Incredibly intelligent people, values people, tons to learn, but high stress
Incredibly intelligent people, values people, tons to learn, but high stress
The people are by far the biggest pro, and what keeps most people around. They are very well-rounded and intelligent people. If you perform well and are assertive, you will feel very valued and heard. You'll get exposure to lots of different technologies and a really good development of soft skills. They thrive for quality in their people, and it shows.
Poor work-life balance.
Face-time culture.
Stress for deadlines leads to rushed development of processes that results in issues maintaining and improving for the future.
Pay more attention to the quality of technology. Do not let bureaucracy influence important decisions in the technology stack.
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Two separate coding interviews with an interviewer. One day consisting of two coding/design interviews and one leadership interview. No feedback was given at all after the final round. The recruiter ghosted me even after I emailed them for a follow
Software Engineer
HR contacted me from the UK. After that, I had a live coding test with a very young interviewer who didn't even know JavaScript. It was more like teaching the interviewer than having a test. He didn't even understand how my program worked, although
Software Engineer
I applied from the university career fair and got an interview in a week. It was a behavioral interview. They asked questions related to my resume, and one question about who my idol is. Nothing related to computer science was asked.
Software Engineer
London, United KingdomSeptember 19, 2021Two separate coding interviews with an interviewer. One day consisting of two coding/design interviews and one leadership interview. No feedback was given at all after the final round. The recruiter ghosted me even after I emailed them for a follow
Software Engineer
Singapore, SingaporeJune 1, 2022HR contacted me from the UK. After that, I had a live coding test with a very young interviewer who didn't even know JavaScript. It was more like teaching the interviewer than having a test. He didn't even understand how my program worked, although
Software Engineer
United StatesJanuary 26, 2016I applied from the university career fair and got an interview in a week. It was a behavioral interview. They asked questions related to my resume, and one question about who my idol is. Nothing related to computer science was asked.
