Q&A With Quizlet Employees

Nobody will judge you. Out of respect maybe aim just slightly nice? For men, the dressiest we see people is nice jeans + dress shirt. Women do often wear nicer dresses but also jeans.

It’s really good. Sometimes people could be more direct with constructive criticism.

Ads and subscriptions are growin fast - like doubling. Content is new so that’s more exploratory now.

Talk with a recruiter and maybe a hiring manager, then a technical phone screen where you do some coding. If you go to onsite there are usually five slots, 3 tech and two behavioral.

For engineers it’s three coding sessions - two applied engineering and one more algorithm / data structure focused. Then two behavioral interviews with managers.

Mission driven. But building a big business to sustain it.

Chill - people are fun but this is serious work.

Helping people learn and do well.

All the standard benefits, health, AD&D, life insurance, FSA, HSA, PTO, 401k, lunch 4x /week, Snacks/beverages, unlimited sick days, WFH, 100% healthcareDental/Vision for employees, 50% for dependents, 50% commuter reimbursement (and paid pre-tax), $1000 professional development budget at employees discretion, paid family leave: 16 weeks for primary caregiver, 8 weeks for secondary.

Good - people are engaged and have lives.

Managers nominate, there’s a documented career ladder, you have to show you’re operating at close to or at the next level. Managers will help you get on to projects that will allow you to demonstrate it if possible.

Paid vacation. 3 weeks first year, increases 2nd, 3rd and 4th year to 4 full weeks.

Annual pay review.

Fast but not rushed. Focus on quality and results, not just shopping whatever to say we did it. Nobody has to use it so we need to make sure we are really doing things right.

The people I wouldn’t mind sottig next to anyone at the company on a 3 hour flight.

Good. Everything is growing and we are hiring in every area.

Be able to talk about culture and values at your prior companies. What did you like about the environment , what could have been better.

It’s based on getting things done - impact against goals. Also organized people are more likely to succeed. There are no project managers taking care of everything.

Weekly 1:1s, annual peer review.

Great. If anything we just need to hire more people.

Easy. It’s not a burnout factory.

Definitely - there’s a mix of things all great consumer companies need to figure out along with a bunch of stuff around learning that is on the cutting edge - data science team was invited to present at NIPS this year alongside FB, google, etc

Teams usually do something once a quarter - each team has a fun budget. Last time we went to a cooking class!

Awesome -everything is up and to the right.

Company set and is exceeding diversity hiring goals. Similar stats to Pinterest or a little better.