Hire the best, and then empower them to make the company great
Hire the best, and then empower them to make the company great
The company hires really smart people and creates a great product that really focuses on the end user.
Micromanagement is pervasive throughout the company. This appears to come from the top down, with a tendency to dive deep. There appears to be very little trust that the smart people they hire can make the right decisions.
Learn to trust the people you hire.
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Seattle, Washington, United StatesJanuary 1, 2022The recruiter connected with me through LinkedIn and invited me for the SDM interview process. I had a first-round phone interview with the SDM. There were a lot of "Tell me" type questions and a simple system scalability design question. I was invi
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Seattle, Washington, United StatesJanuary 1, 2019There are 2 rounds. First: Tech screen, which is done by another manager. This will mostly involve touching base on your experience with previous projects and some minimum background questions on the technical side. Second: 6 rounds, which will cov
