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      Perception Software Engineer Interview

      Dec 17, 2024
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 4 days. I interviewed at Cepton in Nov 2024

      Interview

      Screening call with recruiter - Basic behaviorial and checking if you fulfill their requirements listed in the job. Then take home coding question-1. Question is medium level. Rejected after submission.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Why are you better than others ? Do you know this programming language
      Answer question
      1

      Other Perception Software Engineer Interview Reviews for Cepton

      Perception Software Engineer Interview

      Jun 6, 2025
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Cepton in Mar 2025

      Interview

      Threre is total 2 round of interview. I had a talk with HR and there send me an offline assignment. It's not hard to solve but I still fail to get to next round.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      The ask me to rate the python skill from 1-10
      Answer question

      Software Engineer - Perception Interview

      May 19, 2025
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Cepton in Feb 2025

      Interview

      The first round was with a HR round and then a Take-home assessment. The assessment was very vaguely described. I was declined after submitting my response. HR Round was fine. He described about the company and asked me a few behavioral questions.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Introduce yourself and What is your weakness?
      Answer question

      Software Engineer - Perception Interview

      Jan 30, 2025
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Cepton in Jan 2025

      Interview

      HR phone screen -> Takehome exam -> HM interview The takehome exam is quite tricky and fun to solve. HM dig into theories behind your project, and even said its project overview round, the HM gave two live coding problems. It seems they want candidates to think in a unique way to solve the problem. The HM is super talented and patient, wish I could improve myself more.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      2 live coding questions, asking to improve your algorithm. some ml questions.
      Answer question

      Cepton interviews FAQs

      • Candidates applying for Perception Software Engineer roles take an average of 16 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 Perception Software Engineer according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:

        Phone interview:  27%

        Skills test:  27%

        IQ intelligence test:  18%

        One on one interview:  18%

        Background check:  9%

      • Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -

        1. Software Engineer(7) ;
        2. Technician(2) .


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