Good people, but the company needs to make some hard choices
Good people, but the company needs to make some hard choices
- Friendly, helpful people all around.
- A genuine desire to do new and innovative things.
- Decent mid to senior-level management.
- Top management is afraid to cut losses or innovate for the long term.
- The pace is a bit slow compared to FAANG companies.
- Internal tool sprawl is ridiculous.
- Budget processes are very broken, causing quarterly see-sawing.
Make room for big bets by announcing end-of-life commitment for any products that have been going for 5+ years but are barely breaking even (or losing).
Some of the ELT needs to retire and make room for someone who wants to grow the company rather than defend their turf.
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San Jose, California, United StatesJanuary 1, 2017Very nice. We talked about resumes first, and then asked about general CS basics, networking, OS knowledge, and medium-level coding questions. They will give hints and discuss with you. There was also a lunch interview, like a team match. The time f
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San Jose, California, United StatesSeptember 12, 2014I was directly called for an onsite interview. Couple of guys asked programming questions on the board. They were usually hard questions. The interviewers were friendly guys from different nations. The whole process took about 2 hours.
