Process
I received a curt email from the NYT recruiter asking for availability for a phone interview. The technical interviewer was late to the call and preceded every question with some variation of "Sorry, I'm in a rush," and often interjected my answers with "that's enough". All questions were either about documentation semantics for Backbone/Angular (really?) or relatively easy but nuanced questions about web development in general (CORS, scope in Javascript) that require more than a sentence to answer. However, like I mentioned earlier—I kept getting cut off when going into detail—so I assume that the interviewer didn't understand many of the questions and was reading from a list that a more experienced JS developer wrote.
Questions
Q: What happens when typing a URL into a web browser?
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the The New York Times Javascript Engineer role in United States.
Success Rate
The New York Times's interview process for their Javascript Engineer roles in the United States is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very negative feelings for The New York Times's Javascript Engineer interview process in United States.
The New York Times Work Experiences
- 2.0Oracle Database AdministratorDatabase Administrator • Current EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesFebruary 29, 2016Pros: Location-wise, it is in the middle of the city, and that's about it. Hopefully, I'll be able to say I'm from NYTimes in my next job interview and get a salary hike, because at this point that's all this company is worth.Cons: Horrible management from the ground up. The manager that I have to work with for my team is absolutely unprofessional; he curses, screams, and shouts any time things get critical. He assigns unrealistic deadlines. I believe this manager has a personality disorder. He has lost countless more than 10 DBAs in less than 2 years so far, both MySQL, Oracle, and MSSQL DBAs across the board. He is not a team player and scapegoats his employees for his shortcomings. I am stuck here until my visa clears, and I'll be out of here as soon as possible. Salary is below average here as well for the amount of man-hours we all put in. When it comes to technology, NYTimes uses the cheapest solutions that can't handle the I/O operations that are required for an optimally performing database. As a DBA, accepting this position has been by far the worst mistake in my career.
- 5.0Great people. Values-driven cultureEngineer Director • Current EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesMay 24, 2021Pros: Serious about diversity, equity, and inclusion. Good work-life balance.Cons: Slow decision making due to dependencies
- 5.0Career Growth/ High ImpactDirector of Engineering • Current EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesApril 28, 2021Pros: Great people, mission-aligned, exciting career/job, great managers, career growth and opportunities, remote work, engineering culture, enjoyable job.Cons: Career paths are murky. Salaries and processes change a lot (e.g., the hiring path). It's a meeting-heavy culture.
