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Jan 30 25 Comments

I've been working on leetcode/problem solving skills. In some of the interviews, even when I was pretty sure my solutions were very optimal; I managed to end up with unfortunate results. I really don't want to talk about luck/fortune. I was just able to get MS. Got rejects from - Twitter, google, uber etc. :(

So Googlers/FAANG employees, please post your comments on - how to not just crack but crush interviews at FAANG companies. I know there's no medication or anything but still; even if its an hard way, kindly post your thoughts.

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  • Qualcomm / Eng dynasty001
    How lonh were you prepping OP? I feel youd need 100 more LC. I am also at around 60 and feel no way good wnuf for any intervoews
    Jan 30 2
    • Intel / Eng
      minato4

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      Makes sense. For now I'll move to MS. But I want to continue burning leet.
      Jan 30
    • Qualcomm / Eng dynasty001
      Yup. I am mostly in medium, coulle hards and easy. But many i know have gotten a decent 200 questions in before even applying for phone interviews. Not saying that 70 is not enough. But i guess the more the better.
      Jan 30
  • MathWorks CHop75
    I have interviews coming up and reading stuff like this is pretty scary... optimal solutions and rejections all around?

    Did you also talk through your thought process and weigh different solutions before proceeding?
    Jan 30 2
    • Intel / Eng
      minato4

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      I did. I clearly remember for vmware, I did all the good stuff you are mentioning and didn't end up with the offer.

      For MS my interview was pretty average and they extended the offer.
      Jan 30
    • MathWorks CHop75
      Weird, not sure what more you couldve done then. Optimal solutions, talking out loud, weighing tradeoffs seem like the ideal interview. Did you have time left over at the end for any of the interviews? Wondering if they wanted to do two questions but you only got to one or something.

      I hate that you get no feedback from companies for rejections, makes you wonder what went wrong...
      Jan 30
  • LabCorp / IT
    learner

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     learnermore
    I have been in that spot and after solving 120 i was able to clear some interview.

    Don't give up. Keep trying.. Wish you good luck !
    Jan 30 0
  • Goldman Sachs wtfiswro
    Were you not able to come up with optimal solution at any of these places? Because at least Google doesn't give a damn about prior work or behavioral stories
    Jan 30 2
    • Intel / Eng
      minato4

      Intel Eng

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      Yeah I was pretty bad with Twitter phone int.
      For Google i thought I nailed it and 2 days later they were like sorry bae try later. 😂
      Jan 30
    • Cavium W1jk87h
      Are you sure your solutions were best in terms of time and space complexity? They might have expected better solutions which they had in the mind.
      Jan 30
  • Have you seen the questions they asked and you didn't tell them?
    Jan 30 1
    • Intel / Eng
      minato4

      Intel Eng

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      To be honest i had seen a similar questions but yes i didn't tell
      Jan 30
  • How was the interview experience with Twitter and Uber? If you want to get a perspective of a fresh pair of eyes, you can DM me and share me the experience and I can give my perspective. We can have a discussion like a retro session.
    Jan 30 1
    • Intel / Eng
      minato4

      Intel Eng

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      Thanks 🙂
      Jan 30
  • Cavium W1jk87h
    How many problems you solved in leetcode?
    Jan 30 1
    • Intel / Eng
      minato4

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      ~70ish
      But i did cover breadth and spent good amount of time
      Jan 30
  • Google / Eng
    LeeJaeDong

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     LeeJaeDongmore
    Interview a bunch of people, preferably from FANG. Ask them the same questions you were asked. Chances are some of them will do much better than you did and you can learn from them.
    Jan 30 0
  • Cavium W1jk87h
    I am 80ish at LC. Still dont feel confident for interviews.
    Jan 30 0
  • Intel / Eng
    minato4

    Intel Eng

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    140k TC but location is ND. So I can pretty much save much more than 110k tc at intel in bay area.
    Jan 30 3
    • Cavium W1jk87h
      Your YOE?
      Jan 30
    • General Motors hdhdj
      North Dakota? 😯
      Jan 30
    • Intel / Eng
      minato4

      Intel Eng

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      1.8 yoe
      Yea ND. Looking to save and leetcode and shoot for better after that.
      Jan 30
  • Intel tar_xzvf
    How did you prepare for the system design?
    Jan 30 1
    • Intel / Eng
      minato4

      Intel Eng

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      Grokking
      Jan 30
  • Cavium W1jk87h
    Your YOE and TC in MS?
    Jan 30 0

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