Software Engineer Interview Experience - Palo Alto, California
Process
The onsite consists of a take-home you need to do before the onsite, about 2-4 hours. Then, one round talking through your take-home and 2 rounds of common system design topics.
The entire process is disorganized, with the recruiter forgetting to set you up for certain things and many interviewers being late.
Some interviewers are nice, but others are condescending for no reason; some will insist your solution is wrong and keep correcting you even though you presented the textbook solution for their question.
Overall, it gives you the feeling that they are better than everyone else because they are early on the AI hype train.
Questions
Do you have experience with LLM agents?
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Hippocratic AI Software Engineer role in Palo Alto, California.
Success Rate
Hippocratic AI's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in Palo Alto, California is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very negative feelings for Hippocratic AI's Software Engineer interview process in Palo Alto, California.
Hippocratic AI Work Experiences
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