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Great Benefits, Poor Management, Boring Projects

Senior Software Developer

Former Employee

Worked at Niantic for 6 years

April 26, 2022

Great Benefits, Poor Management, Boring Projects

Senior Software Developer•Former Employee•Worked at Niantic for 6 years

April 26, 2022

3.0

Doesn't RecommendPositive OutlookNo CEO Opinion

Pros

Big on equality.
Benefits.
Pay is good.
Non-leadership staff works hard and is very passionate.

Cons

All projects feel like a copy/paste of their most successful project.
Studio leadership doesn't stick up for their employees; constantly felt lied to.
Very micro-manage-heavy environment.
Lack of career growth.
Executive leadership only cares about Pokémon GO and none of the other projects in the studio.

Advice to Management

Let the people you pay do their jobs. Allow permanent work from home. Listen and act on the concerns of your employees.

Additional Ratings

Work/Life Balance

5.0

Culture and Values

4.0

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

5.0

Career Opportunities

3.0

Compensation and Benefits

5.0

Senior Management

2.0

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Niantic Interview Questions

Brace Expansion

Medium

You're given a string containing braced groups of comma-separated options. Expand the string to generate all possible combinations by selecting one option from each group.

RecursionStrings

String to Integer (atoi)

Medium

Convert a string into a 32-bit signed integer. Handle leading whitespace, signs, invalid input, and integer overflow according to the rules of the atoi function.

Strings

Find the Duplicate Number

Medium

Given an array of numbers where one number appears more than once, find the duplicate number. You should do this without modifying the original array and using only constant extra space.

ArraysTwo Pointers

Niantic Interview Experiences

Software Engineer

San Francisco, California, United States

August 1, 2018

I received an email from a recruiter planning a phone "shared doc technical" interview. This interview felt fair, as I was able to focus on my stronger areas of software development since I was allowed to choose between a front-end search problem or

Software Engineer

San Francisco, California, United States

August 1, 2018

Software Engineer - Internship

United States

April 1, 2024

The online assessment was of a medium-hard level and was monitored. The use of AI programming tools was not allowed. I guess you will have to make almost a 100% correction to pass this stage.

Software Engineer - Internship

United States

April 1, 2024

The online assessment was of a medium-hard level and was monitored. The use of AI programming tools was not allowed. I guess you will have to make almost a 100% correction to pass this stage.

Software Engineer

United States

January 1, 2019

The phone interview was quite smooth and decent. My HR was very helpful and explained the process in detail. The interviewer reviewed my resume, which saved time by focusing questions on my experiences. They then asked two technical questions. I wa

The online assessment was of a medium-hard level and was monitored. The use of AI programming tools was not allowed. I guess you will have to make almost a 100% correction to pass this stage.

Software Engineer - Internship
United States
April 1, 2024
The online assessment was of a medium-hard level and was monitored. The use of AI programming tools was not allowed. I guess you will have to make almost a 100% correction to pass this stage.

Software Engineer

United States

January 1, 2019

Software Engineer
United States
January 1, 2019
The phone interview was quite smooth and decent. My HR was very helpful and explained the process in detail. The interviewer reviewed my resume, which saved time by focusing questions on my experiences. They then asked two technical questions. I wa