Great pay and benefits. The work has impact, but you can be bogged down by process frequently
Great pay and benefits. The work has impact, but you can be bogged down by process frequently
You have immense resources, and your work can have an impact on literally billions of people.
The benefits are great, and the pay is more than competitive.
The many layers of management and the size of the company can make getting things done difficult and time-consuming. When you work for a company that has over 90,000 employees and over a billion customers, your impact can be huge, which requires great care. Therefore, you spend more than half of your time planning rather than executing.
Try to remove some of the layers of management and oversight to enable employees to get their work done quicker.
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SWE Intern
Had 3 interviews focused on LeetCode-style problems. The questions were quite easy; one was about dynamic programming, and some other questions were about linked lists. They were Easy/Medium difficulty. Each interview was around 45 minutes long.
Software Engineer
I got the invitation link, completed and passed every test case successfully, but surprisingly received a rejection the following week without any clear explanation, even though my performance met all expectations.
Software Development Engineer (SDE) II
The onsite consisted of two system design questions and two technical questions. These rounds were back to back and weren't actually ordered. I thought I was going to be doing technical first, but was hit with design at the start.
SWE Intern
Seattle, Washington, United StatesNovember 9, 2025Had 3 interviews focused on LeetCode-style problems. The questions were quite easy; one was about dynamic programming, and some other questions were about linked lists. They were Easy/Medium difficulty. Each interview was around 45 minutes long.
Software Engineer
Seattle, Washington, United StatesNovember 5, 2025I got the invitation link, completed and passed every test case successfully, but surprisingly received a rejection the following week without any clear explanation, even though my performance met all expectations.
Software Development Engineer (SDE) II
Seattle, Washington, United StatesNovember 5, 2025The onsite consisted of two system design questions and two technical questions. These rounds were back to back and weren't actually ordered. I thought I was going to be doing technical first, but was hit with design at the start.
