Great Impact, Flawed Priorities
Great Impact, Flawed Priorities
Working on something that millions of people use and still mostly like.
More time and effort go to padding resumes with questionable rewrites, “leadership,” and AI functionality than is spent thinking about the health of GitHub and its users as a platform.
Stop chasing dollars and pretending large language models are good at everything at the expense of user experience and platform stability. Let's actually make GitHub better.
Additional Ratings
Was this helpful?
GitHub Interview Questions
GitHub Interview Experiences
Senior Software Engineer
The hiring process included a take-home assignment, a pair programming session, a follow-up interview, a skip-level interview, and a DEI panel. The whole process took two weeks. Be prepared for systems design questions during the pair programming ex
Senior Software Engineer
There were two engineers. It was a LeetCode problem, followed by a questions and answer session on scalability and security. LeetCode-style coding problem (live coding, algorithm/data structures). Q&A discussion focused on scalability and security
Senior Software Engineer
The interview process was thorough. First, there was a data structure and algorithm session, followed by a system design interview, and last, a session with a program director. Each session thoroughly tested my experience with the technology stack R
Senior Software Engineer
San Francisco, California, United StatesJune 9, 2025The hiring process included a take-home assignment, a pair programming session, a follow-up interview, a skip-level interview, and a DEI panel. The whole process took two weeks. Be prepared for systems design questions during the pair programming ex
Senior Software Engineer
New York, New York, United StatesMarch 1, 2025There were two engineers. It was a LeetCode problem, followed by a questions and answer session on scalability and security. LeetCode-style coding problem (live coding, algorithm/data structures). Q&A discussion focused on scalability and security
Senior Software Engineer
United States Coast Guard - Air Station Sacramento, California, United StatesMarch 1, 2025The interview process was thorough. First, there was a data structure and algorithm session, followed by a system design interview, and last, a session with a program director. Each session thoroughly tested my experience with the technology stack R
