Candidates applying for Machine Learning Engineer roles take an average of 21 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Wayve overall takes an average of 26 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Wayve as a Machine Learning Engineer according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 50%
Skills test: 50%
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Four interviews:
1. 15m call with in-house recruiter about role.
2. 1h no coding problem solving interview. I was given a deep learning case study and had to talk about how I'd go about solving it.
3. 1h programming interview. Data structures and algorithms.
4, 1h PyTorch debugging interview. I was given a Google colab notebook which trained a CNN, and I had to debug errors.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given a dataset containing telemetry and video data from autonomous vehicles, how would you pull out all examples when the vehicle needed to make an emergency break due to being cut-off by another vehicle on the road.
It’s helpful to see how the different stages came across, especially the mix of case study, coding, and debugging.
We also recognise it’s a fairly involved loop, so we appreciate you taking the time to go through it and share your perspective.
Thanks for taking the time to leave this review, and we wish you all the best in your next steps.
– Wayve Team
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Wayve in Jul 2025
Interview
I had an introductory call with the recruiter, and it seemed like they were hiring for multiple teams—such as the data team, model team, etc. From the conversation, it felt like the recruiter understood my strengths and decided to move me forward to the next stage. I then had two one-hour interviews: one focused on machine learning and the other on ML system design. I believe I answered the questions reasonably well and was optimistic about progressing further.
However, two days later, I was informed that Wayve did not see a direct match between my skill set and their current requirements. They mentioned it would be good to stay in touch in case things change in the future.
While I enjoyed the interview process and found it to be a good learning experience, I found the outcome a bit disorganized. It’s surprising that a mismatch in skill set wasn’t identified earlier, especially since one of the key responsibilities of a recruiter is to ensure alignment before moving candidates forward in the process.
Additionally, I didn’t receive any feedback from the interviewers, which is disappointing—as it would have been helpful to understand what went well and where I could improve.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Closely related to the problems they are working on.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Wayve in Nov 2024
Interview
Initial recruiter call followed by applied ML inter iew with one of the most pompous people I've ever come across. This interviewer started off by asking me for an introduction and cut me off after 2 words. He kept interjecting every few seconds under the pretense of asking something pertinent. If this person was going to be my teammate, I'd avoid!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Explain your experience?
Theoretical (equation level) questions on recent foundational models.