Zoox interview notes, page 1 of 3

“I knew the cube relationship but fumbled spelling out 1.5 cubed cleanly without a calculator.” The rest of the author's notes on Machine Learning Engineer interview at Zoox, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“Units trip you up here if you're not careful.” The rest of the author's notes on Data Scientist interview at Zoox, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This is the kind of question where the first five minutes really matter and I spent them going too broad.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Zoox, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“The per-chunk local computation part I got fine, min price, max price, best profit within the chunk.” The rest of the author's notes on Machine Learning Engineer interview at Zoox, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I went straight for inheritance because it felt natural, had a base RollerCoaster class and overrode a score() method in each subclass.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Zoox, Onsite - System Design / Architecture round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This one went long.” The rest of the author's notes on Data Scientist interview at Zoox, Onsite - Behavioral / Leadership round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This one took me a minute to even figure out where to start.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Zoox, Onsite - System Design / Architecture round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“The 'five checks' constraint was actually useful because it forced me to think beyond the obvious.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Zoox, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“Thought I had this one but then started second-guessing myself mid-answer.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Zoox, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“Pretty clear what they wanted once I saw the table structure.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Zoox, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.