Great Pay, Lacking Leadership
Great Pay, Lacking Leadership
Compensation is definitely great, though lagging behind other major tech companies.
Leadership is generally lacking at the senior manager and below.
Try to develop great products rather than maximizing your paycheck and creating fiefs.
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Senior Hardware Engineer
The overall process was smooth, with four rounds of interviews including a technical assessment and leadership principle questions. Interviewers were nice. I received interview feedback two weeks after the interviews took place. Overall, it was a
Senior Hardware Engineer
Many rounds of tedious interviews. Answers are expected to stick to the "leadershit" principles. Questions are vague at best. Some questions are designed to make you look like an idiot (see actual question below). A big waste of time.
Software Engineer
It was good, but they didn't respond to me for a long time after 14 days. I asked them why, but they didn't respond back.
Senior Hardware Engineer
Sunnyvale, California, United StatesMarch 1, 2025The overall process was smooth, with four rounds of interviews including a technical assessment and leadership principle questions. Interviewers were nice. I received interview feedback two weeks after the interviews took place. Overall, it was a
Senior Hardware Engineer
Redmond, Washington, United StatesOctober 31, 2023Many rounds of tedious interviews. Answers are expected to stick to the "leadershit" principles. Questions are vague at best. Some questions are designed to make you look like an idiot (see actual question below). A big waste of time.
Software Engineer
Seattle, Washington, United StatesNovember 20, 2025It was good, but they didn't respond to me for a long time after 14 days. I asked them why, but they didn't respond back.
