High compensation (especially considering the cost of living in Madison).
Very intelligent colleagues.
Beautiful campus.
Great benefits.
Good and cheap food.
Everyone is very helpful, willing to take time to help you with just about anything.
You can pretty much set your own hours.
Rewarding work in a field that directly affects millions of people.
You will likely work mainly with very archaic technology (VB 6 and M/Cache).
Definitely more of a "career" place than a stepping stone for more opportunities, though this could be a pro to some.
I often felt I was doing a lot more maintenance of old code than I'd like, as opposed to creating new stuff, but your mileage will vary.
Lots of institutional knowledge.
It takes a while to get going, but once you do.
I sometimes felt like I was being "babied" along, especially in training. Encouraging more new innovation and ideas, and letting developers run with them, would be nice.
A very long online test is required. It includes some IQ test-type questions, some riddles, and some tasks involving learning unclear rules. The grading isn't totally clear; for instance, it's unclear whether the speed of finishing the test factors i
I submitted my resume through Handshake, completed an online assessment, and then had a brief phone interview. The phone interview was mostly behavioral, with some questions about topics on my resume.
Initial phone screening with a software engineer. He asked about my projects and previous experience on my resume. Then he outlined the role for the last half of the interview, with time for questions. After that, there was an online assessment of
A very long online test is required. It includes some IQ test-type questions, some riddles, and some tasks involving learning unclear rules. The grading isn't totally clear; for instance, it's unclear whether the speed of finishing the test factors i
I submitted my resume through Handshake, completed an online assessment, and then had a brief phone interview. The phone interview was mostly behavioral, with some questions about topics on my resume.
Initial phone screening with a software engineer. He asked about my projects and previous experience on my resume. Then he outlined the role for the last half of the interview, with time for questions. After that, there was an online assessment of