Cafes are great, surrounded with brilliant people.
The engineering-focused structure is vanishing.
Promotion is now according to strictly enforced quotas.
Layoffs are now a rolling reality, without connection to job performance.
Go read the founder's letter and do that.
I went through four rounds of LeetCode interviews. I was quite surprised they never asked questions about working with people. It was totally tech-focused. I will say the HR recruiter was far more human than my experience interviewing with Microsoft
Top process. Interviewer knows a lot. Location and time were good. I like to go to interviews late at night after a disco. The process consisted of 7 rounds. Doing the same LeetCode challenge.
An engaged recruiter set up what became five interviews: * Two coding and algorithms * Two systems design * One "Googleyness" and Leadership The first coding interview went well. For the next interview (systems design), the interviewer ghost
I went through four rounds of LeetCode interviews. I was quite surprised they never asked questions about working with people. It was totally tech-focused. I will say the HR recruiter was far more human than my experience interviewing with Microsoft
Top process. Interviewer knows a lot. Location and time were good. I like to go to interviews late at night after a disco. The process consisted of 7 rounds. Doing the same LeetCode challenge.
An engaged recruiter set up what became five interviews: * Two coding and algorithms * Two systems design * One "Googleyness" and Leadership The first coding interview went well. For the next interview (systems design), the interviewer ghost