I interviewed at The Boring Company (Las Vegas, NV)
Interview
Recruiter reached out via Email mentioning about the new grad position
First round (30 min phone call): Had a call with recruiter like initial screening.
Second round (take home assessment): It was take home with a deadline to complete in 4 hours. It included 1 coding question + 1 design related question (related to physics and car acceleration)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Introduction?
2. Past experience?
3. Most proud about achievement?
4. NodeJs, ExpressJs ?...
5. Rate yourself in Java, Python, C++, JavaScript …
6. US Citizen?
7. Compensation expectation?
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at The Boring Company in Feb 2025
Interview
Directly jumped straight to the point, without going through my resume and the interviewer was core into C/C++ and mostly focussed on OS principles and design and mostly into the basics and didnt even care to ask about fo you have any questions for me and abruptly ended the interview
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Question 1.
What are pointers
Question II.
what is the maximum ram size of a 32 bit computer
Question -III
Two sum problem
Question - IV
what is the probability of collision in a hash map
Candidates applying for Backend Engineer roles take an average of 30 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at The Boring Company overall takes an average of 13 days.
Common stages of the interview process at The Boring Company as a Backend Engineer according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 100%
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