Software Engineer Motion Planning Interview Experience - United States
Process
Brief phone screen with a recruiter. Was then sent a coding test. Had studied primarily graph traversal and path planning, so was only able to complete 5 out of the 7 questions.
Questions
Write a function to calculate the stopping distance given a deceleration rate and velocity.
Write a function to determine the time required to stop given a deceleration rate and velocity.
Is 0.8g a comfortable deceleration rate?
Given a velocity, write a function to determine the minimum distance required from a car traveling at another given velocity to maintain a 2-second follow time.
Another question about implementing a PID controller with only the kp gains.
A question about implementing a Quintic Polynomial Solver.
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Success Rate
Zoox's interview process for their Software Engineer Motion Planning roles in the United States is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
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