Good company, but a very political organization with tons of barriers to execution
Good company, but a very political organization with tons of barriers to execution
- RSUs are great, and the stock has been growing like crazy.
- The company has a lot of momentum because of the e-commerce explosion with COVID.
- ESPP is a great boost to salary.
- Very political (almost poisonous) atmosphere
- Constant reorgs (at least 5 in the last 2 years)
- Constant shift in priorities
- A lot of barriers for execution
- Mediocre engineering talent
- Very old school management team
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I had a phone call with the recruiter, followed by a phone call technical interview. Upon passing this, I had a two-hour Skype technical interview with two separate interviewers. They asked basic coding questions about data structures and algorithms.
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1-hour phone screening, then invited for a 5-hour on-site interview. After the interview, HR did not send me an update. It's been almost 2 months, and I have even tried to follow up by sending numerous emails to the recruiter and the manager who in
Software Contractor
San Jose, California, United StatesMarch 1, 2016For a contractor, a quick one-step interview with one engineer and the hiring manager. Overall, it lasted about 1.5 hours. Questions focused on previous contracting experience and ways to parallelize computation in different environments. The emphasi
Software Engineer
San Jose, California, United StatesNovember 1, 2015I had a phone call with the recruiter, followed by a phone call technical interview. Upon passing this, I had a two-hour Skype technical interview with two separate interviewers. They asked basic coding questions about data structures and algorithms.
Front End Engineer
San Jose, California, United StatesDecember 1, 20181-hour phone screening, then invited for a 5-hour on-site interview. After the interview, HR did not send me an update. It's been almost 2 months, and I have even tried to follow up by sending numerous emails to the recruiter and the manager who in
