Overall very kind, smart people. Fully remote, but can go in the office whenever Jack Dorsey is paying attention again Not bad work life balance
Senior leadership is pretty chaotic at the moment with the recent reorg Unless you’re the #1 person on your squad/ team, it’s hard to get substantial raise with the current structure
I have an on-site coming up for square, does anyone know if the 3x pair programming is leetcode questions or more progression based programming questions? #interview #square
Hi all, I had a team on-site with Square last Tuesday and have not heard back since. Does anyone know how long they usually take to reply with an offer / rejection after on-site?
Hey y’all, I got an on-site with square in a couple weeks. Any advice on what I should focus on or what to expect? What should I expected out of the technical leadership interview? The level is L6 It’s 2 coding, 1 system design, 1 behavioral, and 1 technical leadership call. #engineering #softwar...Read more
I got the square on site coming up (split into two days) - 3 Pair Programming Interviews (via CodeSignal again) These should be the same as the phone screens so i think i’ll be okay here - 2 Q&A Sessions (Past experience as well as Architecture/Design) Kind of nervous for system design, i don’t ...Read more
Hello everyone, I have an on-site iOS interview at Square coming up following the take-home project, and I was wondering how difficult and/or intuitive the process is? Is the expansion of the take-home going to emphasize DS/Algo knowledge or iOS specific knowledge? This is a job I would really lik...Read more
Hi, I have an onsite scheduled with square for the hardware team. The recruiter mentioned there is going to be system architecture and pair programming interviews. I am not able to find many resources for the hardware roles. I am guessing by system architecture they mean system design? I am reading ...Read more
Pair programming 1: finished 3 parts, seemed like I got them all right and they all ran but interviewer seemed a bit disinterested Pair programming 2: finished two parts Hm interview: great conversation, really nice person and felt like we jived well Lunch: didn’t feel great about this round. Pa...Read more
Just got a rejection email a few days after completing my virtual on-site with Square. This was my first ever loop interview, so I’m pleased I made it this far. I had a great experience with both the team and their recruiting process. I have nearly 10 YOE in the PM space with much of that from the...Read more
Hi! I have a square DS loop coming up and will really appreciate some help about the interview process. Specifically the technical part, modeling and exploration. How difficult is the level of that interview and some resources to prep for it? I am really interested in this position, any pointers are...Read more
How many questions do you expect people to pass? I was asked 3 questions - answered 2 correctly and I gave 1/2 code for the next 1. Do I have a chance? Yoe 10 tc peanuts#engineering #software #swe @square #square #engineering #software #swe
I finished Phone Screen with Square recently, got feedback that they are moving forward, haven’t talked to recruiter yet for next round, but wanted to get inputs for on-site, so I could prep. I got to understand from my Phone Screen/Pair Programming that coding is not completely LC but also design....Read more
Would love some advice on how to prepare for a Square onsite. I just submitted my Android take home assignment to my recruiter. I’m confident I’ll move on to the next round where we discuss what I built. Curious if anyone who’s done the take home assignment can provide their personal experience. I ...Read more
Cleared the hm chat. Now have on site soon. Recruiter communicated that it’s going to be project related and the second one pair programming - any insights into what to expect? Yoe 15 tc 400
Was curious if anyone had any insight as to what the “Getting Stuff Done” part of the On-site Interview would be like? My recruiter said to “Focus on your general patterns of collaboration across disciplines, including product and design. Hone in on the non-architecture and non-code portions of your...Read more
Hi everyone, happy holidays! I had my phone screen a couple weeks ago and heard back right away that it went pretty well. I thought it was a wonderful way to interview someone! I have the on-site interviews coming up on Friday (3x Pair Program, System Design, Past Tech) and am wondering if the Pair...Read more
I have an upcoming SRE-on-site interview at square/block. Can anyone share their experience on this? I don't see any post on SRE interviews for square. #square #block # SRE # onsite
What should I expect here? Is it mainly discussing the data flow and API or will I also need to get into scalability, micro services, message queues etc etc
Spoke to my recruiter and she said overall feedback was positive, only mixed feedback was on the past expense Q/A round Hiring manager supposedly went with a more senior candidate so i have to do some more teach matching rounds before it gets submitted to hiring bar Is the mixed feedback a bad sig...Read more
Hi Blind, I recently had my on-site with Square. I just heard back that the feedback from all rounds but one paired programming were good! The recruiter said if it went to the hiring bar they think I’d make it through for an L4 offer. The issue is that the team I originally applied for has hired s...Read more
Blinders! Thanks for the great stuff on so many topics, but haven’t found too much either here or elsewhere specific to square PM interview prep. I have on-sites coming up and really appreciate some help. Been prepping based on materials out there for FB, Google and Amazon. Anything specific to Squ...Read more