Does cruise require c++ or python experience? For interview. Do they expect to code in C++ if you have not worked in a while
C++ for av org only. Backend is Go, Python and Java depending on a team and usually not a hard req
How about teams in Seattle
Seattle teams are Infra only. So backend is mainly Go, Python and Java
What team you’re interviewing? I agreed it depends on team.. I think team in Seattle might be more on infra which means you don’t really need to know how to code in C++
Although, if you are interviewing specifically for AV org to work on a 100% C++ codebase and you have no experience with the language it might not be the right fit.
What do you mean by AV org? The entire company is AV, so I assumed all work will be AV related.
My experience was kind of in the middle. I stumbled through my phone screen a little bit since my c++ was so rusty, but I told them as much, and they were cool enough to schedule an additional phone screen a couple weeks later to see whether i had any c++ chops. I had had a week or so to refresh my memory by then and it went fine (I think I'm probably better than average at c++ for my team)
Cruise has two different engineering orgs: AV (autonomous vehicle - think robotics & hardware) is where you’ll find C++. The infra org (backend focused, product, ML platform, data, Eng Prod) is Go, Python, Java
How is oncall load and work life balance at infra teams? Managers look quite inexperienced.
Yes, C++