Great benefits - Confused middle management
Great benefits - Confused middle management
Good work environment with good benefits.
Flexible work setup allows for different options.
Competitive atmosphere with smart people.
Sometimes confused middle management.
Multiple reorgs that affect overall business impacts of developers.
Low pay compared to top tech other companies in WA.
A lot of internal politics (in some teams).
Increase total compensation. Better planning and structure.
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Software Development Engineer (SDE) II
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Software Development Engineer (SDE) II
This was a phone screen where the interviewer asked basic questions. I was not very interested because I had just learned that 18,000 people were being laid off. One interesting question was: If a single bit has two possible values (0 or 1), how ma
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Redmond, Washington, United StatesAugust 27, 2026This was in January 2020. The process was a phone call with an easy string question, followed by a full-day interview that included LeetCode medium problems and questions about previous work. There was no system design. The final round featured 3D ma
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Redmond, Washington, United StatesAugust 9, 2024Interview Stages: * Rec Scree * Phone Screen * Onsite (LC, System Design, Manager, LC) The interview was for a specific team, so many low-level (C, C++, and OS) questions were asked.
Software Development Engineer (SDE) II
Redmond, Washington, United StatesJuly 1, 2014This was a phone screen where the interviewer asked basic questions. I was not very interested because I had just learned that 18,000 people were being laid off. One interesting question was: If a single bit has two possible values (0 or 1), how ma
