Specifically, during my internship, the company was dealing with layoffs.
My internship was over the summer, so many people, including management, were away for Christmas/New Years.
If you're having issues with your direct manager, there are several avenues for external support. The intern management team is very good at dealing with any issues that may be popping up. Management is very open and promotes intern experimentation and initiatives, so suggest ideas and ask for more opportunities.
Screening call that was script-read by an external interviewer. Bad experience overall. They have to get through a lot of people, but the experience was really poor and felt like they didn't care at all about applicants.
It was a great process. It was very welcoming and friendly, where the interviewer was a good lead. They led me to answer questions and were interested to hear more about me.
This is pretty normal for a big tech company. Brush up on LeetCode, as they may ask you for the number of LeetCode questions done. Make a lot of side projects as well.
Screening call that was script-read by an external interviewer. Bad experience overall. They have to get through a lot of people, but the experience was really poor and felt like they didn't care at all about applicants.
It was a great process. It was very welcoming and friendly, where the interviewer was a good lead. They led me to answer questions and were interested to hear more about me.
This is pretty normal for a big tech company. Brush up on LeetCode, as they may ask you for the number of LeetCode questions done. Make a lot of side projects as well.