[superfish]

It blows my mind how much RenTech does with some ~300 employees. I recently had a phone screen with them (no offer otherwise I wouldn’t be writing this) and all of my communication was with this MIT math PhD. No HR, just the PhD.

Compare them with a Big N that has 10,000s of SWE’s. It’s a safe assumption that each engineer is individually less talented but even so, how do they iterate/experiment with such few employees?

[jjmod]

What kinds of questions were asked during the interview process? I don't think I'll ever have the chance to work there, but I'm extremely curious about the vetting process for a place with such a notorious hiring bar.

[tasuki]

> how do they iterate/experiment with such few employees?

Faster!

[solveit]

Upon hearing this, the student achieved enlightenment.

[mindentropy]

> I recently had a phone screen with them (no offer otherwise I wouldn’t be writing this) and all of my communication was with this MIT math PhD.

What were you applying for? A software position? If yes I am curious as to what programming questions did he ask.