Opportunity to make a large impact for feature development or performance improvement.
Opportunity to work with smart and entrepreneurial people.
Good, free food and drinks, and a reasonable allowance to eat from local restaurants as well.
Strong intern program.
Strong salary, stock, and refreshment program.
Strong product review and engineering process for releases.
Vision: Evan Spiegel and the Design team are awesome for product vision and discussing new ideas.
Strong engineering leadership.
Work/Life balance is fine. You don't have to work on weekends. It is similar to other large tech companies.
Innovative and ambitious culture.
Don't have an established campus. Office space sucks compared to Google/Microsoft. Not much is established for a review/performance system. Too many new grads (but this is changing recently). The leveling system for engineers does not seem right. Each new stock vesting schedule is the same as the initial hiring stock. Favoritism for closeness to Evan or Directors/VPs, etc. Not enough conference rooms.
Get out of Venice.
Too much designer focused.
Listen to your engineers for suggestions.
Directors need to have a better management experience.
Competitive strategy is needed.
Stop favoring people and be transparent.
The interview process was quite straightforward. If you have a solid programming background from personal projects or open-source contributions, you should do well. I also recommend the book "Cracking the Coding Interview"; it contains some excellent
The process consists of an online code challenge, a phone screen, and a full-day onsite. The process can move very quickly, but it was I who was slowing it down. Recruiters are prompt to respond, and their communications are concise and efficient.
Bring your own computer and code up solutions. Best interview process ever. You will see about 5-6 people on the same day. Mine was on-site in Venice, which they flew me out to.
The interview process was quite straightforward. If you have a solid programming background from personal projects or open-source contributions, you should do well. I also recommend the book "Cracking the Coding Interview"; it contains some excellent
The process consists of an online code challenge, a phone screen, and a full-day onsite. The process can move very quickly, but it was I who was slowing it down. Recruiters are prompt to respond, and their communications are concise and efficient.
Bring your own computer and code up solutions. Best interview process ever. You will see about 5-6 people on the same day. Mine was on-site in Venice, which they flew me out to.