This place will work you to the bone and, come performance review time, tell you you are "ok".
60-hour weeks are pretty normal. If you are a hard-working engineer like I was, then this won't discourage you. However, the lack of acknowledgment of the work you put in and over-delivering on all of your objectives is very normal at Coinbase. Only about 2 in 10 engineers "exceed" expectations, and a lot of this is based on politics in my experience here.
Also, if you are looking to join and think pay equity is a good idea, then you have to accept the fact that you can outwork someone by 3x who is doing the bare minimum, and they will be compensated in the exact same way as you.
You need to adjust the way you incentivize employees. You will lose a lot of dedicated employees that view their hard work as just a waste of time.
Good overall. They could've done better with figuring out how to weed out candidates, but it could've been much worse. I was satisfied with the process. LeetCode questions were relatively straightforward.
I was first asked to do an interview with AI, then to assessments, before I could talk to a real person. After the call, the recruiter promised to give me feedback but didn’t make it. If I pass, I will still need to do an online coding assessment, a
A recruiter reached out. I had a 30-minute phone screen, followed by a link to complete Code Signal and Cultural Assessment quizzes. I was given two weeks to complete them. Afterwards, I had four rounds of 1:1 interviews for the onsite.
Good overall. They could've done better with figuring out how to weed out candidates, but it could've been much worse. I was satisfied with the process. LeetCode questions were relatively straightforward.
I was first asked to do an interview with AI, then to assessments, before I could talk to a real person. After the call, the recruiter promised to give me feedback but didn’t make it. If I pass, I will still need to do an online coding assessment, a
A recruiter reached out. I had a 30-minute phone screen, followed by a link to complete Code Signal and Cultural Assessment quizzes. I was given two weeks to complete them. Afterwards, I had four rounds of 1:1 interviews for the onsite.