Senior Associate Software Development Engineer - UI Interview Experience - Pleasanton, California
Process
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Recruiter reached out to me and we had a great, if slightly rushed, talk.
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Details about compensation and benefits were included.
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Connected with the engineering manager and scheduled a non-technical video interview.
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The non-technical interview focused primarily on automation testing rather than UI/frontend development.
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When asked about the expected time spent on testing versus actual development, the response was: "Majority automation testing until 'onboarded' and 'familiar with codebase,' then 70/30 (dev/automation testing)."
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Frontend technologies used and the actual tech stack were not discussed at all.
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Did not proceed further as the position seemed more like a testing role than a UI position, despite the job description and recruiter's discussion.
Questions
Tell me about your experience and interest in automation testing.
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Workday Work Experiences
- 5.0Great Work-Life BalanceSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeePleasanton, California, United StatesApril 6, 2017Pros: Dog friendly (mostly), flexible hours, flexible vacation days, flexible working remotely. Family-friendly.Cons: Sometimes different organizations don't work that well together. Different teams aren't entirely helpful to each other sometimes.
- 2.0Not What It Used To BeManager QA Engineering • Former EmployeePleasanton, California, United StatesFebruary 14, 2023Pros: Beautiful campus in Pleasanton. Lots of smart people.Cons: In the midst of a culture change, the founder has departed, and co-CEOs are leaving or planning to. Replacements in the C-suite are from acquisitions and companies like Oracle, with similar products but very different cultures. Of recent layoffs, where people were escorted out of the building or had system access cut within minutes, people said, "We would never have done that before."
- 1.0Terrible leadership - stay awaySr. Software Engineer • Current EmployeePleasanton, California, United StatesNovember 11, 2024Pros: Work-life balance. It’s extremely chill. It once was good. Those days are gone now.Cons: Career progress is slow and definitely nonexistent if you’re an XO app dev. Leadership is awful and bloated. Leaders have no idea what they’re doing, hire people in low-cost areas who don’t know anything, and are so focused on cost-cutting they’re laying off knowledgeable people. Lots of great people are leaving. The product is falling apart. There's lots of unexpected downtime and the leaders are panicked. It feels like the company is going to die. If you care at all about your career, stay away.
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