This place is very disorganized and whimsical. Favoritism is very much a thing among c-level management. Undeserving friends get positions, influence, and job security, while people that have built the system get sidelined and laid off.
They hire a bunch of great talent but can’t keep them for long because people see through the Kool-Aid pitch after a few weeks.
The company has gone through many rounds of layoffs over the last two years, each one claiming, "We got it this time and should be good for X years."
The stress at this company is very high. There's a lot of pressure to "Be the goat" while the fear of not making the cut in the next round of layoffs looms.
In all-hands meetings, they talk about the company being in a great financial position, yet high-level people keep jumping ship (even the CFO bailed with little notice), and they keep laying people off.
It used to be a fun company to work at. No way I would recommend it now.
Just be honest with people about the state of the company.
The interview consisted of one behavioral session where one of the Engineering Managers asked at a high level about skillset and previous experience. There was then an online examination which tested engineering knowledge. Then there were two more
Typical software engineering interviews, but much more conversational. The questions were usual LeetCode ones, but did not seem as nervous or stressful since the interviewers were quite nice. Some interviews ended early, but interviewers gave options
Applied via referral and recruiter screen for about 30 minutes. Followed by a technical screen of 30 minutes with the hiring manager. The interview focused on my background and a tree data structure problem.
The interview consisted of one behavioral session where one of the Engineering Managers asked at a high level about skillset and previous experience. There was then an online examination which tested engineering knowledge. Then there were two more
Typical software engineering interviews, but much more conversational. The questions were usual LeetCode ones, but did not seem as nervous or stressful since the interviewers were quite nice. Some interviews ended early, but interviewers gave options
Applied via referral and recruiter screen for about 30 minutes. Followed by a technical screen of 30 minutes with the hiring manager. The interview focused on my background and a tree data structure problem.