Upstart is a great place to work.
The team is wicked smart, great to work with and there are no ***holes.
Management listens to what you say, everything is up to be changed if you suggest a better way and more importantly, they care.
It's very transparent, you can see all the metrics of how well the business is doing in multiple TVs around the office, there are no secrets and everyone has an open door / open mind policy.
Dogs are allowed and the environment is good. No politics.
Snacks are pretty good.
Lunch used to be catered but isn't anymore.
Optimizing the cost of capital should get more focus.
Structured Well coordinated There were series of 5 interviews which included 1 screening and 4 post screening interviews. Amazing experience all throughout. The interviewers were pleasant and understanding and wanted to work with me to get to a
I received an email from a "senior recruiter" inviting me to an initial interview. I was asked to fill out a (not-insignificant in length) "Tech DNA" thing and respond with my availability. I did so within maybe half an hour of receiving the email? N
The interview is pretty standard: 1. Call with recruiter 2. Tech screen 3. Virtual Onsite (5 interviews) a. Coding Challenge: LeetCode and an internal question b. System Design: Design a chess game c. Project: They ask you to code out a p
Structured Well coordinated There were series of 5 interviews which included 1 screening and 4 post screening interviews. Amazing experience all throughout. The interviewers were pleasant and understanding and wanted to work with me to get to a
I received an email from a "senior recruiter" inviting me to an initial interview. I was asked to fill out a (not-insignificant in length) "Tech DNA" thing and respond with my availability. I did so within maybe half an hour of receiving the email? N
The interview is pretty standard: 1. Call with recruiter 2. Tech screen 3. Virtual Onsite (5 interviews) a. Coding Challenge: LeetCode and an internal question b. System Design: Design a chess game c. Project: They ask you to code out a p