Software Engineer Interview Experience - Boston, Massachusetts
Process
I applied through a recruiter.
They have a very frustrating interview process. After the initial screening, which may or may not happen twice, they have a take-home programming quiz where you're probably going to spend hours on random things like setting up a git repo and a build system, after you create an account on their favorite cloud git service. Then they have an additional interview with some engineer who will totally ignore the programming quiz. Finally, you'll do a day's worth of yet more interviews where you'll talk with more engineers and the founders. Scheduling is a mess, and there is a total disregard for your time. There are other companies that will value you more.
Questions
Implement a convolution layer three ways.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Lightmatter Software Engineer role in Boston, Massachusetts.
Success Rate
Lightmatter's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in Boston, Massachusetts is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very negative feelings for Lightmatter's Software Engineer interview process in Boston, Massachusetts.
Lightmatter Work Experiences
- 2.0Lack of leadership and management transparencySoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeJuly 8, 2022Pros: - Excellent group interdisciplinary domain leadership. - Culture is of honesty, and compassion. - Innovative technology and excellent potential.Cons: - Lack of upper level leadership. Dictatorship with no experience in production based products. - Leadership does not understand the difference between a science experiment and a product. - Leadership discounts the expertise of workers. - Does not offer competitive pay, thus will never be able to hire or retain top talent. TC is typically half of what is offered in other companies. -
- 2.0Cannot recommendSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeJune 30, 2022Pros: The technical staff are overall very competent and solid. (But I don't know whether this can be maintained in spite of turnover.)Cons: Software leadership is incompetent and toxic, kissing up and kicking down. Leaders insist on making poor decisions, then pass blame when results are bad. Salary compensation is really low compared to what one can get elsewhere. To make up for this, offers are accompanied by manipulative "sales tactics" around the future value of one's equity.
- 5.0Great company doing cool stuffSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeMarch 28, 2022Pros: This is a great company to work for.Cons: There are none that I can list here.
