TwirlyCoconut
TwirlyCoconut

Which startups have the highest bar for excellence?

I mean, you need to clear a dozen or more rounds to get into Google.

What are some examples among Indian startups?

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ZoomyBagel
ZoomyBagel

So I’ll give another take, earlier Swiggy, Phonepe, Cred, Groww, etc. used to have really high bar for hiring people; however over time as growth was required to happen much faster than feasible, the bar drops a bit (rinse repeat because people don’t scale, processes do) eventually all companies end up regressing to the mean (most large company can’t maintain elitism)

At one time even Amazon and Google had a really high bars.

As long as you work for indian manager, chamchagiri comes first and skills second

CosmicDumpling
CosmicDumpling

As long as you work for Indian manager, chamchagiri comes first and skills second.

It seems that he has put the crux of Indian managers of all companies 😂😂. I like this point and can't agree more.

SillyNugget
SillyNugget

Whats wrong with Indian managers why can't they be like their western counterparts...

CosmicLlama
CosmicLlama

None. Indian startups don't just work on talent. they work on extreme chamchagiri. a certain level of technical knowledge is required, thats minimum. But maximum talent required is chamchagiri

SqueakyMuffin
SqueakyMuffin

Startups, especially good ones, don't focus on DSA as much as FAANG would. They conduct these rounds due to the sheer number of applications they get. Do you really think knowing obscure graph algos translates to software development?

The first big hurdle would be getting your resume shortlisted. Enter HFTs, other trading firms requiring low latency software developers, DB/OS specific companies, Confluent-esque softwares, and nowadays AI companies.

Startups with high bar would be the ones that focus heavily on implementation skills, and breadth of knowledge instead of trivialities - if we are talking about web dev, which is majority of Indian market

Flipkart group, Cred, Amazon beyond SE-1... You know most of the names.

DancingBanana
DancingBanana

No one is really giving real answers but i think for PM/Cat mgmt roles, one of the highest bars is at Zomato

TwirlyCoconut
TwirlyCoconut

Serious answers please

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