Great company overall, but slow to uplevel and lots of top-down decision making
Great company overall, but slow to uplevel and lots of top-down decision making
Great culture, everyone is genuinely very nice.
Engineering quality is generally very good (Mobile). I saw it decline some as I was there.
Lots of middle management, which led to a lack of progress.
- Slow to uplevel, with very rigid timelines. This was the reason I left.
- Very top-down, with lots of "Brian asks" that took precedence over everything else.
- Tech quality declining.
Uplevel your high performers faster. Don't stick to strict, rigid performance review cycles. I saw multiple high achievers leave due to lack of upward movement, despite very strong performance reviews.
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The interview process was lengthy and tough, but the questions were fun to solve. The interviewer was nice as well. I would interview again in the future. This was last year. Not sure what else to include here in the review.
Software Engineer
A recruiter pursued me for over a year. When I was finally ready to interview, I went through two phone screens. The first phone screen was smooth. The second phone screen went well for about half of the time. I later needed a hint to push through, b
Software Engineer
The interview process was surprisingly much easier than with many other companies I considered. Ultimately, I chose Airbnb because of the interesting problems they were solving and their culture. I will preface this by mentioning that when speaking
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San Francisco, California, United StatesFebruary 1, 2021The interview process was lengthy and tough, but the questions were fun to solve. The interviewer was nice as well. I would interview again in the future. This was last year. Not sure what else to include here in the review.
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San Francisco, California, United StatesNovember 1, 2017A recruiter pursued me for over a year. When I was finally ready to interview, I went through two phone screens. The first phone screen was smooth. The second phone screen went well for about half of the time. I later needed a hint to push through, b
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San Francisco, California, United StatesNovember 1, 2018The interview process was surprisingly much easier than with many other companies I considered. Ultimately, I chose Airbnb because of the interesting problems they were solving and their culture. I will preface this by mentioning that when speaking
