Some great people - bad everything else
Some great people - bad everything else
I've met a lot of great people at Handshake. Frequent chances to meet co-workers in person.
- Crazy, boring work.
- Management thinks the company is more relevant than it actually is. Asif has been quoted as wanting to hire former engineers from LinkedIn, but everyone thinks it's a joke because Handshake doesn't pay competitive engineering salaries.
- Low quality control with code. Handshake had to pause new features for two weeks in 2023 because there were so many bugs being reported.
- Management is catty and constantly talks poorly about other managers/leaders.
- LOW PAY.
- Aloof and distant CEO. Garrett didn't even bother showing up to engineering week.
- The company is irresponsible with money. Handshake had layoffs but is still sending out merch, held engineering week in SF, and is having quarterly org meetups with open bars.
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Handshake Interview Experiences
Entry Level Software Engineer
4 rounds. 1 phone screening, 1 technical screening, 1 peer coding session, 1 behavioral with management. All rounds were fairly easy besides the peer coding session, which was 2.5 hours long with 2 engineers from the company. Passed all rounds exce
Associate Software Engineer
1. Recruiter Phone Screen: Talk about your resume, experience, and how it aligns with the role. 2. Technical Virtual On-Site Interview: Pair programming with two software engineers at Handshake to implement features of a web app in a stack of your c
ML Engineer
1 ML coding section, then the virtual onsite containing 3 design sections. (I am just interviewing for a senior position, but it seems to me the loop is for senior staff level.)
Entry Level Software Engineer
San Francisco, California, United StatesJuly 16, 20254 rounds. 1 phone screening, 1 technical screening, 1 peer coding session, 1 behavioral with management. All rounds were fairly easy besides the peer coding session, which was 2.5 hours long with 2 engineers from the company. Passed all rounds exce
Associate Software Engineer
San Francisco, California, United StatesJanuary 1, 20251. Recruiter Phone Screen: Talk about your resume, experience, and how it aligns with the role. 2. Technical Virtual On-Site Interview: Pair programming with two software engineers at Handshake to implement features of a web app in a stack of your c
ML Engineer
San Francisco, California, United StatesNovember 1, 20231 ML coding section, then the virtual onsite containing 3 design sections. (I am just interviewing for a senior position, but it seems to me the loop is for senior staff level.)
