Great in HQ, bad in Silicon Valley
Great in HQ, bad in Silicon Valley
Smart people Great technology Lots of learning resources Many internal job opportunities in HQ
Too much process overhead for a well-established team.
Too much bureaucracy in some big organizations.
Unreasonably enforced curve for performance review.
Extremely hard to climb up the ladder in some big money-making groups.
For an IC role, experience doesn't matter much. Some groups even prefer new graduates.
Reward hard-working talent, drop the dumb curve. Save time from ridiculous, time-consuming calibration. Treat talent with respect. Cut some stupid processes that are used just to show some non-technical managers did work.
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I had a phone interview with the hiring manager. He was really nice and supportive. He asked questions about my background and what I do at my current company. I explained it well. Then, there was a coding question: write a program to add a node to
Software Development Engineer II
I submitted my resume at a campus career fair and heard back a couple of weeks later to schedule an on-campus interview. The on-campus interview was a half hour long and included two questions: * Given two nodes in a tree, find their lowest common a
Software Development Engineer II
It was a full-day experience with four technical rounds. The interview process was slow, but fortunately, it was completed in one day. Arrive early at the venue to ensure all processes are finished on the same day.
Software Development Engineer II
Bellevue, Washington, United StatesMay 1, 2013I had a phone interview with the hiring manager. He was really nice and supportive. He asked questions about my background and what I do at my current company. I explained it well. Then, there was a coding question: write a program to add a node to
Software Development Engineer II
United StatesDecember 13, 2013I submitted my resume at a campus career fair and heard back a couple of weeks later to schedule an on-campus interview. The on-campus interview was a half hour long and included two questions: * Given two nodes in a tree, find their lowest common a
Software Development Engineer II
Gurgaon, Haryana, IndiaMay 1, 2016It was a full-day experience with four technical rounds. The interview process was slow, but fortunately, it was completed in one day. Arrive early at the venue to ensure all processes are finished on the same day.
