Tech IndustryOct 17, 2019
SAPSAPfirey

Easiest FAANG company to get into?

Based on my interview experience with all except Netflix, I would rank as follows in ascending order of difficulty: 1) Apple 2) Amazon 3) FB 4) Google What do y’all think? Additonal question: Do you think pay is proportional to interview difficulty?

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Google BillGatesM Oct 17, 2019

It’s lottery

Facebook yahjs Oct 17, 2019

This

Apple dying. Oct 17, 2019

Please elaborate. I hadn’t applied to other FANGs in over 8 years. Are you saying it pretty much boils down to which LC question you get and how familiar you are with it?

Apple FUEj81 Oct 17, 2019

Netflix

Microsoft Gnec Oct 17, 2019

It’s really a lottery

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Hari Pottr Oct 17, 2019

Like others said, it's a lottery. It's a fuckin lottery.

Amazon prestige🧐 Oct 17, 2019

Lmao it doesnt feel like a lottery when you know the answer to every LC by heart

Apple dying. Oct 17, 2019

And this is the sad thing. They claim it’s about evaluating your thought process but it’s not. They care to see the right answer and only the right answer. A candidate has a heavy advantage if they’ve effectively memorized all the well known questions asked. Any non trivial question (medium or hard) requires thought and careful analysis. Coding up a quick solution is just regurgitating and acting on muscle memory.

Amazon WOFf87 May 26, 2022

I don't think memorizing that much code is possible. Also the interview questions might be original, not from lc

Google Mr. Glass  Oct 17, 2019

Why the fuck is 'FAANG' still a thing?

Apple pixwine Oct 17, 2019

It’s officially FAAM now. Cramer updated his abbreviations.

Google Mr. Glass  Oct 17, 2019

That abbreviation makes no sense for job seekers. If you really want to buy Apple or Microsoft stock, work at Google or Facebook and use your higher TC to get Apple/Microsoft stock.

Uber 󠀠 Oct 17, 2019

Apple is not in same league by virtually any measure. Amazon does very decent interview process at least for senior roles. FB and Goog are similar and random. I know too many cases where candidates would get one but not the other in either order.

SAP SAPfirey OP Oct 17, 2019

Why? :o

Uber 󠀠 Oct 17, 2019

TC, hiring bar, eng quality etc

Bloomberg Bethhhf Oct 17, 2019

Amazon

Google elxadal Oct 17, 2019

Google is the easiest.

SAP SAPfirey OP Oct 17, 2019

Why do you say so? I thought they asked the most difficult LC problems

Google BillGatesM Oct 17, 2019

Nope. Really depends on interviewers

Apple pixwine Oct 17, 2019

Dude make a poll, wtf