Yandex

You are making highly marketable products. High qualification requirements: all your colleagues are true professionals. Horizontal relations in the team. Friendly and relaxed corporate culture. Comfortable office with free fruit, sweet stuff, and games.

• Average or even below-the-market salary. However, it is compensated by good benefits.

• Drawbacks of big-size companies:

  • Sometimes clumsy management.
  • Delaying of decisions.
  • Overcrowded workplaces.
  • Irritating bureaucracy, etc.

I would suggest making recruiting and interviewing more transparent and standardized at the company level. My first interview lasted for 5 hours, the second for about three hours (without lunch breaks), and communication with the recruiter was a bit unpredictable.