Great Tech, Toxic Management
Great Tech, Toxic Management
Remote working, exciting technology, nice peers, community involvement, a fantastic handbook. The CEO is great.
Inexperienced and unprofessional management. Micro-management of staff. Controlling. Staff don't live up to the values of the CEO and the handbook. Minimal feedback and interaction between line manager and staff. Lack of personal development. Primarily US-based company, so expect many late-hour meetings when in EMEA and Asia, although GitLab claims no need to attend meetings (not true, at least not if you want to be part of the team). Unstable infrastructure. Poor planning. Poor staff contingency planning. Unrealistic deadlines. Evaluation of staff accomplishments is inconsistent.
Improve management by hiring experienced managers.
Turn managers into leaders instead of task pushers.
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GitLab Interview Experiences
Senior Site Reliability Engineer
6 interviews, as I changed to a different role after the 4th. Manager, technical focused on the first role. Peer engineer, senior manager interviews. I then completed an additional manager and technical interview, more focused on SRE.
Senior Site Reliability Engineer
The interview process was rather drawn out and frustrating. The whole process was 3 interviews but took 2 months to complete. The first interview was with the recruiter, the second was with the hiring manager, and the third was a technical interview
Software Engineer
Pretty straightforward interview, which is on their handbook. Initial screening, then reviewing a merge request. Technical was with the hiring manager, which is a mix of technical and behavioral. Practice more STAR format questions for this stage.
Senior Site Reliability Engineer
London, EnglandMarch 25, 20256 interviews, as I changed to a different role after the 4th. Manager, technical focused on the first role. Peer engineer, senior manager interviews. I then completed an additional manager and technical interview, more focused on SRE.
Senior Site Reliability Engineer
Toronto, Ontario, CanadaMay 1, 2024The interview process was rather drawn out and frustrating. The whole process was 3 interviews but took 2 months to complete. The first interview was with the recruiter, the second was with the hiring manager, and the third was a technical interview
Software Engineer
KenyaNovember 3, 2025Pretty straightforward interview, which is on their handbook. Initial screening, then reviewing a merge request. Technical was with the hiring manager, which is a mix of technical and behavioral. Practice more STAR format questions for this stage.
