Remote-first is the obvious one; everyone at Zapier is remote, period.
For SREs, anyway, a true follow-the-sun on-call. No more getting paged in the middle of the night.
Most importantly, a company that truly cares about its employees. The best example of this is a recently launched initiative for people who want to leave. If you indicate interest in going somewhere else, they will provide you with mock interviews, contact people at other companies you're interested in, and support you. They owe you nothing at that point, but are willing to help you succeed no matter where you land.
I would personally prefer Kanban over Scrum, but that's team-dependent. It's a pretty minor con compared to the list of pros.
I was contacted by a recruiter, who performed an initial screening. I then had an interview with a hiring manager. Once complete, I was provided an at-home programming challenge.
Asked basic questions for the intro. Very knowledgeable about the company and what they offer. However, when they mention location flexibility and freedom on their website, they do not include that your position isn't truly free. I made a comment abo
Smooth. It was a series of interviews, I think six interviews. You don't get to do the next if you don't pass the former, hence no time wasted doing multiple interviews and not passing eventually. The interviewers and recruiters are quite friendly.
I was contacted by a recruiter, who performed an initial screening. I then had an interview with a hiring manager. Once complete, I was provided an at-home programming challenge.
Asked basic questions for the intro. Very knowledgeable about the company and what they offer. However, when they mention location flexibility and freedom on their website, they do not include that your position isn't truly free. I made a comment abo
Smooth. It was a series of interviews, I think six interviews. You don't get to do the next if you don't pass the former, hence no time wasted doing multiple interviews and not passing eventually. The interviewers and recruiters are quite friendly.