Kind colleagues but poor work-life balance and creativity
Kind colleagues but poor work-life balance and creativity
People are kind and willing to share knowledge.
3 months in and I experienced bad work-life balance.
Manager indirectly says to grow, you have to work more than 40 hours.
No space to be creative.
AI is great for speed of delivery, but a human still has to work, design and ensure code is working as expected. AI is generating a lot of unreviewed test code and there is no focus on that. If you have ambitious growth plans, you should hire more people so engineers are NOT overloaded.
Was this helpful?
Marqeta Interview Experiences
Sr. Software Engineer
The process was straightforward. It started with a technical screening which was a pair programming session with a Sr. Software Eng. After the screening they set up 4 follow-up sessions. The first was an architectural design that had questions based
Sr. Software Engineer
LeetCode medium for first phase then a relatively straightforward systems design interview. You get the system design question prior to your interview and then you discuss broader solutions / bugs in the potential system. Last part is a relatively s
Sr. Software Engineer
I had a job interview with Marqeta, and after talking to the recruiter, I was invited to the next stage, which was an online coding test. I was asked to design an LRU cache, which I did completely and tested as well. The next day, I received a rejec
Sr. Software Engineer
Oakland, CaliforniaJanuary 1, 2021The process was straightforward. It started with a technical screening which was a pair programming session with a Sr. Software Eng. After the screening they set up 4 follow-up sessions. The first was an architectural design that had questions based
Sr. Software Engineer
United StatesJune 3, 2024LeetCode medium for first phase then a relatively straightforward systems design interview. You get the system design question prior to your interview and then you discuss broader solutions / bugs in the potential system. Last part is a relatively s
Sr. Software Engineer
CanadaJune 1, 2024I had a job interview with Marqeta, and after talking to the recruiter, I was invited to the next stage, which was an online coding test. I was asked to design an LRU cache, which I did completely and tested as well. The next day, I received a rejec
