A Trial By Fire
A Trial By Fire
If you can survive the breakneck pace and shifting priorities, and work well alongside ALL of your teammates (not just other SDEs), you will emerge with a valuable product and operational skillset applicable to almost any company.
Promotion is totally in your hands; do not expect help from your manager, especially with recent changes in talent review.
Priorities shift fast: be prepared to have your project de-prioritized, terminated, or handed off to another team.
Expect multiple reorgs and changes that require starting over with new management.
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I was screened by a recruiter and then asked to take a software engineering test. The test was difficult, and I did not pass. There were two questions on the test. To pass, you had to get both correct.
Software Engineer
Three OAs and a review interview round where you review solutions from your coding challenges. This could also be a three-round interview where you get more coding rounds if you’re unlucky.
Software Engineer
First round OA. Second round is a 4-hour back-to-back interview with senior engineers and group leadership, targeting mainly algorithms and data structures. The first two hours are general; the last two are technical.
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Seattle, Washington, United StatesMarch 1, 2024I was screened by a recruiter and then asked to take a software engineering test. The test was difficult, and I did not pass. There were two questions on the test. To pass, you had to get both correct.
Software Engineer
Seattle, Washington, United StatesNovember 1, 2020Three OAs and a review interview round where you review solutions from your coding challenges. This could also be a three-round interview where you get more coding rounds if you’re unlucky.
Software Engineer
Seattle, Washington, United StatesNovember 7, 2025First round OA. Second round is a 4-hour back-to-back interview with senior engineers and group leadership, targeting mainly algorithms and data structures. The first two hours are general; the last two are technical.
