How it went
The candidate was initially referred to a Senior Safety role after applying for a different position at xAI. The interview process included a hiring manager screen, a technical phone screen, and an onsite interview in Palo Alto. The onsite consisted of a coding round and a combined coding/system design round, followed by a brief call. While the technical questions focused on practical class design rather than typical LeetCode problems, the candidate found the preparation resources and overall process to be somewhat disorganized.
What came up
Data ModelingMachine LearningConceptStatistics & ExperimentationData AnalysisCodingSQLData Structures & AlgorithmsPeople ManagementProject ManagementProgram SenseCross FunctionalSystem DesignProduct DesignEstimationProduct StrategyAnalyticalTechnicalExecutionBehavioralCustomer InteractionApp CritiqueData Pipeline DesignArtificial IntelligencePresentationPortfolio ReviewDebuggingCode ReviewProject Discussion
A candidate-reported account, lightly edited. Interview processes change by team and date.