It was a great place, but it was going in the wrong direction
It was a great place, but it was going in the wrong direction
A good place to work if you have been around for, say, 5 years. Good work is being done on Java services.
Forced outsourcing, little technical innovation, increasing politics and uncertainty in team structures, and frequent re-orgs without giving sufficient time to teams to deliver.
More and more managers are less and less technical. Expedia used to be a "technology" company which used to make money in the travel business. Now it is a "travel" company – no longer a technology company. This basically means that there is no technical innovation.
Poor communication, like the move to Bellevue downtown with insufficient parking for employees.
There seems to be very little focus on "Technical innovation." We need to think of that in terms of 3-5 years ahead and being a tech leader. Current focus is on neither of these things.
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Software Design Engineer
I was initially contacted by a recruiter who spoke with me to set up a time for a phone interview. The phone screen was fairly short, about 30 minutes. The questions were general, starting with explaining previous and current job positions and the r
Software Design Engineer
Campus interview, 30 mins, one algorithm problem. The problem is not hard, and the interviewer was very nice. I took 20 mins to write the code on a paper, and we examined the code together. The next couple of minutes he asked some behavior questions
Software Design Engineer
The manager sent me an email to ask if I would like to take the technical phone interview (I had submitted my resume through a career fair before). He then helped schedule it.
Software Design Engineer
Bellevue, Washington, United StatesJuly 1, 2009I was initially contacted by a recruiter who spoke with me to set up a time for a phone interview. The phone screen was fairly short, about 30 minutes. The questions were general, starting with explaining previous and current job positions and the r
Software Design Engineer
United StatesMarch 10, 2015Campus interview, 30 mins, one algorithm problem. The problem is not hard, and the interviewer was very nice. I took 20 mins to write the code on a paper, and we examined the code together. The next couple of minutes he asked some behavior questions
Software Design Engineer
United StatesMarch 1, 2016The manager sent me an email to ask if I would like to take the technical phone interview (I had submitted my resume through a career fair before). He then helped schedule it.
