The interview took 6 weeks in total. There were 5 rounds.

I got a call from HR with routine questions like why I'm looking for a change, employment authorization, etc.

Then I got a take-home test. The duration of this test was 1 hour. Standard QA questions mostly focusing on test case design, sprints, etc. You need to do a lot of writing.

After clearing this, I got a call from HR for scheduling the next round, which is a call with a Senior QA Engineer for 1 hour. This was again a straightforward round where the Senior QA Engineer asked all sorts of questions regarding the testing process and test case design and sprints.

After clearing this, I got a call from HR to schedule an onsite visit. Once I gave my schedule, a date was finalized for my onsite visit.

Here I would meet 5 people in total, with everyone taking 45 minutes each.

• First, I spoke with an SQA manager. He asked me a wide range of questions related to testing mostly. He asked for solutions to their day-to-day testing problems.
• Second, I met a software engineer. I was wondering what a software engineer was doing on the interview panel for an SQA position. But this is their standard process, and he asked all math-related questions.
• Then I met a Senior SQA Engineer. I believe this was the best round. The question he asked me was a brain teaser, and everything was related to testing.
• Then I had a 15-minute break, after which I met the TPM who handles both testing and dev teams. He asked me typical TPM questions.
• After this, I met another SQA Engineer, and again, all the questions were related to their day-to-day problems they face in testing.

Since Zoox is into building autonomous driving cars, expect all questions related to this. Do a good amount of research on the autonomous driving system.

After the onsite interview, which went really well, I was asked for another onsite where I was scheduled to meet top executives like a Director and Sr QA Manager. This was mostly talking with executives, and they tested where exactly I fit in their ecosystem.

After this, I got a call from HR exactly 2 days after the last onsite, which was mostly for salary negotiation and offer explanation.

All the people are very friendly, and HR is very quick to respond to your questions and results.

I felt very good after all the rounds, since it took nearly 6 weeks.

But the interview was really fun, and if you know testing fundamentals, you would easily clear the interview.

They just don't hire people in bulk, but they hire the right talent.

After completion of all rounds, I felt really good, as it brings satisfaction with respect to the questions being put forth to you at various stages of the interview.

Test case design for fruit peeler machine