Personal Growth - it's still very easy to work on a wide range of problems at Pinterest. You can easily transition between different technologies and learn a lot.
Impact on Projects - As a product engineer, you're able to have a lot of say in how the product changes and grows. Each product team is made up of ~10 people and owns a large portion of the product. Engineers are heavily involved in prioritizing projects for the team, and are involved from the beginning with the design and implementation of projects.
Growth - the company is growing really quickly. There are plenty of negatives to that, but overall it's a great sign for the outlook of the company. It also leads to more opportunities to rise quickly in the company and to be a leader.
The main cons are problems that are standard with a growing company. As the company grows, there is some churn with employees at all levels. I've been seeing this the most on the PM side, as politics from the growth and resulting structural changes pushes people out.
On the product side, there's not a strong vision. It's very hard to get features removed, and you have to jump through hoops to build anything new.
I was first contacted by a recruiter. Then, I applied through an internal reference, which allowed me to accelerate the process, especially since I already had multiple offers. I interviewed with a specific team that required very deep knowledge in t
Submitted resume online and recruiter reached out quickly. The whole team is very friendly and enthusiastic about the company. Then there are two technical phone interviews. 10-15 on resume/Pinterest and the rest in coding on CollabEdit.
Applied online having attended a summer webinar. CodeSignal OA -> Phone Screen -> Technical Interview. Process from CodeSignal to offer took about 1 month, overall pretty quick turnarounds to progress.
I was first contacted by a recruiter. Then, I applied through an internal reference, which allowed me to accelerate the process, especially since I already had multiple offers. I interviewed with a specific team that required very deep knowledge in t
Submitted resume online and recruiter reached out quickly. The whole team is very friendly and enthusiastic about the company. Then there are two technical phone interviews. 10-15 on resume/Pinterest and the rest in coding on CollabEdit.
Applied online having attended a summer webinar. CodeSignal OA -> Phone Screen -> Technical Interview. Process from CodeSignal to offer took about 1 month, overall pretty quick turnarounds to progress.