Above-average pay with extremely high expectations
Above-average pay with extremely high expectations
- High pay
- Many global locations with opportunity to transfer
- Build at scale
- Fast interview turnaround time
"Pirate Ship" culture. Constant pressure, everything needs to be done tomorrow. Working long hours is normal. Working weekends is normal. Significant management in-group bias. Expected to cancel travel plans last minute if a co-worker gets sick.
Working your engineers very hard all the time may seem like a good idea in the short term, but long term, you're alienating and burning out your talent.
When I was there, I was constantly told that our department was low on headcount, so we all needed to take on more.
More projects, more on-calls, more meetings.
But less time to actually work.
The effect of this was more people leaving.
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Software Engineer II SDE2
The interview process included a few rounds of programming questions, along with behavioral and leadership assessments. The programming questions were about average. Having clear communication was quite useful. The role was initially advertised as
Software Engineer II SDE2
The interview process includes: * An online coding challenge with two questions, followed by multiple-choice questions about your work style and behavioral aspects. * A final interview consisting of four coding challenges during a virtual onsite. T
Software Engineer II SDE2
The questions were pretty simple and mainstream. Topics covered included LLD, HLD (very easy), and DSA (medium & hard). LLD presented one of the common recurring questions. The interviewers were friendly and collaborative. Bar raiser round pending
Software Engineer II SDE2
Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaJanuary 1, 2024The interview process included a few rounds of programming questions, along with behavioral and leadership assessments. The programming questions were about average. Having clear communication was quite useful. The role was initially advertised as
Software Engineer II SDE2
New York, New York, United StatesOctober 1, 2021The interview process includes: * An online coding challenge with two questions, followed by multiple-choice questions about your work style and behavioral aspects. * A final interview consisting of four coding challenges during a virtual onsite. T
Software Engineer II SDE2
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, IndiaApril 1, 2023The questions were pretty simple and mainstream. Topics covered included LLD, HLD (very easy), and DSA (medium & hard). LLD presented one of the common recurring questions. The interviewers were friendly and collaborative. Bar raiser round pending
