Attempted for a test engineer position in August 2023. All the rounds are done. Hiring committee is done. Salary discussion is done. After this, HR called me saying that she gave that role to somebody else. She is trying to reach out to another managers now. Why to discuss the salary and now to ...Read more
Ok I am no where near retirement but have a nice nest egg built up. My partner also works in a stable career brining in steady money. I have been thinking about switching to teaching career for a while now. I know pay cut would be massive but I would truly enjoy it and find some job satisfaction. I ...Read more
Since there is many people working on Google here there is bound to be people working on Assistant or Home in here. I use a lot of google products (Pixel, Nest Cameras, Hub, Speakers, Chromecast, Mesh Wifi, Thermostat etc.) and the experience is always frustrating. Want to turn of your cameras wit...Read more
Yesterday's layoffs at Uber, and other ongoing layoffs have many preparing for job interviews. For those Blinders who struggle a lot with algorithmic interview questions and/or are rusty on their coding skills, I'd like to share a few interview tips that have helped me interview at FANG++ comp...Read more
IMHO.. 7 years back I was in an elevator in a big shopping mall which was newly opened at that time in Chennai. There were two families. One well dressed with a small boy and has shopping cart full of toys, goodies, stuffs.. another family who were dressed very normal with a small boy carrying a tot...Read more
I am happy I can finally post and share! Thanks to Blind, I successfully received 5 offers. I'm here to give back. This is part 2, where I share my interview prep & tips. See part 1 which details my 5 offers. https://www.teamblind.com/post/M2VcYAsS BACKGROUND INFO: + I started from (almost) scratc...Read more