— Not a lot of red tape or process, which can be a good thing — Grocery money is nice!
— Layoffs or structural changes happen and the CEO won’t even acknowledge them, making a cold culture — An inconsiderate CEO who likes to control every little product change and eng has to scramble to make him happy — No product strategy, and the best PMs and EMs have left, disrupting progress — Arbitrary deadlines that have you working fast to wait 2 days for the CEO to approve
Bring the team along and explain what’s happening. Don’t just give orders and fast deadlines that ultimately get delayed by weeks.
The interview consisted of a recruiter screen, a hiring manager intro, and a full loop that included Coding, System Design, and Cross-Functional rounds. The interviewers were professional and asked highly relevant, practical questions. Since this was
Had a screening call with HR. Then, interviews were scheduled. 1st round was a technical one. It covered the basics of Threading, DB, DevOps, and all the keywords in my resume. 2nd Round was pathetic. We could use the internet. They wanted the cand
The interviewers were good and mostly asked about current projects, the challenges faced during them, and how I resolved them. The final CTO round, however, was humiliating. He started rambling about random topics, like coffee beans he had bought fro
The interview consisted of a recruiter screen, a hiring manager intro, and a full loop that included Coding, System Design, and Cross-Functional rounds. The interviewers were professional and asked highly relevant, practical questions. Since this was
Had a screening call with HR. Then, interviews were scheduled. 1st round was a technical one. It covered the basics of Threading, DB, DevOps, and all the keywords in my resume. 2nd Round was pathetic. We could use the internet. They wanted the cand
The interviewers were good and mostly asked about current projects, the challenges faced during them, and how I resolved them. The final CTO round, however, was humiliating. He started rambling about random topics, like coffee beans he had bought fro