Best place to work
Best place to work
Clear career track, relaxed schedule, ambitious projects, learning stipend, generous PTO and Maternity/Paternity, good pay (depending on location), very mission-driven culture, great managers. I could go on.
You may not be working near Times Square (but they do allow remote). The tech stack is still being figured out. Some senior decision-making is still a little wonky. Mostly normal big company stuff.
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The New York Times Interview Experiences
Software Engineer
Initial contact was a cold email from the Times' HR Department. After a phone screen with the tech lead on the Mobile Web team, I was invited a couple days later to interview in NYC. I was in DC at the time and was never reimbursed for the travel co
Software Engineer
They were very nice and calming throughout the process, and I appreciate that they give you focus time before the technical interviews. I don't think the system design questions are fair, though. They don't give you enough time to go into detail by
Software Engineer
I applied via a referral, and a recruiter scheduled a screen with me. After asking me about my background, interests, and reasons for wanting to work at the Times, he said he would follow up at the very latest the next day. I followed up three times
Software Engineer
New York, New York, United StatesJune 1, 2012Initial contact was a cold email from the Times' HR Department. After a phone screen with the tech lead on the Mobile Web team, I was invited a couple days later to interview in NYC. I was in DC at the time and was never reimbursed for the travel co
Software Engineer
United StatesNovember 1, 2023They were very nice and calming throughout the process, and I appreciate that they give you focus time before the technical interviews. I don't think the system design questions are fair, though. They don't give you enough time to go into detail by
Software Engineer
United StatesJanuary 19, 2020I applied via a referral, and a recruiter scheduled a screen with me. After asking me about my background, interests, and reasons for wanting to work at the Times, he said he would follow up at the very latest the next day. I followed up three times
