Cool Culture, Frustrating Politics
Cool Culture, Frustrating Politics
Lots of cross-functional interaction.
Work on the #1 products that influence the lives of hundreds of millions.
Many great managers, especially at the topmost levels.
Plenty of smart people.
A "cool" atmosphere with beer bashes and famous bands coming to visit.
All the comforts of a large company, yet maintains an energy of execution similar to many start-ups.
Some dinosaur rotten apples in middle management are nothing more than political animals. There can also be territorial disputes over who does what that are usually not properly resolved from the highest levels. People who need to talk to each other are sometimes overwhelmed and have no time, so communication often suffers. The culture of secrecy is often frustrating.
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I had two phone interviews and then a one-on-one site interview. Apples HR seems to be busy these days. The onsite was very easy, focusing on management basics. It seemed that the group didn't know what they were looking for: an experienced team l
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Email from the recruiting team. It took two weeks to schedule a phone call with the hiring manager. A few mishaps from the scheduling person caused another two weeks of delays. The full loop included six interviews: two System Design, one coding, two
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I had two rounds of phone interviews. The first involved the hiring manager, who discussed my current job and posed some architectural design questions, followed by a couple of simple algorithm questions. A few days later, a software engineer asked
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Cupertino, California, United StatesMay 1, 2009I had two phone interviews and then a one-on-one site interview. Apples HR seems to be busy these days. The onsite was very easy, focusing on management basics. It seemed that the group didn't know what they were looking for: an experienced team l
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Cupertino, California, United StatesMay 1, 2021Email from the recruiting team. It took two weeks to schedule a phone call with the hiring manager. A few mishaps from the scheduling person caused another two weeks of delays. The full loop included six interviews: two System Design, one coding, two
Software Engineering Manager
United StatesDecember 1, 2015I had two rounds of phone interviews. The first involved the hiring manager, who discussed my current job and posed some architectural design questions, followed by a couple of simple algorithm questions. A few days later, a software engineer asked
