Sandisk

Senior Firmware Engineer Interview Experience - San Jose, California

October 1, 2015

Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I had a phone screen with a gentleman whose name I never did correctly get. He asked good C/debugging questions, but he was very combative. When I asked if I could ask a question, I was told no, and he continued to ask questions. I knew I only did so-so, but I never heard back from SanDisk. It must be a sweatshop. I'm glad I landed somewhere else.

Questions

All the questions were technical. If I had just graduated from college, I would have been better prepared. So I asked if I could talk about some of my collaborative and successful experiences, but the interviewer didn't want to be bothered with that.

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Sandisk's interview process for their Senior Firmware Engineer roles in San Jose, California is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

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Candidates reported having very negative feelings for Sandisk's Senior Firmware Engineer interview process in San Jose, California.

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Cons: Management is not that great. Direction keeps changing and deadlines keep getting missed. Employees who are affected by this. Not sure if this place will be the same in the future with WD integration.

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Senior Firmware Engineer • Current Employee

Pros: Good people and good work. Cool campus, food, gym, etc. Competitive salaries.

Cons: Management is not that great. Direction keeps changing and deadlines keep getting missed. Employees who are affected by this. Not sure if this place will be the same in the future with WD integration.

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Pros: A very dynamic environment. * Very strong leadership * Clear vision and a clear set of targets * Enthusiastic teams * A lot to learn from peers

Cons: Some of the decisions are not very clear and obvious. Some of the critical decisions made by management are opaque. Only in my group, there is some confusion with respect to weekly status updates. Some people work more than 8 hours, which is a con only if you tend to do so. The management never works late, and so it is your choice.

Its a very good learning experience for me from both technical and professional point of view

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Pros: A very dynamic environment. * Very strong leadership * Clear vision and a clear set of targets * Enthusiastic teams * A lot to learn from peers

Cons: Some of the decisions are not very clear and obvious. Some of the critical decisions made by management are opaque. Only in my group, there is some confusion with respect to weekly status updates. Some people work more than 8 hours, which is a con only if you tend to do so. The management never works late, and so it is your choice.

Not bad a place to work, but the senior management is really not that sharp.

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Pros: Latest technology, lots of work, lots to learn, and great co-workers. Base salary is so so, bonus if paid is nice (none if not making money), and stock option is too late because no more for new employees.

Cons: Bias in compensation toward upper management. Burn out junior engineers without growing them in their career. Politics between MSystem and SanDisk team. Not caring too much about side effect of outsourcing toward quality and schedule.

Not bad a place to work, but the senior management is really not that sharp.

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October 28, 2009

Pros: Latest technology, lots of work, lots to learn, and great co-workers. Base salary is so so, bonus if paid is nice (none if not making money), and stock option is too late because no more for new employees.

Cons: Bias in compensation toward upper management. Burn out junior engineers without growing them in their career. Politics between MSystem and SanDisk team. Not caring too much about side effect of outsourcing toward quality and schedule.

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Pros: Good people and good work. Cool campus, food, gym, etc. Competitive salaries.

Cons: Management is not that great. Direction keeps changing and deadlines keep getting missed. Employees who are affected by this. Not sure if this place will be the same in the future with WD integration.

3.0
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Pros: Good people and good work. Cool campus, food, gym, etc. Competitive salaries.
Cons: Management is not that great. Direction keeps changing and deadlines keep getting missed. Employees who are affected by this. Not sure if this place will be the same in the future with WD integration.

Its a very good learning experience for me from both technical and professional point of view

Senior Firmware Engineer • Current Employee

Pros: A very dynamic environment. * Very strong leadership * Clear vision and a clear set of targets * Enthusiastic teams * A lot to learn from peers

Cons: Some of the decisions are not very clear and obvious. Some of the critical decisions made by management are opaque. Only in my group, there is some confusion with respect to weekly status updates. Some people work more than 8 hours, which is a con only if you tend to do so. The management never works late, and so it is your choice.

4.0
Its a very good learning experience for me from both technical and professional point of view
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Pros: A very dynamic environment. * Very strong leadership * Clear vision and a clear set of targets * Enthusiastic teams * A lot to learn from peers
Cons: Some of the decisions are not very clear and obvious. Some of the critical decisions made by management are opaque. Only in my group, there is some confusion with respect to weekly status updates. Some people work more than 8 hours, which is a con only if you tend to do so. The management never works late, and so it is your choice.

Not bad a place to work, but the senior management is really not that sharp.

Senior Firmware Engineer • Current Employee

October 28, 2009

Pros: Latest technology, lots of work, lots to learn, and great co-workers. Base salary is so so, bonus if paid is nice (none if not making money), and stock option is too late because no more for new employees.

Cons: Bias in compensation toward upper management. Burn out junior engineers without growing them in their career. Politics between MSystem and SanDisk team. Not caring too much about side effect of outsourcing toward quality and schedule.

4.0
Not bad a place to work, but the senior management is really not that sharp.
Senior Firmware Engineer • Current Employee
Milpitas, CA
October 28, 2009
Pros: Latest technology, lots of work, lots to learn, and great co-workers. Base salary is so so, bonus if paid is nice (none if not making money), and stock option is too late because no more for new employees.
Cons: Bias in compensation toward upper management. Burn out junior engineers without growing them in their career. Politics between MSystem and SanDisk team. Not caring too much about side effect of outsourcing toward quality and schedule.

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