Veritone Software Engineer Interview Questions
& Process
Real candidates share what happened, how many rounds they had,
and how the experience turned out.
Based on 7 interview experiences · FREE TO READ
Candidate interview experiences
First-hand accounts from people who interviewed at Veritone.
Veritone
Senior Staff Software Engineer
Staff Average Positive experience Accept offer 6 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Phone screen Take home Technical screen Onsite Offer
Interview formats
Behavioral Technical Coding System Design
First, a quick 15-minute screen call with an outsourced recruiter. Then, a 45-minute behavioral call with an engineer manager. After that, a take-home tech assessment where I had to build a full-stack app based on mock-ups and acceptance criteria. This was followed by a 1-hour session to review the code, including some live coding. Then, a 1-hour architecture design discussion. Finally, a 30-minute call to discuss company details and culture, which ended with a verbal offer.
Confirmed questions8 questions
- Can you share an instance of a past job failure?
- What's a core belief you hold?
- Describe your approach to managing workplace conflict.
Veritone
Software Engineer
Mid Average Negative experience No offer 3 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Technical screen Onsite
Interview formats
Technical Behavioral
I contacted a senior person I knew who connected me to a recruiter. I had an onsite meeting with the recruiter, who seemed rushed and rude. The recruiter didn't have my resume, misread it, and then criticized me based on their misreading. I thought I was interviewing for a junior AI role, but the recruiter set up the interview for a VP OS or platform engineering role instead. Some interviewers were nice, others were rude and egotistical. When I asked about the AI role, I was told the company focuses on APIs and platforms, not much AI work. This was the worst interview experience I've ever had. It was disorganized with rude people, and the company's claim of being an AI leader is false. Sorry to my connection, but it was a pretty terrible process, better than unfunded startups.
Confirmed questions1 question
- What is your understanding of semaphores?
Veritone
Software Engineer
Senior Average Negative experience No offer 3 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Technical screen Onsite Panel Presentation
Interview formats
Technical Coding Behavioral
The whole thing was kinda chill but messy. Started with a recruiter chat, then an onsite with two tech interviews and one with the engineering and product bosses. The tech ones were fine, the engineers seemed alright. The chat with the bosses was a waste of time though. They're super arrogant and try to sell the company hard. It felt like they wanted to know if you'd just agree with everything they said, not why they should hire you. They seemed more interested in whether you'd feed their ego.
Confirmed questions1 question
- Can you build a React Component from scratch?
Veritone Software Engineer Interview Questions
Quoted word for word from Veritone interview reports.
“Write a function to check if a player has won on a Connect4-like game grid.”
Read reports →“What is a template string?”
Read reports →“What is a prepared statement?”
Read reports →“How would the architecture change if the system exclusively handled video footage?”
Read reports →“Could you define immutability in software development?”
Read report →“Can you build a React Component from scratch?”
Read report →“Could you explain sorting an array and its time complexity?”
Read report →“How would the architecture change if the system handled document-based media similar to Google Docs?”
Read report →“Explain how to merge objects from a list that share the same type and have overlapping time segments.”
Read report →Formats, difficulty and experience
Across all 7 Veritone interview reports.