Great Engineers, Frustrating Culture
Great Engineers, Frustrating Culture
Most people are great engineers.
The frugal culture permeates every part of the job. People expect you to drop everything for everything. Management likes to track meaningless metrics and bother engineers when they don't like them.
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Software Development Engineer (SDE) II
The SDE returnship position is for an L5 role. Interviews are shorter compared to those for a full-time position. The duration of this position is 16-20 weeks. They are open-minded regarding employment gaps. However, conversion to a full-time role m
Software Development Engineer (SDE) II
The process took 2 months. The recruiters did a great job following up with me and providing guidance, but compared to interviews at other companies, the interviewers weren't experienced at all. There were 4 interviews followed by a bar raiser: *
Software Development Engineer (SDE) II
The interview process consisted of a recruiter screening, followed by a two-day virtual onsite. Day 1 included a 60-minute behavioral and coding round with a Senior SDM from the Selling Partner Services (SPS) org. Day 2 included three back-to-back
Software Development Engineer (SDE) II
San Diego, California, United StatesApril 1, 2021The SDE returnship position is for an L5 role. Interviews are shorter compared to those for a full-time position. The duration of this position is 16-20 weeks. They are open-minded regarding employment gaps. However, conversion to a full-time role m
Software Development Engineer (SDE) II
JordanSeptember 1, 2023The process took 2 months. The recruiters did a great job following up with me and providing guidance, but compared to interviews at other companies, the interviewers weren't experienced at all. There were 4 interviews followed by a bar raiser: *
Software Development Engineer (SDE) II
Seattle, Washington, United StatesAugust 4, 2025The interview process consisted of a recruiter screening, followed by a two-day virtual onsite. Day 1 included a 60-minute behavioral and coding round with a Senior SDM from the Selling Partner Services (SPS) org. Day 2 included three back-to-back
