Compensation is not bad since the recruiters are so desperate to fill their jobs asap that you can ask for the world without any attention to internal compression.
It’s a dog eat dog world now. No longer is Gap the company that values or supports family or cares about employee engagement, loyalty or tenure. You move up by who you know and how you look. Forget about diversity in the workplace. That’s all lip service. If you’re white and tall, this place is perfect for you.
Just got done with one of the FAANG company's onsite. There were 2 LC mediums(1 with 35% success, another with around 55-60%). I most certainly solved both of coding questions reasonably quickly and there was a sys design question which was also OK, I didnt fall flat on any of the questions. But ...Read more
Working on an offer with Gap Inc for SSE role!! Please share your experience or feedback here!!! #engineering #software #swe #wfh
Just went thru the whole promotion saga, so this is just a gentle reminder and advice Neither your manager nor your leadership have your career development in their heart, this is totally on you, so here is what I did to get promoted This is a random order 1- Timeline: before you reach the requir...Read more
New M1 manager here. Marked an engineer Needs support - they survived layoffs. Have given enough feedback that they are on the borderline MM to MA-, asked them to keep all options open and have backup job search going. With 16.5% quota - the engineer would most likely be MM to meet the distribution....Read more
My manager just talks about work tasks to be done. It's more like a weekly status update meeting. Should one ideally talk about rating expectations, feedback and gaps all the time, especially with the new PIP systems in place everywhere ?
I had been offered full time opportunity with Gap Inc as a staff software engineer. Currently I am working working with Gap Inc as contractor. Looking into current retail market and Gap Inc revenue last two quarter, which is bad . I am looking for blind community feedback and some insight to take de...Read more
Got positive feedback after a debrief and was told I would get an offer. Anyone else seeing a large gap of time without a formal offer? #offer
Boss proposed to get me promoted. However, he received feedback that I need a mentor to close behavior gap to next level in a year. Should I:
Ex-founder/CEO of VC-backed startup, raised $15M, got company to $4M ARR, ended up selling for pennies on the dollar. I’m realizing that translating founder experience into something that resonates in the job market is a lot tougher than I expected. It's like there’s a gap between the journey I’ve ...Read more
I interviewed for Customer Engineering - GCP on Sep 2020. My interview feedback was Strong hire, Hire, Hire across RRK, GCA and googley. had Hiring manager as my GCA interviewer and he showed strong interest. Shocking that Hiring committee rejected my citing 2017 interview feedbacks (No hire across ...Read more
I switched to a new company and in less than 2 months I am totally regretting it. My manager did not pitch the job correctly during the interview process. I went back to the job description and the actual job is not even close to the description. My manager and I have a huuugeeeeee communication ga...Read more
I have 7 years of experience but hardly make any interviews, moreover I am a self taught frontend engineer, currently doing a masters in computer science. I have gaps in my cv and failed startups . May I post the cv here for feedback? Edit: adding resume
Just got rejected by small company with feedback: "In your technical rounds, the pattern was that you had gaps in your approach the problem. You solved all of the problems, so speed wasn't the issue, but the hiring committee just felt there were some technical gaps." When I asked for what the gaps ...Read more
Hi blind, I am back with an improved version of my (hacked together) buy vs rent net worth analysis notebook. main numerical changes: - Calculate actual mortgage payments principal vs interest - add 3% closing costs (adjustable) - raise default rent to 4k per feedback (adjustable) The new numbers ...Read more
I got feedback from Uber Hr, That problem solving was really good, but there was a gap in system design considering the scale at which Uber works. But I had a great interview with System design interviewer. It seems like a generic response, What do you guys think?#engineering #software
Always see posts about Managers that don't serve as a source of knowledge/direction and would rather use Direct Reports as stepping stones. Curious what everyone feels about this as a solution to this gap. If you disagree, please provide a suggestion below. Feedback should be anonymous, and consis...Read more
I was asked this question by recruiters many times after my interview and the interview feedbacks are from interviewers and there are sometimes gaps between interviewers and interviewees regarding interview results. I am wondering why they ask this question and what are the good answers to these que...Read more
I had a one week gap between first 4 on-site interviews and the last 5th one. She said she was attempting to gather feedback fast because I had other interviews (other companies moving fast). However if she wants to talk to me one day after my fifth interview, does this mean I have been rejected?
^title. This one is bad and needs counseling / affected mental health. How do I tell my manager? Do I just stay quiet and take a few days? Have a ton of pto saved. I am in a high leadership / people management role. Edit: not high leadership, I should have said just leadership exposure, and mid ti...Read more