I applied online. I interviewed at Graphcore in Jan 2026
Interview
Applied online, then was sent a HackerRank test, then invited to a "non-technical" screening interview so they can "get to know a bit more about me and my background". Turns out HR say it's non-technical so you don't prepare. It absolutely is a technical interview so don't be fooled, I'd imagine every applicant is asked the same list of questions and given the same live coding test. Bit of a scummy thing to do in my opinion but that's how the company operates.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Went through my HackerRank, gave me a series of deep learning questions, then had me do a live coding test, but just in Notepad++, so no syntax highlighting, you can't run your code to test it, and they just watch you type the solution out.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Graphcore (Bristol, England) in Jan 2026
Interview
First phase was a Hackerrank machine learning question, this was fairly trivial. Second phase was a Teams interview, consisting of some questions about machine learning and a live coding segment.
