There are honestly some very warm, competent teams at the Times which care about their craft and teammates.
The Web Development group is a great group of people who care about what they do and are able to help others learn as well.
Nobody ever gets fired.
The Women In Tech organization strives to create a group that allows you to always find a place to feel included (note that this does not mean a culture of inclusivity, just the presence of a separate group). You'll generally be able to find some group to accept you provided you don't come from a lower socio-economic bracket.
The culture is extremely political, with people generally trying to take everyone down to rep their own brand.
Management will not care about your concerns because no one wants to deal with drama. They'll instead focus on more straightforward initiatives that lead to quick successes so they can improve their visibility.
The technology organization plans many greenfield initiatives that go nowhere, mostly because of a lack of cohesive cross-team collaboration and a very political culture that results in no forward movement.
Professional growth is hard to find, considering turnover is so high and underachievers end up being promoted to leadership positions. When you find someone to grow and learn from, stick to them like glue.
Improve the culture at the Times. Identify toxic and highly political people and remove them from the organization.
Work on improving actual diversity at the Times rather than just women or ensuring you have the right ratios of people with different skin tones.
Disagree and commit on initiatives. Blocking on everything you don't understand pushes back deadlines and results in hastily-made, last-minute deliverables that don't meet the standards or promote longevity.
Smooth and fast technical round followed by four onsite interviews. Interviewers were friendly and professional. Coding questions were of medium difficulty. The code review round required deeper design insights.
The most unprofessional interview I’ve ever been to. I applied through a referral and got an email from the recruiter about a week later to discuss the role. She sounded like she was just reading back the job description to me. She mentioned she’d pa
4 different interviews. 1 take-home, 1 behavioral, 1 with HR, and a final interview (5 hours, 5 different interviews including system design and LeetCode medium, something about strings, HTML, and etc.).
Smooth and fast technical round followed by four onsite interviews. Interviewers were friendly and professional. Coding questions were of medium difficulty. The code review round required deeper design insights.
The most unprofessional interview I’ve ever been to. I applied through a referral and got an email from the recruiter about a week later to discuss the role. She sounded like she was just reading back the job description to me. She mentioned she’d pa
4 different interviews. 1 take-home, 1 behavioral, 1 with HR, and a final interview (5 hours, 5 different interviews including system design and LeetCode medium, something about strings, HTML, and etc.).