Impressive cutting-edge technology and product.
Some of the smartest and most qualified engineers in the industry.
Opportunities for career development and leadership growth.
High salary and good stock options.
Great off-sites (when they still had them).
Working 10+ hour days and weekends was normal and often expected. Once, a supervisor called me on vacation to get work done and told me to get used to it.
Lots of creepy IT software was on work machines without a competent enough team to manage it, resulting in frequent work loss and interruptions.
HR seemed to be monitoring every communication for "wrong-think" and made me feel very uncomfortable.
There were virtually no opportunities to interact with the senior leadership team, who only communicated through one-way announcements and absurd motivational speeches.
401k and donation matching was low, while healthcare premiums were high.
The process was straightforward. There were 6-7 rounds of interviews, including talking to most members of the team, along with a take-home assignment and a panel discussion. I reached the end, and we discussed numbers for the offer – which is where
A standard several-hour tech interview can include a half-day coding exercise and about four hours of interviews. And then, nothing. You get used to being ghosted after a single recruiter call, but after multiple interviews, in some cases discussin
A call from HR. She sounded bored and unimpressed. Then we scheduled the first interview. It lasted 2.5 hours, quite long, but the interviewer was nice and friendly. Next, we scheduled a second interview with two more people: one manager and one de
The process was straightforward. There were 6-7 rounds of interviews, including talking to most members of the team, along with a take-home assignment and a panel discussion. I reached the end, and we discussed numbers for the offer – which is where
A standard several-hour tech interview can include a half-day coding exercise and about four hours of interviews. And then, nothing. You get used to being ghosted after a single recruiter call, but after multiple interviews, in some cases discussin
A call from HR. She sounded bored and unimpressed. Then we scheduled the first interview. It lasted 2.5 hours, quite long, but the interviewer was nice and friendly. Next, we scheduled a second interview with two more people: one manager and one de