The people in Via are invariably kind, smart, and helpful. This means that there's a lot of filtering in the hiring process, but once you get in, the environment is stimulating and nurturing, with everyone being gentle to each other, helping each other out, and teaching everyone else about technologies & techniques they know.
Also, the company is in the public transit sector, which has a more positive effect on society and on the environment than most of the high-tech industry.
As a start-up, the work-life balance is not as nice as in bigger companies. Also, it's hard to get a part-time job as a developer; it's only common here for QA engineers.
The first interview was about 1.5 hours with one of the team members. This colleague asked questions about the day-to-day problems they are dealing with at Via. Those were hard questions with no single true answer, and I felt the goal was to see how
Short interview with HR (phone) Interview with Front-end Manager Interview with the team leader of the team I was interviewing for. Final HR session Send Recommendation Given an offer
I submitted my resume, they got back to me, and right from the first conversation there was a phone interview with HR. Then an interview with the team lead, and after that a technical interview, which I didn’t pass.
The first interview was about 1.5 hours with one of the team members. This colleague asked questions about the day-to-day problems they are dealing with at Via. Those were hard questions with no single true answer, and I felt the goal was to see how
Short interview with HR (phone) Interview with Front-end Manager Interview with the team leader of the team I was interviewing for. Final HR session Send Recommendation Given an offer
I submitted my resume, they got back to me, and right from the first conversation there was a phone interview with HR. Then an interview with the team lead, and after that a technical interview, which I didn’t pass.