I was on a fantastic team. My coworkers were wonderful, and my manager was the best I've ever had. We built a great product that was the first in its category and was successful in the marketplace.
Overall, the company has a culture of innovation that is unlike anything I've seen anywhere.
There is no vacation carryover to the next year. Though everyone gets at least 3 weeks of vacation time, 4-6 days must be used for an annual shutdown (Christmas to New Year in USA, other major holidays in other nations).
The pace was exhausting. It seemed like we were always in crunch mode. Our managers were good about reducing scope after workforce reductions cut our team in half.
Follow through on promises. Stating that a particular site is a center of excellence for networking and then dismissing the entire networking R&D team from that site a month later doesn't promote trust.
I was first asked about my experience and projects I worked on in the past. Then I was assigned two coding tasks. After that, there was a discussion about the solution I proposed.
It was very long and had six steps. Four different people interviewed me, including HR. I had to check with them what the next step was all the time. It was very tedious.
First introductory phone call around 30 minutes, in which we discussed relevant project work and academics. Second phone call for technical interview. In this call, I was asked pure technical questions which I found a little difficult.
I was first asked about my experience and projects I worked on in the past. Then I was assigned two coding tasks. After that, there was a discussion about the solution I proposed.
It was very long and had six steps. Four different people interviewed me, including HR. I had to check with them what the next step was all the time. It was very tedious.
First introductory phone call around 30 minutes, in which we discussed relevant project work and academics. Second phone call for technical interview. In this call, I was asked pure technical questions which I found a little difficult.