Pretty Terrible WLB
Pretty Terrible WLB
- Good compensation
- Free food
- Snacks
- Terrible work-life balance (always international meetings, so expect 6 PM - midnight+ to be filled with meetings).
- Fully Chinese environment; prepare to use Google Translate a lot.
- Terrible communication.
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San Jose, California, United StatesSeptember 18, 2026I applied through a recruiter. The process started after a brief introduction. We then jumped into live coding, and they asked me to solve the original LeetCode question, LC445. This was followed by a deep dive into my resume, where they asked what
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