I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at CloudKitchens (Seattle, WA) in Jun 2024
Interview
Approached by a recruiter on LinkedIn.
Passed the first two technical screening rounds, then they gave me a take-home assignment. After submission, they said they want to have a dive-deep interview on this project.
Then they sent two engineers who did not quite understand the code, and asked lots of unprofessional questions. No, thanks. I do not want to work with this kind of people.
The whole process took about 2-3 months. What a waste of time.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe one of the most challenging projects you've done.
First interaction is an HR Call talking about compensation which is not liquid. Then comes a take home assignment to create a multi-threaded kitchen delivery system. They say not to use AI yet even after spending hours on it there is no feedback given. Not worth interviewing, your time is better spent elsewhere
Had an initial call with HR. Mostly just going over my experience and housekeeping questions. Next round was technical coding round over zoom. I wasn't able to clear this round.
Quite intense to finish within an hour with explanation of the thought process + design decision
Line 0: The ID of the item
Line 1: The item type, either CATEGORY, DISH or OPTION
Line 2: The name of the item
Line 3: The price of the item for DISH and OPTION. Not present for CATEGORY items.
api interface function: menu parser, OOD.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
You are tasked with parsing menus from a large restaurant group.
Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at CloudKitchens with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 23% positive. To compare, the company-average is 32.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 21 days to get hired, when considering 22 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at CloudKitchens overall takes an average of 22 days.
Common stages of the interview process at CloudKitchens as a Software Engineer according to 22 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 33%
Skills test: 18%
One on one interview: 13%
Background check: 11%
Presentation: 11%
Group panel interview: 9%
Other: 4%
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