Leadership is lacking
Leadership is lacking
Great tech stack and practices, cool product, great WLB in some teams.
CEO lacks conviction, multiple reorgs, continuous scope changes and pivots. Communication from leaders down to employees is completely non-existent. Two layoff rounds in less than six months (even when they assured the first round was big to avoid a second which was just as big). Management loves to play favorites, so gotta...
Be the voice of your directs with the leadership. You are supposed to represent your employees and propagate their feedback upwards.
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Software Engineer II
Phone screen. Onsite: 4 rounds. * Coding * Behavioral * Scalability * Informal chat Offer extended in under a week after the onsite was done.
Vehicle Integration Engineer
The interview went through each of the portions in the job description. I needed to expand on experience in defining safety-critical designs, how to make manufacturing more efficient, troubleshooting processes, etc.
Engineering Intern
The interview felt average overall. I thought it went well at the time, but I was ultimately rejected without receiving any feedback. This left me uncertain about areas for improvement. Nothing was too difficult to answer.
Software Engineer II
United StatesJuly 25, 2022Phone screen. Onsite: 4 rounds. * Coding * Behavioral * Scalability * Informal chat Offer extended in under a week after the onsite was done.
Vehicle Integration Engineer
United StatesSeptember 25, 2025The interview went through each of the portions in the job description. I needed to expand on experience in defining safety-critical designs, how to make manufacturing more efficient, troubleshooting processes, etc.
Engineering Intern
United StatesSeptember 19, 2025The interview felt average overall. I thought it went well at the time, but I was ultimately rejected without receiving any feedback. This left me uncertain about areas for improvement. Nothing was too difficult to answer.
