7 rounds of Interviews
Mix of HR, Resume Deep Dives, System Design and Coding interviews (C++, CUDA, Python , Pytorch)
System Design Focus on autonomous driving for higher Levels of autonomy
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Rivian
Interview
Most terrible experience ever, was asked two sum question for only 10 mins in the 45 mins interview and end earilier and rejected without any reason. Wasted more than 2 hours time for talking to hr, recruiter, hms, then only actually for 10 mins before getting rejected.....
I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Rivian in Sept 2025
Interview
i had total of 4 rounds of coding and 2 system designs
i struggled with 1 coding round, i wrote the solution but it didn't pass all the test cases, i guess it was considered as failure, which i can understand
they conducted additional round of coding and i solved the problem even with the follow up question.
Rivian decided to give me down level offer which is 50% of the salary that i was getting from one of faang company.
very disappointing.
Recruiter told me their bar is so high (but not the salary) and i am not good enough for senior role.
5 rounds of interviews. HR, HM, Live Coding, System design, Cross functional. Lasts about a week or two in total. All were done online. All in all a good experience.
