I was reached out by an external recruiter to apply to cruise. Afterwards, I was referred to an internal recruiter to schedule my phone interview. Standard process, algorithmic question over an online interpreter. After passing this, we scheduled an onsite for about a month later, since I had complications with my schedule. Onsite was in Cruise offices on San Francisco. I was asked to bring my own laptop to work on the coding exercises. The schedule was - 2 coding exercises with my laptop. The interviewer stated the problem, we discussed the solution together and then I implemented it on the computer, running it against an example. The questions were planted on the spot, they weren't from a standard bank of questions - 1 architecture design interview. Explain architecture of a service on a whiteboard. - 1 interview with the manager about the team and the position I was applying to - 1 interview with the recruiter about standard HR stuff. I found the people that were working on the projects really passionate about the work that they do and had a very insightful architecture discussion with the team. The coding and design interviews also felt more collaborative than in other places: if I happened to be stuck with something unrelated to the problem statement they would not hesitate to lend a hand. Although I didn't got an offer I was offered a call with the recruiter with feedback about my interview, which very few companies do. Overall I found it a pleasant experience.