Re:Uber lays off 435 people
by kevstev on Wednesday September 11, 2019 @01:04PM
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>Uber definitely over hired in 2016
That's interesting, I interviewed with Uber for an engineering management role in 2016, and was blown away when my potential boss said he had a "hiring target" for next year of close to 100 people. This was a relatively small product offshoot of Uber that is now closed. I thought that was absolutely nuts, not just the magnitude of the number but that getting bodies in seats was a metric that he/I would be measured against, but thought maybe that I just didn't understand how hypergrowth startups work and it would be a good way to gain a new perspective!
Full Disclosure: I did not get an offer, even though I walked out of that interview feeling I had never nailed an interview as much as I had that day.
That's interesting, I interviewed with Uber for an engineering management role in 2016, and was blown away when my potential boss said he had a "hiring target" for next year of close to 100 people. This was a relatively small product offshoot of Uber that is now closed. I thought that was absolutely nuts, not just the magnitude of the number but that getting bodies in seats was a metric that he/I would be measured against, but thought maybe that I just didn't understand how hypergrowth startups work and it would be a good way to gain a new perspective!
Full Disclosure: I did not get an offer, even though I walked out of that interview feeling I had never nailed an interview as much as I had that day.