F5 provides great benefits, and people generally have good work-life balance. They are in a solid technical field with an interesting product lineup. It's one of the few companies that helped put Seattle on the map in the tech world.
Turf wars from low-level management on up, across the entire organization, make for a very exhausting and disappointing environment.
Crack down on the infighting and turf wars!
It's going to rot the organization out from within.
Communication was great. The interview was staged into three technical interviews, then a management-level interview. The technical interviews all focused on questions about real problems they were solving, not just the theory BS that a lot of places
Applied online and got a phone call in a couple of days. First phone interview was about my resume, some technical questions, and two coding questions followed by Q&A. It lasted for about 90 minutes. The hiring manager was nice and easy to talk with
Initially, I just did some phone calls with management and HR people, sounding one another out about what the others' goals were. I have an interest in low-level software, which seems to dovetail well with F5's product line. I felt there was a good m
Communication was great. The interview was staged into three technical interviews, then a management-level interview. The technical interviews all focused on questions about real problems they were solving, not just the theory BS that a lot of places
Applied online and got a phone call in a couple of days. First phone interview was about my resume, some technical questions, and two coding questions followed by Q&A. It lasted for about 90 minutes. The hiring manager was nice and easy to talk with
Initially, I just did some phone calls with management and HR people, sounding one another out about what the others' goals were. I have an interest in low-level software, which seems to dovetail well with F5's product line. I felt there was a good m