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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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- xAI Software Engineer interview: final-stage silencexAI · Software Engineer · Other · Jul 2026No response
The process ended strangely. I felt that I had done well and reached a final interview stage. Nobody promised me anything, but the momentum seemed positive. About a week and a half later, I followed up and never heard back. That lack of closure stayed with me more than anything that happened during the interviews. Even after a smooth process and a final-stage appearance, the silence left me frust…
- xAI Software Engineer interview: power-systems questions and an onsite presentationxAI · Software Engineer · Technical Screen · Jul 2026
My interview journey was compact but all over the place in what I was expected to handle. I began with a general manager conversation about the company and team, starting with my resume. That lasted about half an hour. Then I had a technical discussion on electrical-engineering power-systems topics that also lasted about half an hour. It was a crossover rather than a purely software-oriented conv…
- xAI Software Engineer Interview Experience: a rushed rocket simulationxAI · Software Engineer · Technical Screen · Jun 2026Rejected
After the recruiter step, I had a technical interview that felt medium to hard. The main task was a simulation that involved moving a rocket in a game like setting. I understood the idea and made progress, but the time box was brutal for implementing it cleanly. I ran out of time before I could make the solution fully correct and complete. It felt as though the target was polished execution, not…
- xAI Software Engineer interview: language-model take-homexAI · Software Engineer · Take-home Project · Jun 2026
My process centered on a take-home assignment and a live follow-up. The topic was a Python language-model application. Before writing code, I had to explain at a high level how the language model worked and how that understanding applied to the specific context. In the live portion, I filled in a function based on what the application needed. They seemed to care about correctness and clarity in c…
- Passed a 15-Minute Vibe-Check CallxAI · Machine Learning Engineer · Technical Screen · Feb 2026In progress
xAI's 15-minute call. The interviewer started by introducing himself and giving a quick overview of the team. Then I introduced myself, talked about what I'm working on right now, and went deep into my project — walked him through the whole thing end to end. He asked about challenges and I answered that too. After all of that, he suddenly threw in a more basic question: what's the difference betw…
- HC Canceled the Night Before, Rerouted to a Rushed 15-Minute Coding ScreenxAI · Software Engineer · Technical Screen · Dec 2025
I applied on a whim to a network-related infra role. A coordinator reached out afterward. They do have a recruiter, but I only got one on the line when I asked about salary and the RTO policy. No exaggeration: this company runs 60-hour weeks as the baseline, and 80-100 hours isn't a dream scenario, it's normal. Basically Palo Alto RTO5. Interview process Originally the network team's hiring manag…
- Three Tech Rounds in Two Days, Rejected at the Offer StagexAI · Machine Learning Engineer · Onsite · Sep 2025Rejected
I got a reach-out this September. I'd heard Elon's company pays really well, so I did a phone screen with the company. It was 15 minutes: we introduced ourselves, then they had me walk through how I collected and processed the data for a project on my resume, followed by some questions about how I think about data vs. downstream task impact. We went a bit deeper into some technical questions from…
