Mission-driven company with an amazing atmosphere
Mission-driven company with an amazing atmosphere
Coursera is a company that has a great mission (providing universal access to the world's best education) and a team of people highly motivated to fulfill it.
It has a very organic workplace environment and culture.
Benefits include competitive compensation, catered lunch and dinner, and a very transparent environment.
- Bad location if you don't have a car or bike (minimum 20-minute walk to get anywhere).
- No intern housing.
- Interns miss out on many of the perks and benefits of full-time employees.
- Working on an unsolved problem in a relatively new market, so the business model is not stable, and competition is fierce.
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Software Engineer
I completed the phone screen but was not selected to continue. The recruiter was friendly and seemed happy with my answers, but it sounds like the decision is up to the hiring manager.
Senior Software Engineer
Interviewed with recruiting first. That was fine. Was told I was not allowed to use online help. Software is developed using online help. Barely finished. Did it with online help after and finished in 20 mins.
Senior Engineer
The recruiter process was smooth, but the interviews were conducted by charlatans who obviously don't know what they're doing and appeared to be using ChatGPT to ask questions. They were a complete waste of time. Unless you are desperate for a job, d
Software Engineer
CanadaOctober 6, 2025I completed the phone screen but was not selected to continue. The recruiter was friendly and seemed happy with my answers, but it sounds like the decision is up to the hiring manager.
Senior Software Engineer
Toronto, Ontario, CanadaSeptember 1, 2025Interviewed with recruiting first. That was fine. Was told I was not allowed to use online help. Software is developed using online help. Barely finished. Did it with online help after and finished in 20 mins.
Senior Engineer
United StatesJuly 18, 2025The recruiter process was smooth, but the interviews were conducted by charlatans who obviously don't know what they're doing and appeared to be using ChatGPT to ask questions. They were a complete waste of time. Unless you are desperate for a job, d
