The corporate environment is not for everyone
The corporate environment is not for everyone
Clear growth path and promotion requirements.
On-call is stressful and not paid enough – just 10% of your rate. Things are good on paper, but hard to push real improvements. In the Identity org, boring operational work is 70-80% of time, 10-20% is communication, and a maximum of 10% is for real software engineering. I have lost most of my coding skills. Overall, I am not happy and thriving, but salary is keeping me here.
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The first round is the online coding test. After about a week, I was contacted by the recruiter and scheduled for an online coding interview the following week. According to the document, the whole process will have three to four rounds of interview
Software Engineer 2
I was told it's a general interview event where I could use any language I preferred. It turned out to be four interviewers from Azure Files, all prejudiced against code that wasn't C++. The last interview was especially awful. I was told it would
Software Engineer 2
Co-operative interviewers. Be honest about what you know and what you don't. The interviewers will steer the interview towards what you know. I had 4 rounds, but mostly they have 3 only.
Software Engineer 2
Sydney, AustraliaAugust 14, 2025The first round is the online coding test. After about a week, I was contacted by the recruiter and scheduled for an online coding interview the following week. According to the document, the whole process will have three to four rounds of interview
Software Engineer 2
United StatesJune 11, 2025I was told it's a general interview event where I could use any language I preferred. It turned out to be four interviewers from Azure Files, all prejudiced against code that wasn't C++. The last interview was especially awful. I was told it would
Software Engineer 2
IndiaAugust 20, 2024Co-operative interviewers. Be honest about what you know and what you don't. The interviewers will steer the interview towards what you know. I had 4 rounds, but mostly they have 3 only.
