Meaningful work with great benefits, but job security is low
Meaningful work with great benefits, but job security is low
You work on products that are used by millions of people. You see the impact of your work.
Benefits are great.
Layoffs target anyone, no matter their position.
Leadership is always trying to cut costs by reducing ICs, either by layoffs, high standards that eventually lead to PIP, or changing RTO policies that force employees to either relocate or find another job.
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Software Engineer II
I applied online. The process took four weeks. - Initial technical screening. - Three interviews about a week or two later. Screening and interviews included a general get-to-know-you chat and a LeetCode Easy or Medium coding question.
Software Engineer II
6 technical rounds and one AAA round. Data Structures (arrays, hashmap, graph) SQL (joins, partition) System Design (scaling, caching, partition) Behavioral (given a situation, examples of your failure and success)
Software Engineer II
I applied online and received an email from the recruiter after a week. This was for a hiring manager technical screening, which ended up being just a medium LeetCode question with one of the team members.
Software Engineer II
September 3, 2026I applied online. The process took four weeks. - Initial technical screening. - Three interviews about a week or two later. Screening and interviews included a general get-to-know-you chat and a LeetCode Easy or Medium coding question.
Software Engineer II
IndiaJuly 6, 20226 technical rounds and one AAA round. Data Structures (arrays, hashmap, graph) SQL (joins, partition) System Design (scaling, caching, partition) Behavioral (given a situation, examples of your failure and success)
Software Engineer II
United StatesJanuary 1, 2024I applied online and received an email from the recruiter after a week. This was for a hiring manager technical screening, which ended up being just a medium LeetCode question with one of the team members.
