Engineering Manager, Automation Interview Experience - San Francisco, California
August 1, 2021
Negative ExperienceNo Offer
Process
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The hiring manager sells the role during the initial phone interview and explains what the company does.
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The candidate is sent back to the recruiter for another phone interview to ask more questions about their current role and challenges, then wraps up by discussing next steps.
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An official meeting with the same hiring manager from #1 takes place, lasting another 30 minutes. This meeting seems a bit redundant, as the recruiter has already asked similar questions about recent jobs and their associated challenges. The questions are not difficult.
The hiring manager then promises to get back to the candidate with information about the next rounds (an in-person interview). Three days later, there is dead silence from the company, followed finally by a rejection email. What a joke of a company.
Questions
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Carta's interview process for their Engineering Manager, Automation roles in San Francisco, California is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
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Candidates reported having very negative feelings for Carta's Engineering Manager, Automation interview process in San Francisco, California.
Carta Work Experiences
3.0
Potential, but poor leadership
Senior Fund Administrator • Former Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
October 3, 2023
Pros: The company is set on growth, really doing some exciting things. They are automating much of the accounting, making things much more efficient.
Cons: Poor leadership.
Much of the improvements in the technology seem to be led more by the engineering team than fund admin, who are the ones who actually have to use the product.
They make frequent updates to the product, which can be a headache to navigate. They roll out these products too quickly before they are fully functional.
Then they fail to prioritize making product updates that would be most helpful to fund admin. Instead, they are constantly rolling out new products/making updates that require constant re-learning.
They take on too many clients, which makes it impossible to serve them at the level that Carta claims they will provide.
The workload is so heavy that you don't have time to give feedback for product improvements, barely enough to serve the clients you do have.
There's a serious lack of accountability from leadership - whenever a client gives negative feedback, no one ever owns up to it. They just make excuses.
3.0
A shell of its former self
Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
November 4, 2024
Pros: The products and problems space are interesting.
Cons: Mismanagement and lack of accountability for the execution of product goals.
5.0
A place to grow and build
Software Developer • Current Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
April 5, 2017
Pros: eShares is a place that hires for trajectory, and so inevitably, employees have space and support to grow and improve.
eShares does business differently than most places and manages people differently as well. The way it is done provides a lot of space to bypass bureaucracy and clutter and just build things that will propel the whole company forward.
As an engineer, I don't get specs and blinders to just go heads down and chomp through programming work. I am integrated with our customers, find their needs, and help build to support the business. It's a more holistic environment, and it allows for more meaningful engineering work.
Inclusivity is a priority, and it is constantly being worked towards.
Cons: It's a startup; there are always growing pains as the staff expands and corporate structures evolve. There is a lot going right, but sometimes there are hard situations and setups that still need to be improved.
- 3.0Potential, but poor leadershipSenior Fund Administrator • Former EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesOctober 3, 2023Pros: The company is set on growth, really doing some exciting things. They are automating much of the accounting, making things much more efficient.Cons: Poor leadership. Much of the improvements in the technology seem to be led more by the engineering team than fund admin, who are the ones who actually have to use the product. They make frequent updates to the product, which can be a headache to navigate. They roll out these products too quickly before they are fully functional. Then they fail to prioritize making product updates that would be most helpful to fund admin. Instead, they are constantly rolling out new products/making updates that require constant re-learning. They take on too many clients, which makes it impossible to serve them at the level that Carta claims they will provide. The workload is so heavy that you don't have time to give feedback for product improvements, barely enough to serve the clients you do have. There's a serious lack of accountability from leadership - whenever a client gives negative feedback, no one ever owns up to it. They just make excuses.
- 3.0A shell of its former selfSenior Software Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesNovember 4, 2024Pros: The products and problems space are interesting.Cons: Mismanagement and lack of accountability for the execution of product goals.
- 5.0A place to grow and buildSoftware Developer • Current EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesApril 5, 2017Pros: eShares is a place that hires for trajectory, and so inevitably, employees have space and support to grow and improve. eShares does business differently than most places and manages people differently as well. The way it is done provides a lot of space to bypass bureaucracy and clutter and just build things that will propel the whole company forward. As an engineer, I don't get specs and blinders to just go heads down and chomp through programming work. I am integrated with our customers, find their needs, and help build to support the business. It's a more holistic environment, and it allows for more meaningful engineering work. Inclusivity is a priority, and it is constantly being worked towards.Cons: It's a startup; there are always growing pains as the staff expands and corporate structures evolve. There is a lot going right, but sometimes there are hard situations and setups that still need to be improved.
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