CloudCar Interview Questions
& Process

I had two phone interviews before meeting anyone in person. The interview was mostly about my past experiences. They didn't share much about CloudCar's business or future plans, and the tech stack they mentioned wasn't what they actually used. The team seemed pretty nice and open-minded, though.

The interview had 4 rounds, and it seemed they were mainly focused on Spark and Java. There were some basic programming questions and a background check. The phone screen could have been more in-depth; it was mostly 'tell me about yourself' and asking if I could make it to the final round. In the end, they mentioned they were actually seeking a senior Java Developer, which felt a bit off given my profile. One interviewer asked questions that seemed irrelevant and unnecessary.

I got the interview call through recruiting company and they setup the interview for me with hiring manager. Hiring manager was good, he asked some basic questions about my background and my previous work history. Next day they setup the onsite interview for next week. I talked to 4 people in onsite including VP/Manager of project, 2 developers and one automation engineer. VP was very open to talk about and explain,what they are trying to achieve and their future perspective, That interview mostly about my background and my work which involve hardware and software. Then I had interview with automation engineer, he asked me explain the framework which I build recently and to explain that. 3rd interviewer explain me the project and then asked me how would I go to test the system and ask specific question about the each project component testing. Last interview with developer again and he again asked me the same background questions and some general technology questions which was more kind of conversation. Overall cloudcar is interesting company to work for. Only thing which I didn't like that people hasn't asked much technical questions, which make me wonder if their hiring process is not that refined, which is one of the reason, I decline the offer.

I met with the whole management team for a friendly chat. All the interviews were scheduled for the same day, making it convenient. There were 6 interviews in total. The CEO is very energetic and focused on transforming Automotive tech, but some of his direct reports didn't seem to share the same level of energy. One interview was technical, while the others involved meeting different managers to discuss their challenges and my background.