Lambda Software Engineer Interview Experience — Recruiter Screen Grills You on K8s, Bare Metal, and Fleet Management

Lambda·Software Engineer·Sep 2025
HR Screenhard

Basically it's the company introduction, but they also do an initial screen within it — they ask you about some terms and questions, then write down your explanations for the hiring manager. They'll tell you they're using a Google Meet transcript for this; if you don't want that, the recruiter just listens to you and matches keywords instead.

Some of what they asked about:

  • Experience in Infra as Code
  • Experience with any firmware, fleet management solutions, etc.
  • Running a homelab?
  • Experience with bare metal
  • K8s — what is a reconciliation loop, workload management strategy
  • Routing tables, how they work

It went by pretty fast so I don't remember everything clearly. It was roughly all AI inference + cloud stuff. Feels kind of similar to what Mithril AI does.

The process is roughly: after this HR round there are still 2-3 more technical rounds — first the hiring manager, then a team member, and finally it seems you interview with the CEO. Classic startup process.

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Interview at a glance

Company
Lambda
Role
Software Engineer
Rounds
HR Screen
Difficulty
hard
Interview date
Sep 2025
Questions from this interview
2 questions

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