Great place to work, minus the layoffs
Great place to work, minus the layoffs
- No RTO mandate. Many employees work full-time remote.
- Unlimited PTO that's taken generously.
- Healthy WLB.
- Relaxed policy on contributing to open-source projects or working on side projects.
- Relatively bottom-up. If you have an idea, you're encouraged to build it and see if it works.
- Great campus with regular events and lots of things to do.
- Health insurance is great.
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Layoffs. There have been regular layoffs since 2022.
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The additional stock given each year is not as much as at FAANG companies. After 4 years, your total compensation goes down because your yearly stock refreshes won't keep up with your initial stock grant.
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Software Engineer II
I had an OA, and then a final loop day where three rounds were scheduled back-to-back on the same day. The first round was system design, followed by LeetCode/SQL, and the final round was with a TPM manager. I think I did well, but I wasn't selected
Software Engineer II
Screening call followed by three technical interviews and one behavioral interview. All technical interviews started with one values question, and then we jumped into LC-style problem-solving. The process is language-agnostic. Design questions might
Software Engineer II
Hiring Event: * 1 OA (2 DS & Alg problems) * Final Round (virtual) - 3 rounds on DS & Alg and 1 round on System Design Heard back results after 3 days.
Software Engineer II
Redmond, Washington, United StatesAugust 1, 2025I had an OA, and then a final loop day where three rounds were scheduled back-to-back on the same day. The first round was system design, followed by LeetCode/SQL, and the final round was with a TPM manager. I think I did well, but I wasn't selected
Software Engineer II
Redmond, Washington, United StatesJune 1, 2024Screening call followed by three technical interviews and one behavioral interview. All technical interviews started with one values question, and then we jumped into LC-style problem-solving. The process is language-agnostic. Design questions might
Software Engineer II
Redmond, Washington, United StatesApril 1, 2024Hiring Event: * 1 OA (2 DS & Alg problems) * Final Round (virtual) - 3 rounds on DS & Alg and 1 round on System Design Heard back results after 3 days.
