One can work on great products. The pay is OK. No micromanagement (in the team I work with, this of course varies greatly by team). Pretty much every upper-level manager was an engineer before stepping into management roles; they understand products and they understand the work that goes on in the trenches.
The location of the main Gdańsk office is horrible – a long commute. It's a boring building outside the city with boring rows of employee desks in open spaces. There are no colors, and you can't open the windows. It's like a cattle farm, but I guess that is normal for such US companies.
The second (much smaller) office in Gdańsk is in a pretty good location in the center, though.
Next time you open an office in Europe, please consider doing it inside a city.
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A panel of four people asked very poor questions, yet they seemed to believe they were brilliant for asking them. They requested specific details about a company I previously worked for, which would have constituted a breach of my confidentiality agr
The 1-on-1 interview process was quite okay. Look out for all-around skills. Questions covered general DBMS, OOPS, and .NET technologies. Some SQL queries were also asked. Then, an HR round followed. Be truthful with your answers. Common questions
In total, there was one telephonic interview and four on-site interviews. None of them were technical; they focused on discussing my resume and previous projects. The interviews were very relaxed, and the interviewers were more interested in how I ap