Good place to broaden and deepen skills, and participate in the development of a wide range of products
Good place to broaden and deepen skills, and participate in the development of a wide range of products
Opportunity to work on a wide range of technologies and products.
Working through a couple of release cycles on big projects helps build a wide range of skills, essential for shipping a product.
Good benefits, lots of trainings, and tuition assistance for continuing education.
The way the review process is set up, it forces developers to put substantial efforts into being 'visible'. I think these efforts could be spent more on development activities.
Quality should be one of the very key aspects of the review process and career growth. Visibility probably has positive sides, but in reasonable amounts.
Another aspect which concerns me is that often we're 'catching up' with the competition. I think we have enough talent and resources to actually be at the front of innovation and competition.
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It was a great experience. They heavily believe in behavioral interviewing and thus prepare very well for those. They mostly focus on conflict, asking "Tell me one time you were wrong." They also have a habit of diving deep into your resume.
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Applied online. A recruiter contacted me and set up a phone screen. The phone screen lasted 45 minutes and consisted of puzzles and questions about my resume, past experiences, and projects. I received a reply within 2 days stating I had cleared th
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Phone call. Chat about past projects. One coding question with follow-ups. One design question about how to design a search system for information retrieval, which can deal with multi-modal data input.
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Redmond, Washington, United StatesMarch 1, 2025It was a great experience. They heavily believe in behavioral interviewing and thus prepare very well for those. They mostly focus on conflict, asking "Tell me one time you were wrong." They also have a habit of diving deep into your resume.
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Redmond, Washington, United StatesFebruary 1, 2016Applied online. A recruiter contacted me and set up a phone screen. The phone screen lasted 45 minutes and consisted of puzzles and questions about my resume, past experiences, and projects. I received a reply within 2 days stating I had cleared th
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Redmond, Washington, United StatesDecember 1, 2017Phone call. Chat about past projects. One coding question with follow-ups. One design question about how to design a search system for information retrieval, which can deal with multi-modal data input.
