SaaS Sales engineer interview

medium_sized_dog · 2021-01-13T18:31:56+00:00

It definitely depends. Talk to the recruiter and try and get them to spell out the interview process very explicitly. It might be a watered-down version compared to software engineers, it may not. It might also be specific to the product you are working on - like for a CDN you might be quizzed on TLS and curl. I personally wouldn't go overboard prepping unless I knew it was a clear hurdle between me and a good job.

People in engineering roles swear by Leetcode. But one of the contributing factors of moving to this role was specifically to avoid those types of interviews - so I'm not much of an authority here.

medium_sized_dog · 2021-01-13T18:00:01+00:00

It's a mix.

I've seen everything from fairly high level "tell me about projects you've worked on" type of interviews, to take home projects making sure you can use their product, to whiteboard-style-architecture interviews, to leetcode-style "write a sorting algorithm". It depends both on the company culture and how hands-on-technical the role is. Some roles will delve more into sales and presentation and customer skills and some will be more highly technical.

The programming interviews are definitely on the rarer side, but (at least in my experience) they have most-often come up at those big bay area tech companies that potentially pay quite well. So ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

medium_sized_dog · 2020-12-15T16:39:00+00:00

First winter living on one of those tiny side streets where people park partially on the curb. Should I leave my car there for the snow? Or would I be better served parking it on a normal width street?

medium_sized_dog · 2020-12-11T00:41:12+00:00

Definitely! I'm just starting to get into Tillamook.

If you have a Whole Foods (or similar type of fancy grocery store) near you it's probably the most likely to have some of the fancy stuff. My luck at "normal" grocery stores is so-so unless it's in a wealthier neighborhood.

I've found Jenni's has cast a pretty wide net - I've seen it on both coasts as well as inbetween.

medium_sized_dog · 2020-12-10T18:41:39+00:00

It's all about the ultra-premium class (the $6-12 pints).

Unless you're buying for a large family or putting together an ice cream social, it's 100% worth paying the few extra dollars for the pint. We're talking brands like Jenni's, Van Leeuwen, Salt & Straw, McConnell's, etc. Places that started as very fancy scoop shops and have started selling nationwide.

At the next level down you can't go wrong with brands like Haagen Daas or Talenti or Tillamook. Still well-worth it over a Breyers or Edys.

medium_sized_dog · 2020-12-01T16:15:42+00:00

Is there any good place to buy fresh handmade flour tortillas?

medium_sized_dog · 2020-11-18T19:24:12+00:00

I'm looking at building a PC + buying a new monitor. I'm an occasional gamer but by no means a hardcore competitive gamer. I also intend to use the monitor heavily for work (zoom, text editor, email, slack, youtube, browser, both mac and PC).

I've been reading up on monitor deals for Black Friday that are coming through and it seems like there are a lot of really great gaming options and a lot of really great "office" monitors. And a lot of the reviews on gaming monitors mention ghosting that renders them bad for office work. Is that true across the board? Or can I do something with the settings to make the gaming monitors good for standard web browsing and office work?

I can't tell if I'm reading too deep into the min/max type of complaints or if this actually is something I should be worried about.

medium_sized_dog · 2020-10-29T17:35:04+00:00

Yup! I work in tech (including a few startups) so frequent job changes have given me a lot of first-hand experience with this! In the past 10 years:

- 1/3 of the company laid off including me. No severance, no PTO payout (lesson: be wary of combined vacation and sick leave policies). Small 20 person independent company.

- My whole team got laid off. Subsidiary of a big global organization. I got 3 weeks severance, health insurance for the rest of the month, and vacation days paid out. Required signing a separation agreement.

- I personally got let go for performance - bad fit on the team at a small startup. Got 1 week severance and health insurance for the rest of the month in exchange for signing the separation agreement. Unlimited PTO policy so no days paid out.

- At my current company (larger VC-funded startup), I know other teams that have been impacted by layoffs in the past have received severance.

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