Learning, Lateral Moves, But Fearful
Learning, Lateral Moves, But Fearful
Great learning environment. Ability to move laterally within the business. Good pay and benefits. Great portfolio of products/services. Excellent example of a company converting from a pure product mentality to a service-driven culture.
Engineering teams are driven by fear and intimidation. Leadership quality varies greatly by organization. There are very few opportunities for vertical growth. Too frequent RIFs and layoffs occur during transition.
Spend more time building quality leaders in the org.
Too many "leaders" with an iron fist are driving good employees away and not appreciating talent in front of them.
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Quality Assurance
It was fairly good and well organized. The team was very friendly and interactive. The interview process was smooth and finished the process in a week.
ML/AI Engineer
It was a one-round interview. It was predominantly on data science and large language models. They gave me a repo of an agent framework and asked me to find the code where reward is calculated.
ASIC Design Verification Engineer
The first round was essentially a screening interview with the recruiter. We mostly discussed my resume, past experiences, and had a general conversation about the company and the role. The second round was more technical. It involved a deeper dive
Quality Assurance
San Jose, California, United StatesNovember 14, 2025It was fairly good and well organized. The team was very friendly and interactive. The interview process was smooth and finished the process in a week.
ML/AI Engineer
San Jose, California, United StatesOctober 24, 2025It was a one-round interview. It was predominantly on data science and large language models. They gave me a repo of an agent framework and asked me to find the code where reward is calculated.
ASIC Design Verification Engineer
San Jose, California, United StatesJuly 1, 2025The first round was essentially a screening interview with the recruiter. We mostly discussed my resume, past experiences, and had a general conversation about the company and the role. The second round was more technical. It involved a deeper dive
