Exciting Dev, Painful Agile
Exciting Dev, Painful Agile
Getting to develop an exciting new platform. Freedom to speak your mind and raise issues.
Switching to agile software development has been very painful.
Communication is awful. One group asks you to do one thing and praises you for it; another group freaks out when you do that thing.
There is lots of in-fighting.
The company is way too large.
Leadership refuses to fire some terrible engineer contractors, despite them bringing down entire teams.
Fire the lazy people.
Bring some order to the chaos.
Improve focus and communication.
Don't overlook good employees on bad teams.
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AT&T Interview Experiences
Senior Software Engineer
The interview process was standard. The first interview was over the phone. The second interview was at the AT&T facility with a local employee and a manager based out of state. Basic technology questions. Nothing too complicated.
Software Engineering Infrastructure Support
They ask about proficiency in several technologies used by the department, e.g., Linux, CentOS/RHEL, Kickstart, VMware, cfengine, etc. You are not assumed to know everything, but if it is on your resume, you should be familiar with it. They will pick
Software QA Engineer
The interview process took about 3 weeks. I spoke to HR for a phone interview. I was called in a few days later for an on-site interview. I interviewed with different QA managers of several teams, which took about 2 hours. A week later, I got another
Senior Software Engineer
El Segundo, California, United StatesJune 1, 2016The interview process was standard. The first interview was over the phone. The second interview was at the AT&T facility with a local employee and a manager based out of state. Basic technology questions. Nothing too complicated.
Software Engineering Infrastructure Support
El Segundo, California, United StatesOctober 1, 2015They ask about proficiency in several technologies used by the department, e.g., Linux, CentOS/RHEL, Kickstart, VMware, cfengine, etc. You are not assumed to know everything, but if it is on your resume, you should be familiar with it. They will pick
Software QA Engineer
El Segundo, California, United StatesAugust 1, 2015The interview process took about 3 weeks. I spoke to HR for a phone interview. I was called in a few days later for an on-site interview. I interviewed with different QA managers of several teams, which took about 2 hours. A week later, I got another
