Q&A With Hulu Employees
Our people are our greatest differentiator. We embrace diversity and create a culture where everyone is an insider. We do what we say we will and have trust in one another to do the right thing. Above all, we treat each other with respect and empathy, striving to continually elevate what it means to be a Hulugan.
How employees describe working at Hulu
Its service and style of streaming
Tech support, knowledgeable/professional customer service agents who don't hang up due to not having the training to fix a problem, proficient in English language, easily understood w/out speaking at machine-gun rapid pace.
Improve reliability of streaming programs
Lowering rates/ having student plans for college students, more interactive content with consumers
Great shows and movies, bang for your buck, accurate genre placement for films and shows, accuracy of Closed captions, and variety of material.
What it's like to work at Hulu
- Hulu employees generally work 9.2 hrs a day
- Employees at Hulu report the work pace is comfortably fast
- On a typical day, employees at Hulu have 4+ meetings
- 70% of Hulu employees look forward to interacting with their team every day
- Hulu employees most often take unlimited paid vacation and sick days each year
- 57% of Hulu employees report they are happy with their work life balance
- Hulu employees typically get valuable feedback on how to improve at work Once a month
- 66% of Hulu employees call their work environment positive
Q&A With Hulu Employees
IDX: 25 TOT: 54
What is the dress code at Hulu?
Casual
How often do employees get raises at Hulu?
Every year
What are the differences between maternity and paternity leave at Hulu?
More weeks off. Hulu is very generous about maternity and paternity leave
What is Hulu's internship program like?
* great learning experience * Good opportunity for interns to get converted to full-time * Opportunity to work on new cutting edge technologies
What kind of people does Hulu like to hire?
strong engineering background.
How can I get hired at Hulu as a recent grad?
Teams look for atleast 3+ years of work experience
What is the daily attire at Hulu?
Casual
What is Hulu's policy towards pets in the workplace?
The building has a no pet policy
In your opinion, what are the most common interview questions that Hulu asks?
For the on-site, it's pretty balanced between algorithm/data structure and systems design. For the phone interview, it will lean more towards algorithm/data structure. Also be prepared to be asked questions that might be based on problems the interviewer might have encountered in his/her day-to-day work.
What's the Engineering team like at Hulu?
Fractured codebases lead to overworking, but it's a fairly standard engineering team.
How's the leadership on the Engineering team at Hulu?
Leadership is decent; stronger than in the past.
What unique perks and benefits does Hulu provide?
Free Hulu but the DVR one and not the live service.
How do I do well in an interview at Hulu?
The team is more media than tech and gravitate to cable industry execs. Speak that language and carry yourself that way and you’re in.
What's the pay like for Business Development roles at Hulu?
Bottom of the industry for a tech company and lower to middle of the pack for a media company.
What's the vibe like in the Business Development dept at Hulu? How many hours are you working?
Working hours aren’t long and culturally collegial but at work, the team is on the whole incompetent at their mandate and have consistently fallen short of goals.
What's the Business Development team like at Hulu?
Inconsequential at their best and inept at their worst.
How's the leadership on the Business Development team at Hulu?
“Leadership” is focused on empire building and covering themselves versus actually doing constructive work and engenring a collaborative culture.
How would you describe your overall experience interviewing at Hulu?
Bad leadership, terrible vision, and with a lot of infighting and empire building. Terrible culture. Avoid like the plague.
How's the leadership on the Customer Support team at Hulu?
Passive and inexperienced. Most of the leadership team at Hulu is immature for the roles.
What's the pay like for Customer Support roles at Hulu?
Terrible. Below market. Snap consistently pays higher, so does Uber and Tinder.
How does Hulu make decisions around promotions?
For technical program mangers, there are no real KPIs or a career ladder, so promotions are solely based off of peer feedback and manager opinion.
What do your coworkers need to improve and how could you work together better at Hulu?
Collaborate






