Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at CoreWeave with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 57% positive. To compare, the company-average is 49.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 60 days to get hired, when considering 7 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at CoreWeave overall takes an average of 30 days.
Common stages of the interview process at CoreWeave as a Software Engineer according to 7 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 26%
One on one interview: 21%
Skills test: 16%
Group panel interview: 16%
Other: 5%
Presentation: 5%
Personality test: 5%
Background check: 5%
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Difficult interviews with around 5ish rounds depending on team. Tech coding rounds were DSA/real world problem oriented. Positive experience with the interviewers. Interesting company working on GPU cloud. 1. Recruiter screen 2. Hiring Manager round 3. 45min-1hr Tech screen 1 dev 4. 2hr Tech round with 2 devs 5. Director round
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Talk about why you're leaving. Tech screen coding algos/real world problems. Technical questions on cloud domain knowledge related to role
Initial Phone screen + HR Manager chat was simple. Spoke about my experience and the job role, and anything relevant to possibly lead to a match. The HM chat continued and we spoke alot about the state of the company, the role, the team, what the team was doing, the future vision of the org and wider company
I received a call shortly after submitting my resume through the company’s website. The overall interview process moved very quickly and efficiently, taking about two weeks from the initial contact to the final decision.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at CoreWeave in Aug 2025
Interview
Pretty straightforward, had a recruiter screen which went well, and then a coding assesment. The coding assesment was 1 hour and pretty straightforward, although it wasn't a typical leetcode style question, they tend to ask something a little more practical. The recruiters and interviewers were knowledgeable and nice, no issues for me.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
You are given an API endpoint, /shutdown, that shuts down a server. Use that API to shut down the server, including parsing the JSON that it returns