The worst place you can be as a software engineer
The worst place you can be as a software engineer
Nice view of the city from the top floor of Warsaw Spire.
- No work-life balance at all.
- Never-ending calls and meetings you don't care about.
- Your boss doesn't care about technology at all. You may be working with a very old tech stack, and nobody cares about it.
- Your boss will be from India, the US, or the UK, not Poland. The bottom line is that you will not be promoted to a significant managerial position unless you relocate there.
- Warsaw is just a back office. Forget about the most interesting projects carried out in the company.
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Associate Software Engineer
I had five hour-long sessions via Zoom. Each session involved me versus two people from the team I was applying to join. One session was live coding on a shared code page, one session focused on demonstrating refactoring skills, and another was for
Associate Software Engineer
They are assigning a software engineer for the interview, where their motive seems to be rejection only. Even if you answer correctly, they will try to find baseless loopholes. For example, if you are using Java's ArrayList, they might ask, "What if
Associate Software Engineer
Received two LeetCode questions to complete in an hour, one at a time. Not a lot of small talk. Practice LeetCode a lot; that will help you get through the first stage.
Associate Software Engineer
Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, PolandMarch 1, 2020I had five hour-long sessions via Zoom. Each session involved me versus two people from the team I was applying to join. One session was live coding on a shared code page, one session focused on demonstrating refactoring skills, and another was for
Associate Software Engineer
Hyderābād, Telangana, IndiaMarch 1, 2022They are assigning a software engineer for the interview, where their motive seems to be rejection only. Even if you answer correctly, they will try to find baseless loopholes. For example, if you are using Java's ArrayList, they might ask, "What if
Associate Software Engineer
United KingdomJuly 23, 2025Received two LeetCode questions to complete in an hour, one at a time. Not a lot of small talk. Practice LeetCode a lot; that will help you get through the first stage.
