Culture of pain
Culture of pain
Good pay, challenging tech problems, and decent benefits.
Politics, open space work environments that are really crappy to work in, especially if you do work that requires focus, and crappy middle management.
Get rid of people managers who don't respect work-life balance.
Review your open office environment implementation; it sucks BIG time.
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The technical quiz asked me many hard questions related to software development and project management. The call kept losing connection, but luckily the lady was friendly about it, and we continued the interview where we left off. Overall, it was a
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Redmond, Washington, United StatesOctober 28, 2025The process started with a fairly involved technical screen, followed by a technical interview with a team member. I pulled out at this stage, but suspect that I would have been rejected anyway.
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Redmond, Washington, United StatesMay 18, 2023They were very clear about the process. The interview was expected because I'd had other interviews there before. It all went fine and was okay. I have to enter 30 words, so here I go.
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Redmond, Washington, United StatesJanuary 1, 2020The technical quiz asked me many hard questions related to software development and project management. The call kept losing connection, but luckily the lady was friendly about it, and we continued the interview where we left off. Overall, it was a
