Great company if you fit the culture
Great company if you fit the culture
Fantastic facilities Abundant resources Very smart coworkers who are team players High morals Complete independence and trust for employees Lots of opportunities
Focus on documentation over accomplishment.
Waterfall development.
Everything is overly planned, with a lot of energy spent on getting consensus.
Everything is bottom-up, with little direction from management.
Questions are answered by pointing you in the right direction instead of giving you the answer.
Incredibly long ramp-up times.
Everything is done differently, with unique tools.
Introduce more top-down coordination, planning, and standardization.
Adopt agile methodology and focus on what is done, not the documentation around what was done.
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Software Engineer (Swe II)
Very thorough and detailed, high constructive interview process, but it was 8 years ago. I'm pretty sure things have changed a lot since then. Had 6 rounds of interviews: 4 coding, 1 behavioral, and 1 thesis discussion.
Software Engineer (Swe II)
Received an online assessment shortly after submitting the application. Completed the OA but did not pass. The company communicated the result promptly, and the overall process—from application to final response—was straightforward and efficiently ma
Software Engineer (Swe II)
Pretty straightforward, with some difficult questions. You need to prepare extensively in order to get the role. I would make sure you study hard for these kinds of positions, as they take candidates seriously.
Software Engineer (Swe II)
Sunnyvale, California, United StatesFebruary 20, 2025Very thorough and detailed, high constructive interview process, but it was 8 years ago. I'm pretty sure things have changed a lot since then. Had 6 rounds of interviews: 4 coding, 1 behavioral, and 1 thesis discussion.
Software Engineer (Swe II)
San Francisco, California, United StatesNovember 19, 2025Received an online assessment shortly after submitting the application. Completed the OA but did not pass. The company communicated the result promptly, and the overall process—from application to final response—was straightforward and efficiently ma
Software Engineer (Swe II)
New York, New York, United StatesOctober 26, 2025Pretty straightforward, with some difficult questions. You need to prepare extensively in order to get the role. I would make sure you study hard for these kinds of positions, as they take candidates seriously.
