Going from great to average
Going from great to average
Great benefits, friendly, intelligent people, fun, high impact on the world, especially at the lower levels.
Projects get canceled, often unexpectedly and seemingly arbitrarily by higher-ups many levels up that you never meet. Sometimes entire sites get closed for "business decisions," not based on the projects being worked on there, but just due to internal power struggles.
Work-life balance, 20% time, and other principles are being eroded over time. The higher up you go, the less friendly and intelligent people are, and the more like the stereotypical power-hungry, pointy-haired bosses.
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I had a phone interview that was a very strange experience. The interviewer didn't say much, totaling only five sentences for the entire interview, and didn't even tell me their name. They asked me the difference between an ArrayList and a LinkedList
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Rigorous. 6 rounds and a phone screen. The recruiter was very helpful. Interviews were tough. Rigorous. 6 rounds and a phone screen. The recruiter was very helpful. Interviews were tough.
Software Engineer
It was in May 2019. I was referred by an L7 Software Engineer from the Munich office. During the process, everything went well. HR was very positive and helpful throughout. Had one medium and one hard LeetCode problem on the interview.
Software Engineer
Seattle, Washington, United StatesMay 1, 2015I had a phone interview that was a very strange experience. The interviewer didn't say much, totaling only five sentences for the entire interview, and didn't even tell me their name. They asked me the difference between an ArrayList and a LinkedList
Software Engineer
United StatesNovember 1, 2018Rigorous. 6 rounds and a phone screen. The recruiter was very helpful. Interviews were tough. Rigorous. 6 rounds and a phone screen. The recruiter was very helpful. Interviews were tough.
Software Engineer
Munich, Bavaria, GermanyMay 1, 2019It was in May 2019. I was referred by an L7 Software Engineer from the Munich office. During the process, everything went well. HR was very positive and helpful throughout. Had one medium and one hard LeetCode problem on the interview.
