I applied online. I interviewed at Cohere in Feb 2026
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I interviewed at Cohere
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I’ve interviewed several times - the recruiting process seems a little disjoint / confused, but everyone I’ve spoke to is kind, knowledgeable, and willing to refer to a position that they think will fit better.
I was contacted by the recruiter and after a meeting with the hiring manager I was moved to the technical rounds. During which I must have had to talk to or stay in touch with at least 3 different HR people which kept delaying the actual interviews. On the day of the technical round, nobody joined the call and I had to email them to know that they filled that role. Wasted so much of my time. Really unprofessional.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Role was in audio but interview was more LLM focused.
Initial screening with the hiring manager (team lead) followed by 4 technical interviews.
The people I interviewed with were all really nice. After the last technical interview, I was left hanging for quite a while, even after following up.
Compared to most companies, the process is good. But the talent team/team lead doesn't seem to have a clear idea of what they're looking for/ how to handle the interaction with candidates.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you create a model that can solve math problems? (system design: talk about data collection, SFT, post-training, eval, ...)
