Solid company with some problems
Solid company with some problems
Excellent people, variety of projects, lots of growth and money, and learning opportunities.
Most teams have a rotating 24-hour on-call duty, which I found intrusive. There were lots of pages that needed attention, and the primary and secondary rotations together lasted two weeks.
A lot of the work was similar to Operations, so I found the problems I was solving were not interesting.
Also, it turned out that my role involved a lot of cross-team politics. I did not find this out until I started the job and looked at the "eng levels" description.
Be more up-front about the cons above. And when someone has to leave, ask them for their thoughts on how to improve, so you don't have to read it in Glassdoor!
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The interviews were, for the most part, straightforward. Two phone interviews involved pair programming. Then, an on-site interview included two more pair programming sessions. The on-site interviews were the same difficulty as the phone interviews
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I applied for an intern position last spring but was denied at the last stage. Square contacted me this fall and asked me to interview again. Had two pairing interviews on campus that were very easy. I advanced for another onsite, this time in the n
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Phone screen and then a full day of interviews. There were: * 3 pair programming challenges * A system design review * A prior experience interview There was also an onsite lunch with a person from the company.
Software Engineer
San Francisco, California, United StatesNovember 1, 2015The interviews were, for the most part, straightforward. Two phone interviews involved pair programming. Then, an on-site interview included two more pair programming sessions. The on-site interviews were the same difficulty as the phone interviews
Software Engineer
San Francisco, California, United StatesOctober 1, 2013I applied for an intern position last spring but was denied at the last stage. Square contacted me this fall and asked me to interview again. Had two pairing interviews on campus that were very easy. I advanced for another onsite, this time in the n
Software Engineer
San Francisco, California, United StatesAugust 14, 2025Phone screen and then a full day of interviews. There were: * 3 pair programming challenges * A system design review * A prior experience interview There was also an onsite lunch with a person from the company.
