Don't fall for the advertising
Don't fall for the advertising
Successful well-funded startup with lots of potential
Found engineering culture to be insular, non-transparent, micromanaging, surprisingly incompetent.
In fairness to founders this seems only with new leadership acquired over last year.
Clean house soon unless your business model doesn't require you to build actually good products on time.
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Astera Labs Interview Experiences
Embedded Firmware Intern
1st round with one of the engineers. Involved resume review, which was a deep dive into resume points, process of projects completed, follow up questions on project/past experiences. No behavioral or technical questions.
Firmware Engineer Intern
Very well. They came to my school and I was able to talk to someone in person, which was really nice. The recruiter responded to emails pretty fast and timely.
Dft Engineer
I had a 1-on-1 interview with the head of the DFT team. We mainly chatted about my past project and what I know about DFT. He really dove deep into my past internship projects to understand what I really know about this field.
Embedded Firmware Intern
United StatesFebruary 1, 20261st round with one of the engineers. Involved resume review, which was a deep dive into resume points, process of projects completed, follow up questions on project/past experiences. No behavioral or technical questions.
Firmware Engineer Intern
San Jose, CaliforniaOctober 1, 2025Very well. They came to my school and I was able to talk to someone in person, which was really nice. The recruiter responded to emails pretty fast and timely.
Dft Engineer
San Jose, CaliforniaSeptember 1, 2025I had a 1-on-1 interview with the head of the DFT team. We mainly chatted about my past project and what I know about DFT. He really dove deep into my past internship projects to understand what I really know about this field.
