Rather relaxed work environment; take breaks as you need.
Good benefits (from what I saw, as a contractor I didn't get those).
Good place to build experience.
Offers lots of training for various roles.
Work from home or office!
Rather well-balanced between work and life.
Do a decent job of putting high value on their employees; lots of free meals at work is a plus.
Good amount of vacation time (not as a contractor, of course).
Somewhat political office environment.
Required employees to take training in their own fields mid-project at times.
Not the best at budget management regarding contractors.
Was more difficult to get overtime pay as a contractor than it should have been.
Noticed on occasion the wrong person would be blamed for a project issue.
Sometimes issues were kept until the last second, which caused a lot of unnecessary hardship for certain employees (myself included), then would not always be willing to pay the related overtime for the trouble.
Try to be a bit more realistic and maybe admit when there are problems more openly.
Asked software lifecycle questions and focused on technology I put on my resume to see if I really knew what I said. Liked that I mentioned working with non-technical clients and that I emphasized my interpersonal skills.
Started with a recruiter screening. Then, I completed three rounds of technical interviews with people on the team. All of this happened in about two weeks. The interviews consisted of questions regarding JavaScript, HTML, and databases.
The interview process was quite nice and very friendly. However, make sure to study up on technical aspects rather than the usual social aspects of an interview. There is interview prep, but for engineers, it does not seem to apply as well.
Asked software lifecycle questions and focused on technology I put on my resume to see if I really knew what I said. Liked that I mentioned working with non-technical clients and that I emphasized my interpersonal skills.
Started with a recruiter screening. Then, I completed three rounds of technical interviews with people on the team. All of this happened in about two weeks. The interviews consisted of questions regarding JavaScript, HTML, and databases.
The interview process was quite nice and very friendly. However, make sure to study up on technical aspects rather than the usual social aspects of an interview. There is interview prep, but for engineers, it does not seem to apply as well.