Life360

Senior Software Engineer Interview Experience - San Jose, California

July 1, 2020

Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I was contacted by a recruiter for positions at Life 360.

It was followed by a call from the Hiring Manager, followed by a 1-hour technical interview. When asked for feedback during the technical round, the interviewer gave very positive feedback, saying I did great with a few improvements.

There was no response from the company or recruiter for 4 days. When I followed up, the recruiter told me that they want to move forward with the next round of interviews and will schedule it soon.

I waited for 6 days with no activity from either the company or the recruiter. When I followed up again, the recruiter told me that the company decided not to move on with my application.

The process is extremely slow, and I was not given a relevant reason for rejection. I had to keep following up with them to get updates. A very annoying experience.

Questions

Validate and group anagrams together, and include test cases related to it.

Define an API for the same.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Life360 Senior Software Engineer role in San Jose, California.

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Life360's interview process for their Senior Software Engineer roles in San Jose, California is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

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Candidates reported having very negative feelings for Life360's Senior Software Engineer interview process in San Jose, California.

Life360 Work Experiences

Good company!

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

January 17, 2023

Pros: - Good processes - Good people

Cons: - No cons - No cons

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

January 17, 2023

Pros: - Good processes - Good people

Cons: - No cons - No cons

Great place to work

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

November 8, 2022

Pros: Great culture and people with good perks.

Cons: Nothing that I can think of right now

Great place to work

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

November 8, 2022

Pros: Great culture and people with good perks.

Cons: Nothing that I can think of right now

Engineering is a trash with favoritism written all over it

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

San Francisco, CA

February 17, 2020

Pros: The product has a huge user base, but it's not a rocket science technology to replicate. Apple has been very unhappy with what Life360 is doing so far, and Apple engineers and teams are aware.

Cons: Mobile leadership is a complete let down. People of a certain race and men were favored. If you are a female engineer and have issues with these favorites, please cry inside the restroom. You would get a bad review through your manager claiming that you are very sensitive. If the favorites get aggressive and exhibit unprofessional behavior, live with it. The mobile leadership would threaten to fire the entire team for these favorites. There were instances of management secretly spying on their colleagues with their very own app features to prove how bad this favoritism exists. This might sound crazy, but yes, it did happen. Bad engineers: - Staff engineers who are old school were hired as friends of the cofounders. - Now they are messing up the engineering roadmap with their own ideas. - Engineers who do nothing but talk enough are plenty here. - Some end up being favorites to the leadership team. - They would go on countless vacations like they are paid for all of it and still get a promotion. Bad acquisition: - Rotten apples come together as a group. - The leadership in San Diego knows how to play politics and get away with it. - They are known for adding code into the repository that has nothing but bugs written all over it. - The San Diego leadership team likes to hire favorites even if the team in SF who interviews say no to these favorites. - The San Diego leadership hides secrets related to technology (hello PathSense, you have been acquired, act like one) and trains the employees in San Diego on how to behave in San Francisco, especially in front of the HR. - Even though they are part of Life360, they act like they are their own pack of wolves. A lot of fake reviews could be seen on Glassdoor from the HR. They hired enough people to write these fake reviews. Please be wary and do your own mindful research elsewhere before you even consider interviewing with this company. One of the very old reviews would have mentioned that engineering is a revolving door. This is quite true and painful that it still happens after 4 years.

Engineering is a trash with favoritism written all over it

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

San Francisco, CA

February 17, 2020

Pros: The product has a huge user base, but it's not a rocket science technology to replicate. Apple has been very unhappy with what Life360 is doing so far, and Apple engineers and teams are aware.

Cons: Mobile leadership is a complete let down. People of a certain race and men were favored. If you are a female engineer and have issues with these favorites, please cry inside the restroom. You would get a bad review through your manager claiming that you are very sensitive. If the favorites get aggressive and exhibit unprofessional behavior, live with it. The mobile leadership would threaten to fire the entire team for these favorites. There were instances of management secretly spying on their colleagues with their very own app features to prove how bad this favoritism exists. This might sound crazy, but yes, it did happen. Bad engineers: - Staff engineers who are old school were hired as friends of the cofounders. - Now they are messing up the engineering roadmap with their own ideas. - Engineers who do nothing but talk enough are plenty here. - Some end up being favorites to the leadership team. - They would go on countless vacations like they are paid for all of it and still get a promotion. Bad acquisition: - Rotten apples come together as a group. - The leadership in San Diego knows how to play politics and get away with it. - They are known for adding code into the repository that has nothing but bugs written all over it. - The San Diego leadership team likes to hire favorites even if the team in SF who interviews say no to these favorites. - The San Diego leadership hides secrets related to technology (hello PathSense, you have been acquired, act like one) and trains the employees in San Diego on how to behave in San Francisco, especially in front of the HR. - Even though they are part of Life360, they act like they are their own pack of wolves. A lot of fake reviews could be seen on Glassdoor from the HR. They hired enough people to write these fake reviews. Please be wary and do your own mindful research elsewhere before you even consider interviewing with this company. One of the very old reviews would have mentioned that engineering is a revolving door. This is quite true and painful that it still happens after 4 years.

