same style.
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- Go Trivia Output Prediction and Roller Coaster Coding on Onsite Day OneZoox · Software Engineer · Onsite · Oct 2026In progress
My onsite is split over two days, and the first day was only trivia + coding. I had been practicing in Python, but when I heard there would be a trivia round, I asked to switch to Go, since I use Go more in my day-to-day work and Go has fewer things they can ask trivia about. The interviewer did not ask any conceptual questions. He just gave me code and had me predict the output. Question 1: Ques…
- Zoox Robotics Engineer interview: validation-testing problem solvingZoox · Robotics Engineer · HR Screen · Jul 2026
About a week after a recruiter conversation, I had a virtual interview with the hiring manager. I first walked through my background, then we discussed how I handle problems during validation testing: what I do when behavior is unexpected, how I debug, and how I decide which check to run next. It was a focused conversation rather than a puzzle marathon. The questions stayed close to my day-to-day…
- Zoox Software Engineer interview: a written assignment and unclear evaluationZoox · Software Engineer · Take-home Project · Jul 2026Rejected
The interview loop felt long and demanding. After a recruiter contacted me, I spoke with several hiring managers and moved into more technical work. The biggest commitment was an extensive assignment with a detailed written report and, if selected, a presentation to a panel. I felt the workload was disproportionate, especially when I couldn't see clearly how the work would be assessed. After fini…
- A Random Grab-Bag of Math and Estimation QuestionsZoox · Data Scientist · Onsite · Nov 2025
Overall it wasn't too hard, and the interviewer was very friendly. The interviewer had a slide deck, and the questions were picked from it at random. A 15x20 foot floor — if you tile it with tiles that are 1 square yard each, how many tiles do you need? An account has $1,000 in it, doubling every year. How much money is there after 20 years? Sitting by a window looking at the moon, estimate your…
