Rivian

Embedded Software Engineer Interview Experience - United States

January 21, 2021

Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

HR telephonic interview.

45 minutes of technical phone interview with a Senior Engineer.

45 minutes of coding exercise.

5-45 minutes of virtual interview.

Overall, it was a waste of time. They had no idea what skills they were looking for.

Questions

Data Structures Communication Protocols Bit Masking Operating Systems

Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 4 interview experiences for the Rivian Embedded Software Engineer role in United States.

Success Rate

Pass Rate

Rivian's interview process for their Embedded Software Engineer roles in the United States is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive0%

Neutral25%

Negative75%

Candidates reported having very negative feelings for Rivian's Embedded Software Engineer interview process in United States.

Rivian Interview Questions

LRU Cache

Medium

Design a data structure that acts as a Least Recently Used (LRU) cache. Implement methods to get and put key-value pairs, evicting the least recently used entry when the cache is full.

Linked Lists

Number of Islands

Medium

Given a grid representing land and water, count the number of distinct islands. An island is formed by connected land cells.

ArraysGraphs

Rotate String

Easy

Determine if a string can be rotated to match another string. You're essentially checking if one string is a shifted version of the other.

Strings