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Cruise interviews FAQs
Senior System Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Cruise with 2.9 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 44% positive. To compare, the company-average is 40.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Senior System Engineer roles take an average of 28 days to get hired, when considering 9 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Cruise overall takes an average of 26 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Cruise as a Senior System Engineer according to 9 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 28%
Phone interview: 28%
Skills test: 16%
Group panel interview: 12%
Personality test: 8%
Background check: 4%
Presentation: 4%
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I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Cruise in Apr 2021
Interview
I applied online. The process included a HR screening call, a hiring manager round, and final round with other managers. The process took 3 weeks.
Interviews included behavioral questions about past Systems Engineering experience, situational questions focused on applying Systems Engineering principles to autonomous vehicles, and basic statistical concepts.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What are best practices of writing system requirements?
How would you approach creating requirements and metrics for a driving behavior?
The whole process was extended very long and it seemed like the team was very busy. It was also not so easy to communicate with the recruiting team. For example, emails were usually not replied to or replied to very late.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Cruise (San Francisco, CA) in Jul 2023
Interview
Process is typical but the recruiter I had to work with was absolutely AWFUL. She was totally disorganized, not transparent, and often fed me wrong information (the compensation, the level, even the interview topics to expect, just like blatantly wrong in some situations). She also ONLY cold called me, never scheduled meetings or communicated via email. She also raised her voice at me when I pointed out she was not transparent about some details and argued with me lol. It honestly felt so good to turn down their cheap offer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Left turn driving situations. Sql and python technical interview on coderpad
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Cruise (San Francisco, CA) in Apr 2023
Interview
Recruiter reached out for a phone screen; within a couple of working days, I had my second round with the hiring manager. A few days later, I had the virtual onsite which consisted of 4 interviews on the same day. The whole process was quick, and easy. I was originally impressed on how quickly they moved and how friendly everyone was. However, I would be lying if I didn't mention my disappointment of receiving an automated email with the decision of going with a different candidate. After the virtual onsite, I would expect a phone call or at least personalized email from the recruiter with the decision and feedback. In fact, the recruiter mentioned she would reach out with feedback but never did, nevertheless, overall okay experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Signed an NDA but typical questions like behavioral and how would you make X better?