The hiring process at Rivian takes an average of 7 days when considering 1 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Sr.Process Engineer had the quickest hiring process (on average 7 days), whereas Sr.Process Engineer roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 7 days).
I applied online. I interviewed at Rivian (San Jose, CA) in Jan 2021
Interview
Call with interviewer, hiring manager, a project, and meet the team which is standard for talent work. They also spoke to you in prep for the activity and leading up to the calls.
I applied online. I interviewed at Rivian (Los Angeles, CA) in Mar 2021
Interview
Initial call with recruiter, follow up call with hiring manager, then final rounds of a panel interviews.
If you have other pending opportunities, I'd recommend pursuing them, and not waiting to hear back from them.
Given they have a lot of applicants, it doesn't appear they have the bandwidth to follow up if you're not a fit. Might sound like an apologist viewpoint, but that's likely the reality. Feel free to apply if you're ok with that outcome.
They'll ask about your work history, and how it relates to the job you're interviewing for. Pretty standard interview questions - no puzzles or brain teasers that some places like to throw at you. They just want to see if you're a fit, and gauge your technical capabilities against the role.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Rivian (Los Angeles, CA) in Feb 2021
Interview
Rivian recruiter reached out to me for an open role. I made it through final rounds (phone screen, 2 rounds of Zoom interviews with multiple team members). 3 weeks afterwards and I have not heard anything back from my recruiter when I was told I would hear back before the end of that week. I have emailed, called and texted the recruiter, no response. I assume I did not get the job, but as a recruiter myself, I feel they should at least respond to let me know the outcome or why it is taking so long.
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Question 1
Examples of tough roles I've worked on, metrics, process.