I applied through other source. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at BenevolentAI (London, England) in Jun 2021
Interview
The interview process consisted of three stages, all conducted remotely via video call.
The process felt very professional and I received feedback faster than anticipated (one day for the first two interviews, three days for the final round) - including some quite specific, going into both the negatives as well as positives, after the final round. I was particularly pleased to find out that what I considered to be the weakest part resulted in some very positive feedback nevertheless.
Everyone I spoke to was very welcoming and making sure I had the time to ask any questions. The interviews in the final round all had short blurbs explaining what they will entail - this was sent out 5 days before the date of the interview giving ample time to prepare.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Describe how a TCP connection works (and how a TLS one does)
Theoretical troubleshooting scenario (given a distributed application deployed in a particular way, what steps would you take given a particular issue with the application)
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at BenevolentAI (New York, NY) in Jul 2022
Interview
The interview process was extremely pleasant and respectful of my time. I was able to meet with several members of the team and I felt like everyone was down to earth and genuinely interested in getting to know me. Technical questions were closely aligned to my experience and the role I was interviewing for. None of the questions were outside the scope of my role I was interviewing for. I left every interview feeling like I would really enjoy working with the person that I met with. My meeting with Brady (the internal talent acquisition specialist) , after accepting the offer, further reinforced the overall positive experience I had throughout the whole process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Technical questions regarding coding, linux systems administration, cloud services, container management, observability and general problem solving.
