Cerebral (CA) Software Engineer Interview Questions
& Process
Real candidates share what happened, how many rounds they had,
and how the experience turned out.
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Candidate interview experiences
First-hand accounts from people who interviewed at Cerebral (CA).
Cerebral (CA)
Software Engineer Intern
Intern Easy Positive experience No offer 3 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Technical screen Onsite
Interview formats
Coding Behavioral
So it started with a recruiter call, then a technical screen where they asked a common leetcode question, and then an onsite interview. The interviewers were senior software engineers hiring for their own team.
Confirmed questions2 questions
- Write code to return only the vowels in a sentence, but in reverse order.
- Solve an easy LeetCode problem about palindromes.
Cerebral (CA)
Software Engineer
Entry Average Negative experience No offer 4 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Technical screen Take home Technical screen
Interview formats
Behavioral Technical Coding
The interview process started with a typical recruiter call, followed by a behavioral interview, then a technical interview, and another technical interview. It wasn't too difficult and seemed to go well, but I was disappointed because I never got feedback on why I wasn't selected. The interviewers were nice, but I didn't always feel engaged.
Confirmed questions3 questions
- Tell me about yourself or a time you faced a challenge.
- Complete this technical take home assignment.
- Walk me through your thought process during this coding exercise.
Cerebral (CA)
Software Engineer
Mid Average Positive experience No offer 4 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Phone screen Technical screen Onsite Presentation Panel
Interview formats
Behavioral Technical Coding System Design Presentation
I applied online via LinkedIn. First, a recruiter chatted with me about the role and my background. Then, I had a more in-depth technical discussion with a senior engineer about my past projects and how I approach software engineering. The final stage had four interviews back-to-back (virtually): a backend challenge, a frontend challenge, an interview with the product growth manager, and finally, a system design interview with the VP of engineering. There were some issues with the interviewers during the final round that I felt impacted my performance, but overall, it was a really fast and decent interview process.
Confirmed questions1 question
- Can you design a scalable messaging application?
Cerebral (CA) Software Engineer Interview Questions
Quoted word for word from Cerebral (CA) interview reports.
“Write code to return only the vowels in a sentence, but in reverse order.”
Read reports →“Solve an easy LeetCode problem about palindromes.”
Read reports →“Tell me about systems design for REST.”
Read reports →“Can you design a scalable messaging application?”
Read reports →“How would you implement an architecture?”
Read report →“Tell me about systems design for SQL.”
Read report →“How would you approach this coding test in SQL?”
Read report →“How would you approach this coding test in Rails?”
Read report →“How would you approach this coding test in JavaScript?”
Read report →Formats, difficulty and experience
Across all 7 Cerebral (CA) interview reports.