I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at SunPower (San Jose, CA) in Feb 2013
Interview
Brief phone interview followed by on-site interview to meet different peers, managers all the way to VP. Main focus is to check how one can approach a challenging problem with limited information available
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at SunPower (Seattle, WA) in Oct 2023
Interview
It was really good and interviewer was very friendly. Gave a lot of hints and helped to manuever to the answer. Also the focus was not just on the coding but also in learning the work experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Modified dfs question, behavioural questions asking on leadership skills, etc.
Staff Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at SunPower with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 60.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Common stages of the interview process at SunPower as a Staff Engineer according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Background check: 25%
Phone interview: 25%
Group panel interview: 13%
Personality test: 13%
Presentation: 13%
Skills test: 13%
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