Wikimedia as a company
Wikimedia as a company
Remote job, large company to work for.
No flexibility, lots of meetings, and teaming with contractors is so messy.
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Wikimedia Foundation Interview Experiences
Software Engineer
The process was constituted by 5 steps in total. Step 0 included a relatively simple assignment, the goal of which was to build a simple page using Wikipedia APIs. After that, Step 1 was a meeting with the Director of Engineering, which was somethi
Software Engineer
I am a fan of Wikipedia and contribute to a lot of their projects. I thought it would be nice to work there. I only had a 15-minute interview with a recruiter. After that, I didn't hear anything back.
Software Engineer
Applied via Stack Overflow, the initial screen was a written assignment to show understanding of a codebase. After passing that, I had an hour-long interview with an engineer. The third phase was five hour-long hangouts. This was the bad part – no a
Software Engineer
GreeceFebruary 1, 2020The process was constituted by 5 steps in total. Step 0 included a relatively simple assignment, the goal of which was to build a simple page using Wikipedia APIs. After that, Step 1 was a meeting with the Director of Engineering, which was somethi
Software Engineer
United StatesMarch 21, 2021I am a fan of Wikipedia and contribute to a lot of their projects. I thought it would be nice to work there. I only had a 15-minute interview with a recruiter. After that, I didn't hear anything back.
Software Engineer
United StatesApril 1, 2015Applied via Stack Overflow, the initial screen was a written assignment to show understanding of a codebase. After passing that, I had an hour-long interview with an engineer. The third phase was five hour-long hangouts. This was the bad part – no a
