Good place to work, but not fully "tech-focused"
Good place to work, but not fully "tech-focused"
Work with good, passionate people. People care about the product they put out. There's a sense of camaraderie about the work being done. If you know who to go to with ideas and a plan, it's possible that you can make it happen.
- Changes in management and scope led to long-term goals being neglected or changed.
- Shortcuts made in the name of getting a fix out faster or a goal done sooner lead to a lot of unmanaged tech debt.
- Immediate newsroom needs or pivots take 100% priority over any long-term tech strategy, leading to delayed or abandoned projects.
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The interviewers are good. Their process involves a recruiter, manager, and technical rounds, followed by system design. The technical live coding is 45 minutes long and involves moderate dictionary, string, and list questions. Communication and inst
Software Engineer
Applied via email to HR. I got contacted about a week later to schedule a phone interview with one of the managers. The person I was emailing back and forth with had terrible grammar. I mean, it was laughable how bad it was. And that is saying a lot
Software Engineer
After being screened by a recruiter, there was an initial technical screening. This was followed by a five-part interview with another technical coding challenge, system design questions, and various product people.
Software Engineer
United StatesAugust 1, 2024The interviewers are good. Their process involves a recruiter, manager, and technical rounds, followed by system design. The technical live coding is 45 minutes long and involves moderate dictionary, string, and list questions. Communication and inst
Software Engineer
United StatesMay 1, 2015Applied via email to HR. I got contacted about a week later to schedule a phone interview with one of the managers. The person I was emailing back and forth with had terrible grammar. I mean, it was laughable how bad it was. And that is saying a lot
Software Engineer
United StatesApril 1, 2021After being screened by a recruiter, there was an initial technical screening. This was followed by a five-part interview with another technical coding challenge, system design questions, and various product people.
