It used to be a fantastic place to work for several years.
2024 has been a year of mass layoffs, mass restructuring, and a mass exodus of talent, with far too many critical elements changing for anyone to have any semblance of confidence in the future of the company.
On one hand, I really love the way Block evaluates employees. I think the process truly mimics the skills needed on the job, especially around collaboration and communication. All my interviewers were very good and truly reflected the collaborative c
A recruiter reached out to me on LinkedIn and conducted a 30-minute phone screening. A few days later, a technical interview was scheduled. The technical interview was a 1-hour paired coding challenge. The technical interview was awful! The intervie
In broad strokes, the process began with a phone screen. After that, there were two separate CoderPad pair programming interviews. Following that was a "virtual onsite" (given the ongoing Coronavirus shelter-in-place order), which included: * Three
On one hand, I really love the way Block evaluates employees. I think the process truly mimics the skills needed on the job, especially around collaboration and communication. All my interviewers were very good and truly reflected the collaborative c
A recruiter reached out to me on LinkedIn and conducted a 30-minute phone screening. A few days later, a technical interview was scheduled. The technical interview was a 1-hour paired coding challenge. The technical interview was awful! The intervie
In broad strokes, the process began with a phone screen. After that, there were two separate CoderPad pair programming interviews. Following that was a "virtual onsite" (given the ongoing Coronavirus shelter-in-place order), which included: * Three