I applied online. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Cepton (San Jose, CA) in Apr 2024
Interview
Technical Screen on Low Level computing knowledge. Topic included pointer handling, hash tables, networking protocols etc. Interview was 45 minutes and did not involve coding. Interviewer was very nice and patient despite my lack of qualification.
1st round hr call - hr call was good, asked a simple data structure question
2nd round oa
Didn't pass the second round oa. They asked for improving the algorithm run time complexity.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
they asked to implement a disjointed-intervals program
don't interview in this company, totally waste your time!
1. hr is nice
2. take home homework(wast time)
3. hm ask (1). when you encounter divide by error, who will tell the os
(2). how the hashtable work
the hm directly tell me Im not suitable in this role because i don't know the detail
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
(1). when you encounter divide by error, who will tell the os
(2). how the hashtable work
Candidates applying for Embedded Software Engineer roles take an average of 10 days to get hired, when considering 4 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Cepton overall takes an average of 16 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Cepton as a Embedded Software Engineer according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 33%
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