ryanzhang0815Sep 10, 2026

xAI interview, rejected the next morning

Hack2hire Community · 2026-09-10T00:00:00.367Z

xAI interview, rejected the next morning Heard so much about xAI's whole vibe before going in, fast recruiter turnaround then an interview that felt like an afterthought. Turned out to be pretty much exactly that. Recruiter reached out on LinkedIn, 15 minute call, asked about my last two years of work and whether I'd be fine with occasional travel. Moved me forward that same afternoon, which surprised me given how much ghosting I'd heard about with this place. Coding round was 45 minutes on a sh...

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User-awwroSep 10, 2026

Rejected the next morning is basically their signature at this point lol.

User-mljdlSep 10, 2026

For real, fastest rejection turnaround of any company I've interviewed with.

harshchaudhary.dtuSep 11, 2026

did he ask anything else?

User-h6n6xSep 10, 2026

xAI interviewers being distracted checks out with everything I've read about this place.

User-x3r6nSep 10, 2026

That n-gram merge question sounds like it could spiral fast once the length increases.

ryanzhang0815Sep 10, 2026

Yeah the longest match part is where I lost the time, should've started with a trie.

User-07bkySep 10, 2026

Is this the same as N-gram problem listed here : https://www.hack2hire.com/question-bank/companies/xai/coding-questions/67fad653ba41b3368f4e5869/practice?questionId=67fad958ba41b3368f4e586c

User-89d9qSep 10, 2026

The 15 min screen to same day move forward is wild, mine ghosted after 3 weeks.

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