Mistral AI interview notes, page 1 of 2

“This is where I spent most of my energy.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Mistral AI, Onsite - System Design / Architecture round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I had to pause for a second because I wasn't sure how they were defining prosumer in this context.” The rest of the author's notes on Product Manager interview at Mistral AI, Hiring Manager Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This one twisted me up a bit because I kept second-guessing whether they wanted a philosophical answer or an actual workflow.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Mistral AI, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I spent probably too long trying to nail down what 'professional consumer' even means.” The rest of the author's notes on Product Manager interview at Mistral AI, Onsite - Product Sense / Strategy round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“My first instinct was to just iterate through the events and subtract, which is mostly right, but I fumbled the reset logic initially.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Mistral AI, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“Pretty much the whole conversation in one sentence.” The rest of the author's notes on Product Manager interview at Mistral AI, Recruiter / HR Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“My first instinct was to just halve 0.99, which is obviously wrong but the brain does weird things under pressure.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Mistral AI, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I knew the naive version was bad but fumbled explaining exactly why for a second.” The rest of the author's notes on Machine Learning Engineer interview at Mistral AI, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I picked a story I'd told before and felt comfortable with, which was probably a mistake because I got complacent and skimped on the 'how you backed it up' part.” The rest of the author's notes on Product Manager interview at Mistral AI, Hiring Manager Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“The multi-part setup is what gets you.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Mistral AI, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.