xAI interview was one of the stranger processes I've been through

rohan.vermaSep 29, 2026

8 minutes to make an impression is brutal ngl, sorry that happened.

jacobmiller2000Sep 29, 2026

Applied to xAI too through a similar SpaceX listing mixup, seems to be a pattern with their recruiting.

emilywu96Sep 29, 2026

At least the rejection was fast, some places leave you hanging for weeks.

oliviabrownSep 29, 2026

The debug style coding format seems to be their thing across multiple roles from what I've read.

User-cr0ixSep 29, 2026

Yeah can confirm, mine was also a fix the broken tests format, not LeetCode at all.

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User-xktkwSep 29, 2026

Interviewers being checked out like that is rough, had something similar happen at a different AI startup recently.

gracewangSep 29, 2026

Appreciate it, still kind of annoyed about how rushed it felt given they started late in the first place.

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