Friendly Team, Flawed Interviews
Friendly Team, Flawed Interviews
Great people in terms of friendliness and likability.
Interview questions have nothing to do with assessing skills or talent. They would do well to provide an assignment for technical assessment, use questionnaires, and dive deep into what the candidate has achieved and, most importantly, assess the candidate's proclivity to excel.
Hire candidates based on proclivity to excel versus current interview methodology.
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Senior Software Engineer
The team manager interviewed me and asked initial basic questions for about 15 minutes. Then, they started technical questions related to solving a coding problem. They were very motivating and encouraging, helping me on some parts of the code to ful
Senior Software Engineer
Online test, then an in-person interview in Redmond, WA. All travel expenses, including airfare, hotel, and daily meals, were covered by the employer. The campus was nice and big, and I met friendly people there.
Senior Software Engineer
At first, I was enrolled in their internal employee referral system, thanks to the help of my friends. A month later, I was told that my resume hadn't raised any interest, and I thought I had been rejected. However, days after that, another recruiter
Senior Software Engineer
Redmond, Washington, United StatesMay 1, 2024The team manager interviewed me and asked initial basic questions for about 15 minutes. Then, they started technical questions related to solving a coding problem. They were very motivating and encouraging, helping me on some parts of the code to ful
Senior Software Engineer
Redmond, Washington, United StatesJune 1, 2017Online test, then an in-person interview in Redmond, WA. All travel expenses, including airfare, hotel, and daily meals, were covered by the employer. The campus was nice and big, and I met friendly people there.
Senior Software Engineer
Redmond, Washington, United StatesJanuary 1, 2016At first, I was enrolled in their internal employee referral system, thanks to the help of my friends. A month later, I was told that my resume hadn't raised any interest, and I thought I had been rejected. However, days after that, another recruiter
