Some good people, but abysmal leadership
Some good people, but abysmal leadership
For periods of time while working at Rivian, the work was stimulating. Some of the people are genuinely invested in the vision of electrification and take pride in their work.
Many projects were spun up by directors without VP approval, leading to them ultimately being shut down.
Most of the people I worked with were primarily out to make a name for themselves with resume projects that did not translate to real business value.
The culture was pretty awful.
It is constant chaos with no real sense of direction.
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I was recruited and had three rounds of technical interviews, plus one interview with the hiring manager. Everyone on the team was nice, but I was surprised at how hard their questions were. Then I was ghosted after the last interview.
Software Engineer
Asked questions about projects on the resume, and then went into a LeetCode easy/medium C problem. Gave decent advice and help during the process and allowed time to talk about the problem after finishing the assessment.
Software Engineer
Recruiter phone screen. After that, a hiring manager screen. Discussed high-level ideas about a software stack. The interview process took less than two weeks. Got rejected after the hiring manager screen without any feedback.
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Palo Alto, California, United StatesAugust 1, 2021I was recruited and had three rounds of technical interviews, plus one interview with the hiring manager. Everyone on the team was nice, but I was surprised at how hard their questions were. Then I was ghosted after the last interview.
Software Engineer
Palo Alto, California, United StatesFebruary 1, 2025Asked questions about projects on the resume, and then went into a LeetCode easy/medium C problem. Gave decent advice and help during the process and allowed time to talk about the problem after finishing the assessment.
Software Engineer
Palo Alto, California, United StatesDecember 1, 2023Recruiter phone screen. After that, a hiring manager screen. Discussed high-level ideas about a software stack. The interview process took less than two weeks. Got rejected after the hiring manager screen without any feedback.