Good company!

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

January 17, 2023

Pros: - Good processes - Good people

Cons: - No cons - No cons

5.0
Good company!
Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee
January 17, 2023
Pros: - Good processes - Good people
Cons: - No cons - No cons

Great place to work

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

November 8, 2022

Pros: Great culture and people with good perks.

Cons: Nothing that I can think of right now

5.0
Great place to work
Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee
November 8, 2022
Pros: Great culture and people with good perks.
Cons: Nothing that I can think of right now

Engineering is a trash with favoritism written all over it

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

San Francisco, CA

February 17, 2020

Pros: The product has a huge user base, but it's not a rocket science technology to replicate. Apple has been very unhappy with what Life360 is doing so far, and Apple engineers and teams are aware.

Cons: Mobile leadership is a complete let down. People of a certain race and men were favored. If you are a female engineer and have issues with these favorites, please cry inside the restroom. You would get a bad review through your manager claiming that you are very sensitive. If the favorites get aggressive and exhibit unprofessional behavior, live with it. The mobile leadership would threaten to fire the entire team for these favorites. There were instances of management secretly spying on their colleagues with their very own app features to prove how bad this favoritism exists. This might sound crazy, but yes, it did happen. Bad engineers: - Staff engineers who are old school were hired as friends of the cofounders. - Now they are messing up the engineering roadmap with their own ideas. - Engineers who do nothing but talk enough are plenty here. - Some end up being favorites to the leadership team. - They would go on countless vacations like they are paid for all of it and still get a promotion. Bad acquisition: - Rotten apples come together as a group. - The leadership in San Diego knows how to play politics and get away with it. - They are known for adding code into the repository that has nothing but bugs written all over it. - The San Diego leadership team likes to hire favorites even if the team in SF who interviews say no to these favorites. - The San Diego leadership hides secrets related to technology (hello PathSense, you have been acquired, act like one) and trains the employees in San Diego on how to behave in San Francisco, especially in front of the HR. - Even though they are part of Life360, they act like they are their own pack of wolves. A lot of fake reviews could be seen on Glassdoor from the HR. They hired enough people to write these fake reviews. Please be wary and do your own mindful research elsewhere before you even consider interviewing with this company. One of the very old reviews would have mentioned that engineering is a revolving door. This is quite true and painful that it still happens after 4 years.

1.0
Engineering is a trash with favoritism written all over it
Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee
San Francisco, CA
February 17, 2020
Pros: The product has a huge user base, but it's not a rocket science technology to replicate. Apple has been very unhappy with what Life360 is doing so far, and Apple engineers and teams are aware.
Cons: Mobile leadership is a complete let down. People of a certain race and men were favored. If you are a female engineer and have issues with these favorites, please cry inside the restroom. You would get a bad review through your manager claiming that you are very sensitive. If the favorites get aggressive and exhibit unprofessional behavior, live with it. The mobile leadership would threaten to fire the entire team for these favorites. There were instances of management secretly spying on their colleagues with their very own app features to prove how bad this favoritism exists. This might sound crazy, but yes, it did happen. Bad engineers: - Staff engineers who are old school were hired as friends of the cofounders. - Now they are messing up the engineering roadmap with their own ideas. - Engineers who do nothing but talk enough are plenty here. - Some end up being favorites to the leadership team. - They would go on countless vacations like they are paid for all of it and still get a promotion. Bad acquisition: - Rotten apples come together as a group. - The leadership in San Diego knows how to play politics and get away with it. - They are known for adding code into the repository that has nothing but bugs written all over it. - The San Diego leadership team likes to hire favorites even if the team in SF who interviews say no to these favorites. - The San Diego leadership hides secrets related to technology (hello PathSense, you have been acquired, act like one) and trains the employees in San Diego on how to behave in San Francisco, especially in front of the HR. - Even though they are part of Life360, they act like they are their own pack of wolves. A lot of fake reviews could be seen on Glassdoor from the HR. They hired enough people to write these fake reviews. Please be wary and do your own mindful research elsewhere before you even consider interviewing with this company. One of the very old reviews would have mentioned that engineering is a revolving door. This is quite true and painful that it still happens after 4 years.

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