Q&A With SMART Technologies Employees

Compared to other software companies, the design leadership is relatively inexperienced - their experience was mainly gained at SMART, so a bit of the blind leading the blind. And in turn, tends to hire junior employees who don't know any different. It's a great opportunity to get experience as a junior/intermediate designer, but as you mature towards senior you will see the gaps compared to the wider industry

Excellent

I wish I knew how much distance there is between the hardware and software teams. It's like a mature, well-functioning successful hardware company pitted against a very immature software company experiencing startup-like growing pains

They're pretty good, usually within a week once you're in the interview stage. Time can vary after initial application depending on the hiring manager

Pretty casual, typical tech environment.

Haven't experienced an internship program

Varies. Sales people seem to be quite experienced, but hires on the product development side are less so. There is a general immaturity in developing software, as many people largely have a hardware background and are very inexperienced in running a SaaS business.

Not often.

Dress casual

2 weeks

They are not an engineering driven company.

Love what I do and enjoy the different challenges that I work through.

It’s on par with industry standards.

Making somegreat investments in the education space that are enabling better student outcomes.