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. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Rivian in Sep 2025
Interview
i had total of 4 rounds of coding and 2 system designs
i struggled with 1 coding round, i wrote the solution but it didn't pass all the test cases, i guess it was considered as failure, which i can understand
they conducted additional round of coding and i solved the problem even with the follow up question.
Rivian decided to give me down level offer which is 50% of the salary that i was getting from one of faang company.
very disappointing.
Recruiter told me their bar is so high (but not the salary) and i am not good enough for senior role.
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Rivian (Vancouver, BC) in Oct 2023
Interview
The interview process varies by team. I had done 1 interview only, and it was mostly informational, going through past experience and some questions relevant to the position. Unfortunately, I didn't hear back from them for 2nd round which would have been a technical interview. Even though I emailed back for feedback or an update, I didn't hear back.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you go about designing a User Interface?
Describe this particular project you worked on in detail.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Rivian in Aug 2025
Interview
Interviewed at the CA location somewhere.
The interviewer was younger and he seemed new there. Was more nervous than me honestly. Honestly did not like the experience because I could have done better and I was just thinking through the problems but he just assumed I didn't know and just gave me hints to solve it. Also, the way he asked questions did not make sense and I was trying to clarify and he again just assumed that I didn't know it seems like.
I was excited for this opportunity, I wish that I had a better interviewer.