J'ai postulé via un recruteur. Le processus a pris 4 semaines. J'ai passé un entretien chez Zonar Systems
Entretien
Seemed like it had the potential to be a good gig. The hiring manager was a little too proud of the fact that Zonar was his first and only post-collegiate employer. I think it didn't occur to him that working for a few employers can expose a person to many different useful ideas and methodologies.
They also seemed to have a poor understanding of how larger organizations really can be challenging places to work. They mentioned on a few occasions how my large company experience was probably a drawback to working for them. This kind of irritated me because all of that was obviously on my resume and if it was really a concern for them I would have appreciated them not wasting my time. An interesting opinion that I don't believe is rooted in fact.
Having read the glassdoor reviews, I'm kind of glad they didn't make me an offer. The offer would have been low by Seattle standards, based on what was discussed, and then I might have found myself accepting a job and a couple of years down the road not liking my boss and regretting my decision. Things always work out for the best.
They were honest enough to admit during the interview that it was a sweatshop and I give 'em credit for that. Of course there was also the usual nonsense about work life balance, blah, blah, blah.
Questions d'entretien [1]
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Despite their hubris, these guys aren't the rocket scientists they think they are. There wasn't really a stumper in the mix, if you throw out the questions concerning specific technologies that one hasn't been exposed to or had any experience with.
J'ai postulé en ligne. Le processus a pris 2 semaines. J'ai passé un entretien chez Zonar Systems (Seattle, WA) en août 2017
Entretien
I had a HR/recruiter screen call, then a technical screen call, and finally an in-person four-hour eight-person two-at-a-time on-site marathon interview.
Overall the process was decent but there were a few negatives.
One employee decided it was appropriate to do a donald-trump-style crush-and-jerk handshake. I don't know why people do this. It just makes them look like weak wanna-be bullies.
Their DBA was rather rude and disrespectful towards the end of the interview. I'm not sure why but his attitude turned rather passive aggressive near the end.
I noticed a number of signs and clues that the whole process was managed in such a way that I felt like they had a little too much experience interviewing candidates -- like they have a turnover problem and are constantly hiring new people to fill in.
Technology wise, what I learned about their infrastructure was not good. They had made some seriously poor design decisions in the past and it seemed like they were letting some of their infrastructure rot by failing to solve fundamental issues and instead working around them.
What really sunk the job for me, however, was that I was applying for a job that was already filled. At the end of the interview, the hiring manager informed me that he was interviewing me for an entirely different position than what I had expected, and so I had spent the last four hours trying to highlight certain skills while downplaying my desire to do something else I had done in the past. This pretty much sunk it for me. On one hand, I guess I'm happy they were impressed enough with my skills that they decided to bring me in for an interview in which they would have created a position for me. On the other hand, I'm not terribly happy that I wasn't told this from the outset. The hiring manager had said that he thought he had told me this, and I believe him. I think it was just an honest mistake, but it's one that almost certainly cost me the job.
Despite the above issues, I think I would have still taken a job there if they had offered. No where is ever perfect. They had some interesting challenges I could have helped with.
Questions d'entretien [1]
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I was quizzed about IPsec tunnels, postgres databases, various linux tools and tech, and more.