The work is interesting, and not tedious or boring. The expectations are not unreasonable. There is room to grow and expand one's skill set using the 20% time. Coworkers are amazing, and one learns a lot. Perks are pretty awesome.
It is hard to get noticed. The imposter syndrome is strong. Promotions require extraordinary work. It really sucks to be self-motivating and self-promoting. You need to get decent peer reviews from your coworkers.
Phone screen by recruiter, followed by a 45-minute phone interview, and an invitation to an onsite interview (5 interviews + lunch) afterwards. All interviews were technical and required coding, with the exception of the initial phone screen. There
This was a basic recruiting call to find out about my abilities and experience. The recruiter also took the time to explain that they were hiring for the SRE (Site Reliability Engineer) team. They asked some screening questions and asked me to rate m
Standard interview loop for big tech. There was a remote round and then several in-person rounds. LeetCode type with one system design and one behavioral. No major surprises. The only distinguishing thing is that their process is very slow.
Phone screen by recruiter, followed by a 45-minute phone interview, and an invitation to an onsite interview (5 interviews + lunch) afterwards. All interviews were technical and required coding, with the exception of the initial phone screen. There
This was a basic recruiting call to find out about my abilities and experience. The recruiter also took the time to explain that they were hiring for the SRE (Site Reliability Engineer) team. They asked some screening questions and asked me to rate m
Standard interview loop for big tech. There was a remote round and then several in-person rounds. LeetCode type with one system design and one behavioral. No major surprises. The only distinguishing thing is that their process is very slow.