I have been at G-Research around 6 months and so far it has been everything I had hoped for. It's rare to find a company that can still offer genuinely interesting tech challenges (not too much in terms of legacy systems) and some greenfield projects, and balance that with considered decision making and plenty of engineering resource. It rarely feels 'house on fire' busy - we get 10% time to work on new, interesting projects of our choice.
It's a shame we don't get much time in person anymore as I hear the atmosphere is great when everyone is together. I'm hoping with the new flexibility and some engineers moving to hybrid, we still get to experience the G-R buzz.
Comp and benefits are also really great! Definitely market leading in comparison to the other opportunities I was exploring at the time.
Security is heavy which can occasionally be limiting, but even in the past 6 months I've seen some really positive movement here and various teams are dedicated to this.
Apparently comms around RTO was a bit fuzzy - all seems to be ironed out now and colleagues seem happy enough
Bring back the weekends away and company drinks/events as soon as it's safe to do so - people miss them and we've onboarded a lot of newbies who are keen to socialise and integrate outside of their immediate team!
Recruiter Screen Technical Screen and conversation, easy python question + questions like "name 3 data structures" three rounds of technical interviews. One was about improving the performance of a bit of code with only looking at the logs.
Submitted resume and was rejected a few days afterwards by email. It seems like they do not accept students who would need visa sponsorship after graduation. There's nothing wrong (or illegal) about not being able to sponsor visas, though would've
There were mostly algorithmic questions to be solved on a whiteboard. Then, after a lunch with a couple of the junior staff, they tell you whether you’re into the next round. There is also a test beforehand.
Recruiter Screen Technical Screen and conversation, easy python question + questions like "name 3 data structures" three rounds of technical interviews. One was about improving the performance of a bit of code with only looking at the logs.
Submitted resume and was rejected a few days afterwards by email. It seems like they do not accept students who would need visa sponsorship after graduation. There's nothing wrong (or illegal) about not being able to sponsor visas, though would've
There were mostly algorithmic questions to be solved on a whiteboard. Then, after a lunch with a couple of the junior staff, they tell you whether you’re into the next round. There is also a test beforehand.