Great place to work with brilliant individual contributors, but less than stellar middle management
Great place to work with brilliant individual contributors, but less than stellar middle management
Every day is a new learning at work. The people around, especially the individual contributors, are mostly very smart. There is hardly any day when you don't feel like you are being challenged.
Leadership can sometimes hold you back.
Too many people who have been here for a really long time are occupying positions in middle management without making much of a difference to the product or people.
Many of these people are too rigid to change and are opposed to any semblance of change.
This is usually the source of slower innovation.
I am, however, optimistic with the arrival of Satya. He is making the right noises and backing it up with some sound decisions.
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Senior Software Development Engineer Lead
Phone call - reviewing my CV 1st one-on-one meeting was scheduled. A few days later, it was 1.5 hours long. In the meeting, I was asked to detail the architecture of a project I was working on, plus all kinds of questions about it (e.g., "How did yo
Software Engineer
The interview process began with an online tech screening by a recruiter, followed by an online assessment. The onsite interview consisted of 4-5 back-to-back sessions held on the same day. Online assessments were typically conducted on common platfo
Software Engineer
Mostly basic data structure and algorithm questions, with a few rounds and some behavioral questions as well. Interviewed with all different people. They were relatively speedy in scheduling each interview and were considerate of my time.
Senior Software Development Engineer Lead
IsraelMarch 19, 2014Phone call - reviewing my CV 1st one-on-one meeting was scheduled. A few days later, it was 1.5 hours long. In the meeting, I was asked to detail the architecture of a project I was working on, plus all kinds of questions about it (e.g., "How did yo
Software Engineer
Bellevue, Washington, United StatesJanuary 22, 2025The interview process began with an online tech screening by a recruiter, followed by an online assessment. The onsite interview consisted of 4-5 back-to-back sessions held on the same day. Online assessments were typically conducted on common platfo
Software Engineer
Bellevue, Washington, United StatesJuly 16, 2024Mostly basic data structure and algorithm questions, with a few rounds and some behavioral questions as well. Interviewed with all different people. They were relatively speedy in scheduling each interview and were considerate of my time.
