Scale AI Engineering Manager Interview Experience

Scale AI · Staff

ResultRejected

Timespan4 weeks

DifficultyMedium

Rounds3

Interview process

the recruiter was very prompt and communicative. i wish the people doing the interviews were at the same level, sometimes they were very junior

1
Recruiter screen
1. Q1. Nothing specific, mostly role related and sponsorship
2
Technical round
System DesignCoding
1. Q1. Terraform code review
2. Q2. Model evaluation system design
3
Phone screen
Behavioral

This was a behavioral round with the hiring manager
1. Q1. behavioral with hiring manager
2. Q2. Tell me about a time when you had a disagreement with your manager.
3. Q3. Tell me about the best engineer you ever hired.
  Follow-up questions
  Tell me about disagreements with this engineer
4. Q4. Tell me about disagreements with this engineer

study the documentation on the scale website, they asked exactly how to design the evaluation system and the solution is their own product

not everyone i talked to seemed to like the culture, common theme was that sometimes it is too fast

CompanyScale AI

RoleEngineering Manager

LevelStaff

LocationUnited States

InterviewedAug 2026

Questions asked7