Clear expectations and talented coworkers, but promotion hurdles
Clear expectations and talented coworkers, but promotion hurdles
- Very clear expectations around work and promotion.
- Talented coworkers.
- Lots of room to learn new and emerging tools, especially around AI.
- Getting paged in the middle of the night for a non-issue is very annoying.
- The line between L5 and L6 is very challenging to cross. Only about 15% of all engineers are L6 and above, so you might be stuck at L5 your whole career unless you’re really advocating for important projects (or they just happen to fall into your lap).
Consider adding a role between L5 and L6 to prevent this career plateau.
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I took the online assessment, which had two coding tests in 90 minutes. Both of them were quite challenging, so time was not enough for me. Even if I solved the problems, there were exceptional hidden test cases that I should have solved.
Software Engineer
4 rounds, 2 technical and 2 normal. The normal ones were HR with nice people, the technical ones were medium and advanced programming problems with questions about computational costs and data structures.
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Good interview process, really informative HR. Three online assessments, then three 45-minute interviews. Passed the online assessments but failed in the last two interviews. Object-oriented design is a must-know for new grads.
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CanadaMay 27, 2022I took the online assessment, which had two coding tests in 90 minutes. Both of them were quite challenging, so time was not enough for me. Even if I solved the problems, there were exceptional hidden test cases that I should have solved.
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SpainApril 2, 20254 rounds, 2 technical and 2 normal. The normal ones were HR with nice people, the technical ones were medium and advanced programming problems with questions about computational costs and data structures.
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Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaMarch 1, 2022Good interview process, really informative HR. Three online assessments, then three 45-minute interviews. Passed the online assessments but failed in the last two interviews. Object-oriented design is a must-know for new grads.
