I joined CVS out of college, so it was my first full-time job as a software developer. I joined under one of their university programs, so I had great benefits such as traveling to a few big cities in the state, like New York.
I worked with great teams, and management was good, too. I worked remotely, so work-life balance was good. But I also feel like I worked a lot because "work" was always there with me at home, and I could log in any time.
Not really cons. I feel fortunate to have had this job since it was remote, so I had very flexible hours. But like I said, it felt like work never ended. I changed a few managers in my nearly 3 years there; not sure if that was bad. Unfortunately, I was laid off due to their financial mistakes of acquiring new companies at really expensive valuations. But oh well, life happens, and one moves on. Overall, I cannot complain. Work is work, and in my experience, at least, it was good.
- Phone screen with a recruiter - Tech-ish screen with a senior engineer on a different team Everyone I talked to was very friendly, and it was overall a good interview process. The questions I got in the tech interview were not ones I was expecting
The first round is a general screening call. The second round is a code interview with technical questions. The third round is an interview with the manager. It's not technical but they will ask questions about prior experience.
All three interviews are scheduled immediately. It seemed like their SW department is very limited, as the questions asked related less to SW but to Data Engineers. So, practice your SQL and Python skills relating to that.
- Phone screen with a recruiter - Tech-ish screen with a senior engineer on a different team Everyone I talked to was very friendly, and it was overall a good interview process. The questions I got in the tech interview were not ones I was expecting
The first round is a general screening call. The second round is a code interview with technical questions. The third round is an interview with the manager. It's not technical but they will ask questions about prior experience.
All three interviews are scheduled immediately. It seemed like their SW department is very limited, as the questions asked related less to SW but to Data Engineers. So, practice your SQL and Python skills relating to that.