A good place to work, but only if you're based in San Diego
A good place to work, but only if you're based in San Diego
Good benefits package. Reasonably flexible management. Relaxed work environment. Good opportunities for travel. A very good infrastructure for software development and good support staff.
The senior management has a very strong San Diego focus. If you're based outside of SD, or even worse, outside of the US, then you need to get used to being a second-class corporate citizen.
The process for performance reviews is overly complicated, and the reviews themselves tend not to be very useful – mostly a box-ticking exercise with no real, useful feedback.
Have another look at your appraisal process. It's overly complex and time-consuming for managers, and it doesn't address the needs of many employees.
Don't rest on your laurels. The core chip business is going to come under more and more pressure over the next few years. The company should try harder to find other business opportunities.
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First, we had a phone interview. After passing the phone interview, you are invited to come to campus for an interview. The campus interview happens over the course of a day and involves being interviewed by 10 people. Sometimes, two people interview
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The interviewing was quite smooth, but the interview process, where we try to reach out to the HR for future communications, was a hassle. I had to reach out for at least 2 weeks before I was presented with the next steps, and apparently the intervi
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San Diego, California, United StatesJune 1, 2011First, we had a phone interview. After passing the phone interview, you are invited to come to campus for an interview. The campus interview happens over the course of a day and involves being interviewed by 10 people. Sometimes, two people interview
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San Jose, California, United StatesAugust 1, 2011The phone interview was quite detailed, with numerous questions about C and networking. The level of detail required me to draw diagrams on paper to fully comprehend the questions. The in-person interviews were thorough and included: * C coding *
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November 25, 2025The interviewing was quite smooth, but the interview process, where we try to reach out to the HR for future communications, was a hassle. I had to reach out for at least 2 weeks before I was presented with the next steps, and apparently the intervi
