Great benefits where you don't pay for health insurance and they do a 50% 401k match.
Conversion to full-time from freelance is likely to happen and can be quick.
Beautiful building with good city views from the balcony and from upper floors.
Good facilities for TV news.
Worked with a couple of good managers.
Quicktake show is great.
Base pay isn't very high; it is lower than other major TV networks.
Because base pay is lower, they tend to hire less than competent employees (this is more in the tech operations department. The editorial team is not nearly this way, since you actually need a deep finance/journalism background).
Have all full-time staff on 9-hour shifts daily with no overtime pay.
Turnover of managers and employees happens, so new managers who are learning the ropes of the position don't manage well at times.
Need to deal with boring finance news.
You cannot expect tech operators to stay long if the salary is not competitive.
Be objective when there are any conflicts.
Understand that 9 hours of work per day will burn out an employee at a workplace fast.
I skipped the online assessment and went straight to the first round technical. I had a rough interviewer who was very critical. I managed to work out the problem out loud, but I am surprised I didn't make it further.
Did a phone screen and was asked two algorithm problems. Solved both and moved on to an onsite, which consisted of two interviews with different engineers. During the first interview, I did three problems, and in the second, I did two problems. The
Got through the initial phone screen, the first one-hour technical round (2 Medium LeetCode problems). The last round was a technical interview (2 Medium LeetCode problems), followed by another technical round and a talk with HR the next day.
I skipped the online assessment and went straight to the first round technical. I had a rough interviewer who was very critical. I managed to work out the problem out loud, but I am surprised I didn't make it further.
Did a phone screen and was asked two algorithm problems. Solved both and moved on to an onsite, which consisted of two interviews with different engineers. During the first interview, I did three problems, and in the second, I did two problems. The
Got through the initial phone screen, the first one-hour technical round (2 Medium LeetCode problems). The last round was a technical interview (2 Medium LeetCode problems), followed by another technical round and a talk with HR the next day.