Playing Catch Up
Playing Catch Up
- Great benefits/perks
- Overall, smart people to work with
- Interesting problems and scale
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Can not hire management worth a damn. Company has had three different heads of engineering (CTO, CTO, VP) that have lasted a year or less. Each departure was probably different, at least two were removed due to incompetence,
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Can not fire bad talent (good lord there are some dinosaurs who contribute literally nothing to the company other than unneeded last minute opinions/blockers)
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Easy to get frustrated because of the glacier like pace everything moves at
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DigitalOcean Interview Experiences
Software Engineer
First it was a phone interview with a recruiter, and then I had a remote interview with one of the managers. Then I was invited to visit, and passed to another recruiter who handled my travels. When I was on-site, I met with 4 sets of people, each
Software Engineer
Phone chat, code sample, code sample review and then 4 hours of back to back interviews. All interviews were heavily technical and exhausting. No conversations around company/team culture or fit. Very Google-esque problem solving only. Not much conce
Software Engineer
It was a really long process for me because I interviewed with 3 different teams. Despite the waiting and multiple rounds, it was a positive indication of how much thought and care they put into hiring employees. I was referred by a DigitalOcean empl
Software Engineer
New York, New YorkJune 1, 2016First it was a phone interview with a recruiter, and then I had a remote interview with one of the managers. Then I was invited to visit, and passed to another recruiter who handled my travels. When I was on-site, I met with 4 sets of people, each
Software Engineer
New York, New YorkMay 1, 2015Phone chat, code sample, code sample review and then 4 hours of back to back interviews. All interviews were heavily technical and exhausting. No conversations around company/team culture or fit. Very Google-esque problem solving only. Not much conce
Software Engineer
New York, New YorkMarch 1, 2018It was a really long process for me because I interviewed with 3 different teams. Despite the waiting and multiple rounds, it was a positive indication of how much thought and care they put into hiring employees. I was referred by a DigitalOcean empl
