Software Engineer Interview Experience - Helsinki, Finland
May 1, 2021
Negative ExperienceNo Offer
Process
My interview process involved the following steps:
- Interview with the company recruiter
- Interview with the hiring manager
- Take-home quiz/challenge
The first two rounds were quite short and quick. Essentially, they focused on candidate experience, project description, and some organizational and soft-skills aspects. Both parties were amenable to proceeding to the next stage, which was the take-home assignment.
It's worth noting that they have not updated their take-home task in several years, yet it seems most (if not all) candidates receive the same quiz. Despite my application for a Software Engineer position requiring 90% Go proficiency, the quiz/tasks contained no Go-related questions. Instead, there were several irrelevant language-specific questions on C, Ruby, and JavaScript. Therefore, even if you solve all the questions (7) and code tasks (JS, 2), you will most likely still be rejected. As I was, it seems they don't care about your answers. They may judge you're not a good Go developer without asking a single question about Go, which is quite amusing.
Do not waste your time on their take-home assignment.
Questions
How do you celebrate the release with the team?
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Unity Software Engineer role in Helsinki, Finland.
Success Rate
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Pass Rate
Unity's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in Helsinki, Finland is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
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Candidates reported having very negative feelings for Unity's Software Engineer interview process in Helsinki, Finland.
Unity Work Experiences
2.0
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Pros: A perfect company for people who hold a higher position than the director or who want to take care of life more than their career.
Cons: Perhaps not fitting well for people who want to contribute to the company.
1.0
Terrible leadership. The titanic; avoid at all costs
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San Francisco, California, United States
May 11, 2023
Pros: At Unity, it really depends on your manager when it comes to work-life balance. Some managers are really good about it, while others are not so much.
Cons: The company's leadership team has demonstrated consistently poor communication skills, resulting in a lack of direction and confusion among employees.
Benefits have been frequently removed, making it difficult for employees to rely on them.
Employees have even experienced pay decreases in the form of lost monetary benefits and pushed-back promotion cycles.
The culture promoted by Unity's leadership feels disingenuous and is only prioritized when it aligns with their agenda.
Unity lacks a clear company direction and has shown a lack of focus, jumping from one thing to another.
High-level management has been ineffective and detrimental (calling people f idiots) in engaging with the public and making decisions in good faith.
Team siloing is a persistent issue, creating a lack of collaboration and communication among departments.
Instead of dealing with the issues causing siloing and duplication of work, leadership just cuts the duplicates and continues to let the reason why the problem happened unaddressed.
The company has undergone constant restructuring, which damages productivity and established relationships among employees.
Unity has laid off individuals with years of experience, resulting in a loss of deeply knowledgeable employees with institutional knowledge.
Unity has shown a persistent dismissal of valid concerns and a tone-deaf approach to messaging.
Unity consistently prioritizes punishing people for how they criticize things. Instead of being concerned that frustration has reached a boiling point, they are easily distracted and emotional with how things are conveyed. They fixate on how a message is delivered and don't focus on the content of the message.
They frequently operate around feelings and emotional trends, and not data.
With trends, the company has a demonstrated history of chasing trends, for example, the metaverse and now AI.
3.0
Going in the wrong direction
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Houston, Texas, United States
September 17, 2023
Pros: Culture is good and teams are nice.
Cons: Disorganization throughout the entire company. Feels bad.
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