Location was at Portland, a cheap city.
A lot of non-technical managers leading software development. Quite hierarchical. Arcane build systems, tools, and methods. Close to innovation and changes to the suites. I was fresh out of college, and so was the rest of my large group. Not diverse in terms of age. Managers advised not to rock the boat. People who call these out are punished during focals, regardless of their skills. It is a hardware company; why work in a hardware company as a software engineer? Management blocks internal transfers. Previous CEO missed the iPhones; this one missed the cars.
My advice to management: they need to change.
Time-consuming and not well organized. It appeared that the company requires many guideline minimums to be met for each candidate, resulting in overhead. Some interviewers were not well prepared or indifferent.
The interview process included: * 1 Phone Screen by Hiring Manager * 3 Technical Phone Screens from Engineers * All-day on-site interview (1 Presentation, 1 lunch interview with Hiring Manager, 8 1:1 interviews with engineers) Phone screens w
There was a phone screening call first. Then, there were several (five, if I remember correctly) interviews in a row on-site, with many CS and programming theoretical questions, as well as many behavioral questions. At that time (November 2007), th
Time-consuming and not well organized. It appeared that the company requires many guideline minimums to be met for each candidate, resulting in overhead. Some interviewers were not well prepared or indifferent.
The interview process included: * 1 Phone Screen by Hiring Manager * 3 Technical Phone Screens from Engineers * All-day on-site interview (1 Presentation, 1 lunch interview with Hiring Manager, 8 1:1 interviews with engineers) Phone screens w
There was a phone screening call first. Then, there were several (five, if I remember correctly) interviews in a row on-site, with many CS and programming theoretical questions, as well as many behavioral questions. At that time (November 2007), th