My onboarding at Pinterest was very smooth. Basecamp was helpful.
Teammates were helpful. Free lunch and dinner were provided. Free EV charging was available.
People are leaving. The team is lacking a tech lead to make decisions quickly. My onboarding became hard after my onboarding buddy left the company after 1 month. My manager and teammates are too busy with their own tasks to help me ramp up at the same time. We are short of hands, but headcount is hard to get. The high-deductible health insurance is not very good. It is hard to get to know other people since there are not many chances or activities.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took two weeks. It was fast and had three interviews after screening one. Basic programming, but data wrangling was harder as the person interviewing had more experience than the previous ones, and it showe
A recruiter at Pinterest reached out to me about an Android developer position on July 7th. We had a call where we went through my work history (8 years of Android in FAANG and others). On the 14th, I received an email thanking me for the conversati
After an initial chat with HR, which was very nice all things considered, I had an initial coding interview. The interviewer was around 30 minutes late without any heads-up or apologies. He seemed very uninterested and was eating throughout the inte
I applied through a recruiter. The process took two weeks. It was fast and had three interviews after screening one. Basic programming, but data wrangling was harder as the person interviewing had more experience than the previous ones, and it showe
A recruiter at Pinterest reached out to me about an Android developer position on July 7th. We had a call where we went through my work history (8 years of Android in FAANG and others). On the 14th, I received an email thanking me for the conversati
After an initial chat with HR, which was very nice all things considered, I had an initial coding interview. The interviewer was around 30 minutes late without any heads-up or apologies. He seemed very uninterested and was eating throughout the inte