Learning Curve, But Promotions Biased
Learning Curve, But Promotions Biased
You will learn a lot about the business function you are embedded in.
Everything is a priority.
Regional bias plays into promotions. More junior staff in high-value locations are promoted more quickly than staff in NY or London.
The ranking of individuals by management and the subsequent elimination of the bottom 5%-10% causes people to continually look over their shoulders.
Eliminate the ranking of individuals.
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Vice President Engineering
A recruiter contacted me via LinkedIn and set up a phone screen. The technical phone interview used a coding tool, and the questions were of easy/average difficulty. Note that at GS, the VP Engineering position is similar to a Senior Software Engin
Data Engineer
2 Medium DSA Questions: 1. On Hashmap: Simple iteration over an array and searching the hashmap. 2. Shortest Path Algorithm: Finding the source to destination in minimum steps. Follow-up questions included time complexity and how the approach coul
Software Engineer
Two coding questions of easy-medium level. The interviewer was very friendly and made me comfortable. One question was based on hash maps, and the other was a math-based problem involving rotation in a cycle.
Vice President Engineering
New York, New York, United StatesNovember 1, 2017A recruiter contacted me via LinkedIn and set up a phone screen. The technical phone interview used a coding tool, and the questions were of easy/average difficulty. Note that at GS, the VP Engineering position is similar to a Senior Software Engin
Data Engineer
New York, New York, United StatesJune 26, 20252 Medium DSA Questions: 1. On Hashmap: Simple iteration over an array and searching the hashmap. 2. Shortest Path Algorithm: Finding the source to destination in minimum steps. Follow-up questions included time complexity and how the approach coul
Software Engineer
New York, New York, United StatesApril 23, 2025Two coding questions of easy-medium level. The interviewer was very friendly and made me comfortable. One question was based on hash maps, and the other was a math-based problem involving rotation in a cycle.
