Process
I applied online. The process took 1 day.
By far the worst interview experience. The interviewer was rude, asking questions such as, "Why did you switch from a FAANG company to a no-name startup?"
Before the interview, the recruiter mentioned that they were going to ask LeetCode-style DSA questions, but the interviewer came unprepared. He started to ask questions on random multithreading problems and decided to go really deep on instruction-level memory consistency details. Although the question was relevant to the role, this was a huge bait and switch.
Questions
Multithreading in classical sense... No standard process across teams.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 3 interview experiences for the Cerebras Kernel Engineer role in California.
Success Rate
Cerebras's interview process for their Kernel Engineer roles in California is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very negative feelings for Cerebras's Kernel Engineer interview process in California.
Cerebras Work Experiences
- 4.0GoodSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeToronto, ONDecember 29, 2025Pros: Work with a lot of talented peopleCons: Sometimes very, very fast-paced, with the potential for burnout.
- 4.0Mission driven company with great peopleSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeNovember 22, 2022Pros: Work on cutting edge, truly revolutionary technology that has empirically demonstrated 10-100x speedups over clusters of GPUs for less cost. No micromanagement, but coworkers and managers who are heavily involved in your success and development. Lots of very intelligent people. Great salary and equity for a pretty large startup. If you work remotely, all people care about is that you: * show up to mandatory meetings where you have something to contribute * get your work done in a timely manner. No surveillance.Cons: Until recently, there was a lack of transparency surrounding promotions or even official job titles representing your level, and a continued lack of transparency around salaries.
- 4.0Incredible technology!Engineer • Current EmployeeSunnyvale, CAApril 14, 2023Pros: 1. Bleeding edge technology 2. Applications now emerging where Cerebras is significantly differentiated 3. Business opportunities starting to emerge, positive trendCons: 1. Not enough staff in some key departments 2. Decision making that is tops down heavy
