Culture that values its employees' wellbeing
Culture that values its employees' wellbeing
You can find good and bad teams at any company, but the fact that there is a top-down value placed on work-life balance and employee welfare really does have an effect on team culture.
I remember my first year on my current team, we were all very overworked and stressed. In our yearly survey, our team and org put very low scores for WLB. The shift in WLB after that was honestly astonishing, and 1.5 years later, I'm still extremely happy with it.
If you're looking for the most cutting-edge tech and cream of the crop peers, I don't feel like this is the place for that. That being said, everyone is extremely intelligent. The amount of legacy technology can really make you feel stuck in the mud at times, though.
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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.
