Software Engineer Interview Experience - Waltham, Massachusetts
January 1, 2013
Positive ExperienceNo Offer
Process
People were very nice to talk to.
The technical interview over the phone was a bit intimidating.
It involved lots of term definitions, algorithm talk, and virtual whiteboard coding in real time.
Questions
Questions about polymorphism and creating a data structure.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Tripadvisor Software Engineer role in Waltham, Massachusetts.
Success Rate
0%
Pass Rate
Tripadvisor's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in Waltham, Massachusetts is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Positive100%
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Candidates reported having very good feelings for Tripadvisor's Software Engineer interview process in Waltham, Massachusetts.
Tripadvisor Work Experiences
5.0
Good Wlb, Great Team
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Cluj-Napoca, Cluj, Romania
January 4, 2024
Pros: Good work-life balance.
Good team.
Many benefits.
Cons: Not working on such advanced technologies.
2.0
'Speed wins' does not guarantee you success in the long term
Software Engineer • Former Employee
Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
November 14, 2019
Pros: - Good benefits.
- There was one time when the company was well known for traveling. But now, any hotel/restaurant I talked to, all over Europe or anywhere in the world, everybody hates the company.
Cons: Since the company started booking on their website without any advertisement or marketing, it has gone down really low. They started charging for everything on hotels and restaurants, which they were not charging for before. As a result, people started hating the company and moved to different booking sites.
* Very high expectations for each employee. The reason is above. You will be given four days' work to finish in two days without consideration for any meetings, reporting, or monitoring tasks. So, you end up working during nights and weekends. And there is no appreciation for it, as it is expected from you.
* No work-life balance. You work Dublin hours but might also need to end up working US hours too. The engineering team in Dublin reduced from 35 to 8-10 in number. Now you can imagine why.
* Poor management in Dublin and especially in the US. The management from the US puts blame on you for even small things in front of the whole team in a meeting, and your manager from Dublin will remain quiet and not even represent you.
* No appreciation of hard work. No matter how hard you work, they say, "This is expected from you."
* Every Friday, a manager has a meeting to talk about your weekly performance, which is like torture no matter how hard you work. It ruins your weekend. Though you end up working on the weekend to mitigate that.
* There is just one person in the name of Human Resource management, who will only listen to you and ignore. No action is taken, no matter how much you try to explain. The end reason people leave.
* Last but not least, speed does not always win if you want to run your business for the long term.
4.0
Chill place to work
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Calcutta, West Bengal, India
February 11, 2025
Pros: Work is mostly migration to new tech stacks.
Cons: Anytime you can be laid off.
- 5.0Good Wlb, Great TeamSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeCluj-Napoca, Cluj, RomaniaJanuary 4, 2024Pros: Good work-life balance. Good team. Many benefits.Cons: Not working on such advanced technologies.
- 2.0'Speed wins' does not guarantee you success in the long termSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeDublin, Leinster, IrelandNovember 14, 2019Pros: - Good benefits. - There was one time when the company was well known for traveling. But now, any hotel/restaurant I talked to, all over Europe or anywhere in the world, everybody hates the company.Cons: Since the company started booking on their website without any advertisement or marketing, it has gone down really low. They started charging for everything on hotels and restaurants, which they were not charging for before. As a result, people started hating the company and moved to different booking sites. * Very high expectations for each employee. The reason is above. You will be given four days' work to finish in two days without consideration for any meetings, reporting, or monitoring tasks. So, you end up working during nights and weekends. And there is no appreciation for it, as it is expected from you. * No work-life balance. You work Dublin hours but might also need to end up working US hours too. The engineering team in Dublin reduced from 35 to 8-10 in number. Now you can imagine why. * Poor management in Dublin and especially in the US. The management from the US puts blame on you for even small things in front of the whole team in a meeting, and your manager from Dublin will remain quiet and not even represent you. * No appreciation of hard work. No matter how hard you work, they say, "This is expected from you." * Every Friday, a manager has a meeting to talk about your weekly performance, which is like torture no matter how hard you work. It ruins your weekend. Though you end up working on the weekend to mitigate that. * There is just one person in the name of Human Resource management, who will only listen to you and ignore. No action is taken, no matter how much you try to explain. The end reason people leave. * Last but not least, speed does not always win if you want to run your business for the long term.
- 4.0Chill place to workSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeCalcutta, West Bengal, IndiaFebruary 11, 2025Pros: Work is mostly migration to new tech stacks.Cons: Anytime you can be laid off.
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