Good stock compensation for early employees, good core product, good name, SF, good benefits.
Incompetent HR. Promotions are about who you know. People are hired often who are not great fits but connected. There's a lack of development for management. Working with the recruiting team on hiring for my team was a joke. The engineering community reminds me of a frat house at times. I feel Splunk could have a discrimination lawsuit coming any day based on hiring practices and what is "acceptable". Senior engineers don't have a place here.
Hire experience. Audit HR. Provide internal development.
It has one phone screen, which is very easy. Just ask about Java basics. It is 4 rounds onsite: * Algorithm (most focus on recursion, linked lists, Tries) * Take out lunch * One OOP design and synchronization problem
I had two phone interviews with one manager and one software engineer. For some reason, both interviews felt like an initial screening: I was given a coding question to work on while they observed, and asked "Why do you want to work for Splunk?" Th
The interview process is pretty straightforward, with three rounds scheduled by HR: * Two rounds of technical questions with a software engineer. * One round with the hiring manager. Most people are friendly and professional. However, the HR de
It has one phone screen, which is very easy. Just ask about Java basics. It is 4 rounds onsite: * Algorithm (most focus on recursion, linked lists, Tries) * Take out lunch * One OOP design and synchronization problem
I had two phone interviews with one manager and one software engineer. For some reason, both interviews felt like an initial screening: I was given a coding question to work on while they observed, and asked "Why do you want to work for Splunk?" Th
The interview process is pretty straightforward, with three rounds scheduled by HR: * Two rounds of technical questions with a software engineer. * One round with the hiring manager. Most people are friendly and professional. However, the HR de