Placer.ai Automation / Controls Engineer Interview Questions
& Process
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and how the experience turned out.
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Candidate interview experiences
First-hand accounts from people who interviewed at Placer.ai.
Placer.ai
Automation Engineer
Entry Average Neutral experience No offer 3 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Technical screen Take home
Interview formats
Behavioral Technical Coding
The interview had 3 parts. First, 10 minutes for the interviewer to introduce himself and the company. Second, 15 minutes for me to talk in detail about myself, my background, and automation experience. Finally, I was asked to provide a time estimate for solving a programming problem.
Confirmed questions3 questions
- Could you please tell me about yourself and your automation background?
- How would you go about reversing the characters in a string using basic Python string operations?
- What would be your estimated timeframe for solving this programming problem?
Placer.ai
Automation Engineer
Mid Difficult Positive experience No offer 5 rounds
Interview process
Technical screen Take home Technical screen Recruiter call Recruiter call
Interview formats
Technical Coding
First, I had a technical interview with the team leader that included a simple Java quiz. Then, I was given a two-hour assignment to manipulate data, and it was suggested to use Python for it. After that, I interviewed with the director of Insights, followed by an interview with the director of HR, and finally, I interviewed with the VP.
Confirmed questions3 questions
- Can you complete a simple Java quiz?
- Are you able to do a data manipulation assignment, preferably in Python, within two hours?
- Can you flip words in a string?
Placer.ai
Automation Engineer
Intern Average Negative experience No offer 2 rounds
Interview process
Take home Recruiter call
Interview formats
Coding
I applied online. After 5 days, I got a Hackerrank test with 75 minutes and 2 questions. The first question was easy, but the second was hard and might have been solvable with recursion if I had more time. The time given wasn't enough. The recruiter was nice and replied quickly, even though she initially said the test was 90 minutes but it turned out to be 75 minutes.
Confirmed questions2 questions
- A regular question about arrays, best approached with a dictionary.
- A challenging question involving recursion.
Placer.ai Automation / Controls Engineer Interview Questions
Quoted word for word from Placer.ai interview reports.
“Reverse a string in Python.”
Read reports →“How would you go about reversing the characters in a string using basic Python string operations?”
Read reports →“Can you flip the words in a given string?”
Read reports →“Given the input " hello world hi ", can you produce the output "olleh dlrow ih" by writing your own function for splitting and reversing?”
Read reports →“Can you flip words in a string?”
Read report →“Solve intermediate LeetCode programming problems.”
Read report →“Can you complete a simple Java quiz?”
Read report →“What would be your estimated timeframe for solving this programming problem?”
Read report →“Are you able to do a data manipulation assignment, preferably in Python, within two hours?”
Read report →Formats, difficulty and experience
Across all 7 Placer.ai interview reports.