The details on Motional
So Motional is a joint venture between aptive and Hyundai as global leader and driverless technology. So we develop fully autonomous vehicles for ride Hill and delivery applications. So industry leading partnerships with Lyft and Uber to deploy our robo taxis on their networks.
What they look for in a candidate
First is cultural. So we like people that are collaborative and work well with others. Second is self motivated self always striving for growth in improvements. And then we also have a lot of ownership opportunities. So the ability for anyone that joins to make a strong impact across team or even teams. So we do look for very specialized backgrounds. So for engineering specifically, we want relevant domain knowledge that can come from many different areas like robotics, automotive, software, hardware testing, among many others. For the teams that I'd specifically recruited for most heavily includes Motion planning controls perception machine learning. So these teams typically want candidates who have a background performing research, building algorithms and writing really great software on a shared codebase and other developers. So some tips are just like a tip the throw is you should definitely stay up to date on recent advancements in programming languages and development environments. For these types of roles I just said, and, for example, when pursuing the C++ software developer role, you should know like modern C++ features 11 through 20.
Motional's interview process
We generally do three rounds. The first one is a hiring manager interview, where we try to assess how your background and Blanchett the role. Prior to this interview, I've recommended reviewing your resume projects and the job description. Second, we do a coding interview, such as live coding that's like collaborative with one of our team members, where we asked coding questions based on data structures, algorithms and unit testing. We call it a panel interview. So details are on our panel interviews is generally three to five sessions covering like coding and domain knowledge. We also assess your breadth and depth of domain knowledge and specific areas that are crucial for the job. We provide a $20 lunch voucher during the all the time that you're given us. We also aim for feedback within 24 to 48 hours after completion of the interview. And then upon going to offer like the recruiter will be happy to set you off on additional calls with technical team members to answer any lingering questions you might have.
How to stand out
First, definitely have an easy to read resume. Do research about our company in the role head in the first conversation. Definitely have a positive attitude. Always prep for your technical interviews to brush off, make sure you're up to date on your best skills. Come prepared with questions better understand the team position and how you can make an impact for the technical team members. We also want to hear like why you're interested in working for an autonomous vehicle company. So like our teams are driven by the opportunity for driverless technology to transform communities. Tell us what drives you.
Why they should be on your radar
You have the opportunity to be part of one of the most transformative technologies in mobility said abs well helped make transportation safer, smarter and more sustainable.
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