Great Food, Toxic Culture
Great Food, Toxic Culture
Delicious, healthy, free food. Almost too good to be true. Good salary growth. Young, energetic co-workers.
Managers who aren't interested in people skills.
Toxic, competitive culture.
Long hours, due to the competitive culture, and projects are understaffed.
Low job security, as management often fires people, leading to understaffed projects.
Poor opportunities for women. Management stated that "addressing gender equity in hiring is not a priority".
An employee rubbed feces on the bathroom wall.
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Finished the interview in about a week. Recruiters didn't rush me, gave me time for competing offers, and kept in touch regularly during the process to address concerns. Great experience.
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The interview process began with an initial behavioral phone screen with a human resources representative. Following that, there were two virtual on-site interviews with engineers: * A technical deep-dive focused on coding. * A comprehensive sy
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Did not pass the interview. The questions were pretty tough, with multiple steps and were very challenging. I should have studied LeetCode more and done harder/medium LeetCode problems involving algorithms, and also become more familiar with systems
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October 20, 2025Finished the interview in about a week. Recruiters didn't rush me, gave me time for competing offers, and kept in touch regularly during the process to address concerns. Great experience.
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Chicago, Illinois, United StatesSeptember 29, 2025The interview process began with an initial behavioral phone screen with a human resources representative. Following that, there were two virtual on-site interviews with engineers: * A technical deep-dive focused on coding. * A comprehensive sy
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Chicago, Illinois, United StatesSeptember 24, 2025Did not pass the interview. The questions were pretty tough, with multiple steps and were very challenging. I should have studied LeetCode more and done harder/medium LeetCode problems involving algorithms, and also become more familiar with systems
