Great pay and smart colleagues, but poor work-life balance
Great pay and smart colleagues, but poor work-life balance
High compensation that matches performance. You'll always be technically challenged. Colleagues are all highly driven people.
Engineers work an average of 50-60 hours a week.
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Software Engineer Intern
Resume screen, then 2 first round interviews over Zoom. Highly dependent on the interviewer, I think they can ask whatever they want; some allow AI, some don't. Afterwards is a super day, but I didn't reach that stage.
Software Engineer Intern
One interview in the first round. Three in the second round. Had three final rounds with different teams. All interviews were between 45 minutes and 1 hour. The first two rounds were LeetCode style, but the final round was hard to prepare for.
Software Engineer Intern
The first round was a HackerRank coding assessment, featuring basic DSA questions. This was followed by an interests form. Next, there was an interview with one of their SWEs. I wasn't selected for further rounds, despite perfectly answering all the
Software Engineer Intern
New York, New York, United StatesOctober 10, 2026Resume screen, then 2 first round interviews over Zoom. Highly dependent on the interviewer, I think they can ask whatever they want; some allow AI, some don't. Afterwards is a super day, but I didn't reach that stage.
Software Engineer Intern
New York, New York, United StatesSeptember 1, 2024One interview in the first round. Three in the second round. Had three final rounds with different teams. All interviews were between 45 minutes and 1 hour. The first two rounds were LeetCode style, but the final round was hard to prepare for.
Software Engineer Intern
New York, New York, United StatesSeptember 1, 2023The first round was a HackerRank coding assessment, featuring basic DSA questions. This was followed by an interests form. Next, there was an interview with one of their SWEs. I wasn't selected for further rounds, despite perfectly answering all the
