For every person supporting you, there are two trying to get in your way
For every person supporting you, there are two trying to get in your way
Lots of creative people (still!).
One of a handful of companies actually trying to do things at global scale.
Commitment to contribute to open source and community activity.
An organization designed to perpetuate conflict.
Incredibly hierarchical: flatten, flatten, flatten!
"The perfect is the enemy of the good... so let's prevent people from doing merely good things." AARGH!
Still convinced that they are so different (big, differentiated) that they have nothing to learn from others.
Jettison the fixation on Microsoft; pattern yourself on an agile, risk-taking organization like Amazon or LinkedIn.
Get serious about measuring stuff. If you can't measure it (honestly!), you can't manage it.
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Three rounds, each 45 minutes. I did not even have time to have lunch. The first round was about system design. The second round was half system design, half coding. The third round was a coding question, which was really hard.
Software Engineer
Robbed me of two months of my time! The interview process was straightforward: apply online, get called within a week for a phone screen, and then onsite interviews within the next two weeks. This was followed by a hellacious ordeal regarding the de
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My interview took all day long and was exhausting. However, some people have been hired after interviews with a few people, finishing within an hour. Later, I became a hiring manager and noticed that the process depends on the availability of interv
Software Engineer
Sunnyvale, California, United StatesMarch 1, 2016Three rounds, each 45 minutes. I did not even have time to have lunch. The first round was about system design. The second round was half system design, half coding. The third round was a coding question, which was really hard.
Software Engineer
Sunnyvale, California, United StatesNovember 1, 2014Robbed me of two months of my time! The interview process was straightforward: apply online, get called within a week for a phone screen, and then onsite interviews within the next two weeks. This was followed by a hellacious ordeal regarding the de
Web Developer
Sunnyvale, California, United StatesFebruary 1, 2007My interview took all day long and was exhausting. However, some people have been hired after interviews with a few people, finishing within an hour. Later, I became a hiring manager and noticed that the process depends on the availability of interv
