The interviewers are pretty young, most of them with less than 5 years of experience. The thing which really pissed me off a lot is that they think some kind of entitled and are rude.
They ask LeetCode questions, and that too, directly picked up without really changing the question. I was particularly taken aback since I had solved the coding round in O(n log n) and by the end of the meeting told them how it can be done in O(n). Even my rounds in Google/FB were much more humane than these guys.
I have around 13+ years of experience in Linux and have shipped far more products than some of these guys. The most painful point was getting rejection even after solving the problem. If I had not solved the problem, I would have accepted the rejection.
This bad experience should get highlighted so that recruiters take correct actions.
One of the LeetCode questions
The following metrics were computed from 25 interview experiences for the Pony.ai Software Engineer role in United States.
Pony.ai's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in the United States is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Candidates reported having negative feelings for Pony.ai's Software Engineer interview process in United States.