Best pay and benefits you can get in the UK tech sector from mid to senior IC positions.
The performance review tends to set employees against each other. Although it's not everywhere, as some teams manage to create great collectives, the status quo always degenerates into a rat race where you do not know whether your colleagues are peers or competitors. It's very toxic.
There is no accountability from leadership. From mid to C-Level, they cannot figure out a proper strategy, avoid making decisions, and then blame ICs for poor performance. (Heard of the year of efficiency, increased intensity, yeah, all that.)
The company is the most US-centric, which treats London like a dumpster for projects Americans do not want to do and takes away successful projects created here.
The tech stack is all internal, so it can set your career back in certain domains like data and ML.
I think they would not care. There is too much hubris and entitlement there.
HR Call The HR call focused on my background, motivation for applying, and interest in the company. We discussed my career goals, cultural fit, work authorization, and expectations around salary, role scope, and timeline. 1st Coding (2 Tasks) The fi
Just an intro screening call with a recruiter who contacted me on LinkedIn, without follow-up. I think because they were looking for more years of experience for a senior role. Asked how I worked with RAG.
First technical round. Two medium LeetCode-style questions. Screen sharing was on. Both introduced each other. Then we proceeded with the interview. Didn’t get an offer because of some paperwork.
HR Call The HR call focused on my background, motivation for applying, and interest in the company. We discussed my career goals, cultural fit, work authorization, and expectations around salary, role scope, and timeline. 1st Coding (2 Tasks) The fi
Just an intro screening call with a recruiter who contacted me on LinkedIn, without follow-up. I think because they were looking for more years of experience for a senior role. Asked how I worked with RAG.
First technical round. Two medium LeetCode-style questions. Screen sharing was on. Both introduced each other. Then we proceeded with the interview. Didn’t get an offer because of some paperwork.