Software Engineer Interview Experience - Foster City, California
Process
Worst HR team ever. I do not know what they are getting paid for when they are not able to accomplish their basic duties, like updating candidates on follow-ups and keeping track of interviews taken. I had my final interview in April, which was great.
Two weeks later, instead of giving me the result of the interview, the HR said that she missed that I had already had my final interview and by mistake had scheduled another one for me. That made me really angry, but I agreed to do another interview.
I interviewed for the second time at their Foster City office a week later. It has been 3 weeks now and 4 follow-ups. They are just shameless.
They don't reply; they don't update the status on the portal they use. This all has taken over 4 months.
They do not have the courtesy to inform candidates about their decision after the candidate has invested so much time.
Questions
Number of 1 bits in a character.
Doubly linked list in Python.
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Visa Work Experiences
- 3.0Good WLB but Low PaySoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeFoster City, California, United StatesNovember 8, 2024Pros: 1. 401(k) 2. Great work-life balanceCons: 1. Less career growth 2. Low pay 3. Lots of policy
- 1.0Only come if you want to get exposure as a new grad on the workforce, or you plan on retiringSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeFoster City, California, United StatesApril 19, 2021Pros: Interesting concepts can sometimes come up.Cons: - Work-life balance is bad. - Finger-pointing is second nature to most people. - Management has a lot of power, especially the people that have been there for 10-plus years. They can basically do what they want, regardless of what their managers say. - Lot of times, they try to reinvent the wheel but add 10,000x more complexity because they want to be fully security compliant out the door. There isn't an idea of an MVP (Minimal Viable Product). - Zero mentorship; it is a very "they will throw you in the deep end" mentality because time and effort are not valued into growing talent. - This really speaks to the type of people that are there: You either have a fresh new grad or you have people that have been working in industry for 10-plus years. - There is a very "I am busy, you need to figure it out" type of attitude. - Planning is not done well, and job functions have a very fuzzy line in terms of what you should be doing. - Compensation is at the lowest end of the spectrum. - The ESPP plan is complete garbage and just a cheap way to give employees some stock incentives, as they canceled their pension plan a long time ago. - Anything you ask HR about outreach or something they can't link you to and read a reference is a black hole, and you will never hear about it again.
- 4.0Work-life balance depends on the teamSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeFoster City, California, United StatesJanuary 11, 2021Pros: Job security is good here.Cons: Promotion takes time and will require much work.
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