An Amazing Product, but Toxicity Levels are High
An Amazing Product, but Toxicity Levels are High
- Pinterest is an amazing product that can deliver a lot of value to people, and a lot of people have figured this out.
- The plan for monetization looks solid.
- "Rands" seems like a solid hire to help solve the cultural problems.
- So many conflicting directions: Quarterly Goals, Various Company-Wide Initiatives.
- Certain teams are balancing both waterfall and agile methodologies.
- Golden handcuffs keep a lot of unhappy people working there.
- Lack of diversity on a lot of teams. More female engineers than at a lot of other places, but not enough, especially for our demographic.
- A lot of people in upper management positions have done things not in the interest of Pinners or Pinterest to be where they are.
- Authenticity is a core company value, but speaking your mind gets you on the ____ lists.
- Not enough investment in engineers.
- Have your engineers really vet who their managers are.
- Invest in the people who work there.
- A liquidity event shouldn't be the main incentive to work at Pinterest.
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1. Recruiter Call 2. Hiring Manager Call 3. Technical Phone Interview 4. Virtual Onsite: * Four technical interviews * Half an hour of behavioral questions with the hiring manager 5. Follow-up Coding Interview after the onsite due to an inabi
Software Engineer
Painless process. The recruiter was available and helpful throughout. The interview questions ranged from hands-on coding, to algorithms, to architecture, to UI. Difficulty was above average, similar to a Google or Apple on-site. Stay focused, don't
Software Engineer
I applied for the new grad software engineering position online. Overall, it was a really good experience. The recruiter was a little slow in responding to emails, but I figured she just didn't have feedback from the engineers/hiring manager. I com
Software Engineer
San Francisco, California, United StatesSeptember 1, 20201. Recruiter Call 2. Hiring Manager Call 3. Technical Phone Interview 4. Virtual Onsite: * Four technical interviews * Half an hour of behavioral questions with the hiring manager 5. Follow-up Coding Interview after the onsite due to an inabi
Software Engineer
San Francisco, California, United StatesAugust 1, 2014Painless process. The recruiter was available and helpful throughout. The interview questions ranged from hands-on coding, to algorithms, to architecture, to UI. Difficulty was above average, similar to a Google or Apple on-site. Stay focused, don't
Software Engineer
San Francisco, California, United StatesNovember 1, 2019I applied for the new grad software engineering position online. Overall, it was a really good experience. The recruiter was a little slow in responding to emails, but I figured she just didn't have feedback from the engineers/hiring manager. I com
