Going downhill fast
Going downhill fast
The benefits and pay are competitive, and you'll work with other talented engineers.
Several layers of middle management have been added, and they are running the ship aground. Expect to work long hours and outside of business hours with no support or compensation.
GitHub used to regularly promote engineers for exceptional work, but that has changed. Promotions and special bonuses have been nonexistent over the past two years.
Return to the original principles that GitHub was founded on.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
