Embedded Software Engineer Intern Interview Experience - San Mateo, California
Process
An online coding test on CodeSignal with three medium-level questions.
After that, a chat with the recruiter for about half an hour.
Then, two technical interviews with current employees. However, the recruiter went on a long vacation and didn't schedule the next interview quickly enough (taking three weeks), so the spots ran out.
Finally, there was a potential chat with the manager, but it did not happen.
Questions
Multi-threading related questions that ask for a thread-safe implementation.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Verkada Embedded Software Engineer Intern role in San Mateo, California.
Success Rate
Verkada's interview process for their Embedded Software Engineer Intern roles in San Mateo, California is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very negative feelings for Verkada's Embedded Software Engineer Intern interview process in San Mateo, California.
Verkada Work Experiences
- 1.0How toxic can a team be?Senior Staff Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Mateo, California, United StatesJune 21, 2025Pros: Great food in the office. Good location. Training budget. Good tech stack (TF, AWS, ML). Pay is OK.Cons: Toxic teams. Useless managers. Sarcastic and uncooperative team. Have the best people in 24/7 burnout. No bonus. You always get evaluated low enough to not get a raise.
- 5.0Best mid-sized companySoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Mateo, California, United StatesMarch 15, 2020Pros: The company really tries to take care of its employees. There are lots of interesting challenges for an engineer. Management is open to feedback and is constantly trying to improve the people and processes. The flat org structure encourages people to do their best work here.Cons: There are no cons I can think of right now.
- 4.0Great People, Good PayMechanical Engineering Intern • Former EmployeeSan Mateo, California, United StatesNovember 27, 2023Pros: I really love the people here. They are both very knowledgeable and lots of fun to work with. The pay was also really good for an internship.Cons: The biggest con is that working with vendors requires being on calls at odd times. It can make it hard to feel like you are ever off the clock.
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