Cerebras (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 Cerebras (CA).
Cerebras (CA)
Software Engineer
Mid Average Positive experience Accept offer 4 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Technical screen Technical screen Technical screen Technical screen Offer
Interview formats
Behavioral Technical Coding
Four 1-hour rounds. Each round is split evenly between discussing your resume/knowledge and a coding exercise. The coding portion covers both data structures/algorithms and ML/OS topics. The whole process took about two months from the initial interview to the offer.
Confirmed questions1 question
- Can you explain why std::unordered_map is often not the optimal choice for hash maps in many situations, and how TBB or ABSL's unordered hash maps offer advantages, specifying the ways and the conditions under which they are superior?
Cerebras (CA)
Cloud Software Engineer
Intern Average Positive experience No offer 2 rounds
Interview process
Technical screen Technical screen
Interview formats
Behavioral Coding
I had two interviews back-to-back on consecutive days. Each interview had basic behavioral questions and one coding problem. Preparing with common LeetCode questions should be enough. The whole thing was pretty easy and nice.
Confirmed questions1 question
- Can you solve Leetcode 636. Exclusive Time of Functions?
Cerebras (CA)
Software Developer
Entry Average Negative experience No offer 1 round
Interview process
Recruiter call
Interview formats
Behavioral Technical
We had a chat about my previous experience. I talked through what I did, but he didn't seem very interested. It was hard to communicate because I couldn't understand him clearly during the whole process.
Confirmed questions1 question
- Can you describe how you would code a minesweeper game incorporating a Gaussian distribution?
Cerebras (CA) Software Engineer Interview Questions
Quoted word for word from Cerebras (CA) interview reports.
“Can you solve Leetcode 636. Exclusive Time of Functions?”
Read reports →“Can you explain why std::unordered_map is often not the optimal choice for hash maps in many situations, and how TBB or ABSL's unordered hash maps offer advantages, specifying the ways and the conditions under which they are superior?”
Read reports →“Can you describe how you would code a minesweeper game incorporating a Gaussian distribution?”
Read reports →“Could you design a tracking system similar to Bugsnag?”
Read reports →“Can you discuss data structures and algorithms?”
Read report →“Could you tell me about a technical problem you solved?”
Read report →“Tell me about a significant challenge you faced at work and the steps you took to resolve it.”
Read report →“Tell me about design questions related to problems you've worked on.”
Read report →Formats, difficulty and experience
Across all 10 Cerebras (CA) interview reports.