Great space, but very poor leadership
Great space, but very poor leadership
- A disruptive player that is uniquely positioned within the fintech ecosystem.
- I work with some of the brightest people in the Bay Area who have truly innovative ideas.
- The culture encourages innovation and challenging the status quo.
An extremely difficult co-founder and CTO to work with and for. He genuinely feels that his ideas are supreme over others, micromanages, is highly abrasive, argumentative, allows very little room to negotiate, conveys a very different side during interviews in order to "close" candidates, and has "bro" tendencies. He has pushed out several great and talented people.
CTO needs to learn what it means to truly lead, empower managers, and trust employees. His management style isn't healthy and is the one area that is putting the company's culture at risk.
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A recruiter reached out on LinkedIn. I then had a call with the recruiter, followed by a call with the Manager of the team. This was followed by a day of two technical interviews online. Each technical interview had one coding question.
Software Engineer
First, I had to complete an online assessment on CodeSignal, where I essentially had to design a text editor. This was more of a practical question rather than a LeetCode algorithmic question, but it was very data structure heavy. I moved on to the
Software Engineer
First, I had a call with HR, followed by a coding interview. Then, I had another call with HR, after which I completed two back-to-back coding interviews with different engineers. The interviews were mostly held in the evening.
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Amsterdam, NetherlandsSeptember 1, 2021A recruiter reached out on LinkedIn. I then had a call with the recruiter, followed by a call with the Manager of the team. This was followed by a day of two technical interviews online. Each technical interview had one coding question.
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Berkeley, California, United StatesOctober 1, 2021First, I had to complete an online assessment on CodeSignal, where I essentially had to design a text editor. This was more of a practical question rather than a LeetCode algorithmic question, but it was very data structure heavy. I moved on to the
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IndiaNovember 1, 2020First, I had a call with HR, followed by a coding interview. Then, I had another call with HR, after which I completed two back-to-back coding interviews with different engineers. The interviews were mostly held in the evening.
