The salary, once adjusted for Bay Area cost of living and taxes, isn't competitive with similar positions in other locations (such as Google's Seattle office, which has similar compensation but with half rent and no state income tax).
Vacation time is very limited (3 weeks), particularly for people coming from other countries, where 4-5 weeks is usually a legal minimum. If you're moving away from your family, consider how hard it'll be to keep in touch given this limitation. Consider the fact that you're losing 1-2 weeks paid time off when you look at the compensation.
Relocation bonuses are paid after relocation, so you need to be able to pay them upfront prior to relocating.
Give employees more vacation time, particularly international employees who need to leave their families.
Make Bay Area employment more worthwhile or move teams elsewhere.
The interviews included demoing previous work I'd done (public product) and answering detailed questions about the technologies in my area of interest. Algorithmic coding on the whiteboard was also part of the process. Ultimately, I think only the al
Overall, very good. There were 4 coding interviews and 1 behavioral interview. The interviewers walked me through the questions with examples and hints. They asked me to walk through my code using their examples.
3 coding, 1 Googleyness. Focused on DS and Algos. Out of the 3 coding questions, 2 were medium and 1 was hard. I wasn't able to reach the optimal solution for the hard problem.
The interviews included demoing previous work I'd done (public product) and answering detailed questions about the technologies in my area of interest. Algorithmic coding on the whiteboard was also part of the process. Ultimately, I think only the al
Overall, very good. There were 4 coding interviews and 1 behavioral interview. The interviewers walked me through the questions with examples and hints. They asked me to walk through my code using their examples.
3 coding, 1 Googleyness. Focused on DS and Algos. Out of the 3 coding questions, 2 were medium and 1 was hard. I wasn't able to reach the optimal solution for the hard problem.