Process
From an engagement perspective, the process was very positive. The recruiter was engaged, quick to respond, and rescheduled when needed. There were a few interviews, ranging from technical to a management "deep dive" as they call it.
Management Interviews:
Speak about your management style, give us examples, and provide data to support your past decisions. Nothing out of the ordinary.
Technical Interviews:
Design a distributed system to handle some of the filters on the Indeed.com page. This felt a bit unreasonable. As I was going through the interview, the interviewer gave me reason to believe he already had a solution in mind, and I somehow needed to read his mind. It was an uncomfortable interview, biased towards the interviewer's point of view. Besides, when was the last time you actually got to design a distributed system from scratch?
The next part of the interview was a code review. It was some kind of simple code to review, but if you do not code every day, don't expect to pass this either. The same feeling persisted: the technical interviews were one-sided and biased towards the interviewer's opinion. It seems like a hit or miss based on who does the interviews. In my opinion, this is a failing in the Indeed hiring process.
Questions
Technical Interviews: Design a distributed system to handle some of the filters on the indeed.com page. This was a bit unreasonable. During the interview, the interviewer gave me reason to believe he already had a solution in mind, and I somehow needed to read his mind. It was an uncomfortable interview, feeling very biased towards the interviewer's point of view. Besides, when was the last time you actually got to design a distributed system from scratch?
The next part of the interview was a code review. It was some kind of simple code to review, but if you do not code every day, don't expect to pass this either. I had the same feeling: the technical interviews are one-sided and biased towards the opinion of the interviewer. It seems to be a hit or miss, depending on who does the interviews. In my opinion, it's a fail in the Indeed hiring process.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Indeed SRE Manager role in Austin, Texas.
Success Rate
Indeed's interview process for their SRE Manager roles in Austin, Texas is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very negative feelings for Indeed's SRE Manager interview process in Austin, Texas.
Indeed Work Experiences
- 4.0A great company to work for and learn fromQA Engineer • Current EmployeeAustin, Texas, United StatesJuly 17, 2020Pros: Free food and drinks, great benefits.Cons: Lots of restructuring at times, causing stress.
- 4.0Good company to work at and learnSoftware Engineer II • Current EmployeeAustin, Texas, United StatesJanuary 12, 2024Pros: Great work-life balance. Awesome co-workers.Cons: Poor to decent pay. Senior leadership could be way better.
- 1.0It used to be the best place I've ever workedStaff Software Engineer • Current EmployeeAustin, Texas, United StatesJuly 9, 2024Pros: - Great teammates. - Line managers are usually great. - Benefits: unlimited PTO, 6 months parental leave, great insurance. - History of openness means that long-time employees are not shy about calling out bad decisions.Cons: - Reorganizations happen at least once per year, leaving teams without direction for literal months. - SLT is not held accountable for mistakes. - The company claims to be a tech company but hasn't had a CTO in over a year without looking. - Controversial changes are announced at the last minute and are usually half-baked (e.g., review process changes the week of reviews). - SLT frequently denies reality despite written evidence (e.g., there is stack ranking, but leaders repeatedly deny it when confronted in all-hands meetings). - There is still too much middle management, even after layoffs; many have no idea about reality "on the ground," and it really shows at the VP+ levels. - Benefits are slowly being rolled back.
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