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I have technical interview lined up tomorrow as interviewer called me today for Software Engineer position. So not much preparation time.How much they will grill me, will they ask to code DSA or System design? If coding how the pattern will be? I am anxious need help please 🙏
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for extra context: there's a good chance I will move to a place outside the contiguous United States (but not a foreign country) to follow my partner for his work. I would then need to visit home (a state within the contiguous US) for a few months at a time to take care of my parents, then return to my partner. Flexibility is what I'm looking for, but I'm not really sure how flexible companies are with this kind of moving around. Is the only way to achieve this, by going freelance? Or are there W-2 employers who allow this kind of movement? Thank you
I think main concerns would be:
1) impact on working hours wrt rest of team, if you're moving time zones
2) whether or not company already has a presence there - apparently there are tax considerations that somewhat restrict which states one can work from, for my employer
But we have some people frequently work remotely from a different state than usual, for periods of time
Chief
+2.
I agree that some managers may be put off at the thought of someone working in a vastly different time zone.
Also, the "presence" thing is a major factor. I recently moved and switched to 100% remote. When I discussed this with my manager and HR I was given a list of states where I could and could not locate.
It varies a bit by team, but we're free to work and live wherever we want. There are a small number of exceptions regarding time zones but my 50+ person team spans every time zone between the West Coast and Eastern Europe and we make it work well.
There are rules about updating your address for where you live and how long you can spend out of the country before you have to register differently (90 days) but for domestic address changes it's as simple as changing a single field.
As a side note, we have tons of open roles in all departments and we're going to be hiring like crazy all year.
Chief
It is a bit of a catch-22. INHO, smaller companies are generally more open to hiring remote workers. However, they are less likely to have a tax 'presence' in as many states, making where you can live more restrictive. It may take some searching to find a company willing to have you work from HI or AK.
Glassdoor allows Hawaii ;)
Do you mean move around to different positions/job titles? Or move around geographically?
For the former, hard to beat a startup for trying out different roles - sometimes multiple at the same time :)
I care a lot less about titles/roles. Like my post indicates, I want to know if it’s feasible to find employers or jobs that will let me move to different geographical locations within the United States. Once a year or every 2 years kind of moving.
Do you plan on having a permanent address somewhere or are you thinking 6m here, 5m here etc? Startup will be most flexible.
I see. Is it a practice you’ve seen before, with companies offering that kind of flexibility also asking that employee to do their own filing?
If you're remote, as long as it doesn't eff with time zones and meetings too much, I don't see that being a problem.