Bossa Nova Robotics Interview Questions
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Bossa Nova Robotics
Software Engineer
Senior Average Positive experience Decline offer 3 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Technical screen Onsite
Interview formats
Coding Technical Behavioral
I had an HR chat, then a coding interview, and finally a panel interview. They were all medium difficulty. The company's vision is something I liked. I enjoyed being onsite and meeting the team.
Confirmed questions2 questions
- Tell me about a coding recursion question.
- How would you find the shortest path to a destination?
Bossa Nova Robotics
Motion Planning Engineer
Entry Average Neutral experience No offer 2 rounds
Interview process
Technical screen Technical screen
Interview formats
Coding Technical
It was a coding round and a technical interview. The coding round was on an online platform and included algorithms and C++ questions. The technical interview mainly involved reviewing my resume and asking some basic questions about motion planning strategies, octomaps, and considering robot footprints during planning.
Confirmed questions1 question
- How would you approach designing a global planner for a robot operating with an incomplete map of its environment?
Bossa Nova Robotics
Computer Scientist
Entry Average Negative experience No offer 1 round
Interview process
Recruiter call Phone screen
Interview formats
Coding Behavioral
I applied and got an email pretty fast to set up a first phone chat. It was supposed to cover background stuff and some basic coding. But, after that call, that was it, no more contact. It was pretty obvious on the call I wasn't really the right fit for what they needed, which is fine, that's what screens are for. But the person interviewing me was just super rude. They kept cutting me off when I was trying to explain things, I didn't get a chance to ask them anything, and then they couldn't even be bothered to send a quick email saying they weren't moving forward with my application.
Confirmed questions1 question
- Can you tell me a bit about yourself?
Bossa Nova Robotics
Robotics Scientist
Mid Difficult Negative experience No offer 2 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Technical screen
Interview formats
Technical Coding
HR scheduled a screen interview four days after I applied online. I thought the "Robotics Scientist" title would focus on algorithm design and handling complex robotics systems, but it turned out to be a pure programming interview. They were very detailed about programming questions and techniques, and not interested in my ideas or discussions. It felt like they needed a programming technician instead of a scientist.
Confirmed questions6 questions
- Have you used version control systems before?
- What is GRE?
- What's the size of an unsigned char?
Bossa Nova Robotics Interview Questions
Quoted word for word from Bossa Nova Robotics interview reports.
“What's the size of an unsigned char?”
Read reports →“How would you write an algorithm to detect if a robot is moving in a loop?”
Read reports →“What is GRE?”
Read reports →“How would you approach designing a global planner for a robot operating with an incomplete map of its environment?”
Read reports →“Can you look at this C++ code snippet and find any issues?”
Read report →“How would you find the shortest path to a destination?”
Read report →“Can you design a class to process sensor data and calculate statistics like mean, max, and min?”
Read report →“Which Linux kernel do you usually use, and can you describe it?”
Read report →“Tell me about ROS.”
Read report →Formats, difficulty and experience
Across all 11 Bossa Nova Robotics interview reports.