Backend teams are really political and micromanaged
Backend teams are really political and micromanaged
The CEO is good at sales and getting funding. The product is popular.
Some back-end platform and infra teams are politically driven.
Pressures are not from the back but the front.
An oversized engineering team can lead to times where there are not many tasks to do, and the focus shifts to making your manager happy.
Some managers collect your faults word by word, preparing to use them to fire you instead of focusing on getting things done or making the service better.
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The interview was pretty thorough. I had some questions that I was allowed to take home, as they took longer than expected. This was unusual but a nice change. I liked that the managers conducted the technical screening. This frees up time for the
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The interview consisted of four rounds, including one screening. All rounds focused on basic networking and DSA. However, in the fourth round, they stated that this role does not require any coding or programming and asked if I wished to continue. I
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The process went well. I spoke with several different people over more than a month, did technical tests, and they made me an offer. When I declined, they didn't seem to handle it very well.
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Santa Clara, California, United StatesDecember 1, 2020The interview was pretty thorough. I had some questions that I was allowed to take home, as they took longer than expected. This was unusual but a nice change. I liked that the managers conducted the technical screening. This frees up time for the
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Bengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaJune 1, 2025The interview consisted of four rounds, including one screening. All rounds focused on basic networking and DSA. However, in the fourth round, they stated that this role does not require any coding or programming and asked if I wished to continue. I
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BrazilMarch 1, 2025The process went well. I spoke with several different people over more than a month, did technical tests, and they made me an offer. When I declined, they didn't seem to handle it very well.
