So far my experience at Rocket has been a very positive one. The people I have worked with have been great, there are a variety of interesting business domains to work in, and there is opportunity to learn about and work with AI which is a critical area to be gaining experience in to stay current as an engineer.
The salary and benefits are fairly competitive, the work hours are reasonable (40-50/wk), and there is definitely opportunity for career growth if you have the skills, experience, work ethic, and ambition.
The technology organization is reorganized on a fairly regular basis, which isn’t inherently negative, but it does mean you have to be comfortable with change—new leaders, new teammates, a new business domain, and more. Personally, I like the occasional change of scenery.
It’s an enterprise software engineering role, so there’s going to be more processes and red tape than you might find at a smaller company or startup, but much less than I’ve seen at other enterprise companies.
The first round was a meet and greet with a recruiter. The second round was a standard technical loop with a system design question and some whiteboard coding questions. Overall, it was a good experience.
The recruiter reached out to me, saying that I seemed to be a great fit for the job. There was a 15-minute phone screening with them, then they set up an interview with a few other engineers for a few days later. I was under the impression, given how
Pretty average and straightforward process. HR screen, a meeting with managers, then a meeting with a team. It was kind of a waste of time as there was no structure to the interview questions, and it felt like the managers were unorganized. Some ques
The first round was a meet and greet with a recruiter. The second round was a standard technical loop with a system design question and some whiteboard coding questions. Overall, it was a good experience.
The recruiter reached out to me, saying that I seemed to be a great fit for the job. There was a 15-minute phone screening with them, then they set up an interview with a few other engineers for a few days later. I was under the impression, given how
Pretty average and straightforward process. HR screen, a meeting with managers, then a meeting with a team. It was kind of a waste of time as there was no structure to the interview questions, and it felt like the managers were unorganized. Some ques