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- Sharing my secret to FAANGMULASS interview success You need to find a way to calm your nerves and find inner peace to prepare for interviews. Nothing is worse than bombing a interview due to anxiety and mind fog. You can find your pattern or copy mine. First I go to Hindu temple to pray to the goddess of LC for 30min a day. Then while start doing LC
- Too many rejections and lying recruiters Hi everyone, I've 1.5 yoe and I've applied at many places in the past month with referrals. A lot of recruiters personally tell me that my profile is great, but still most of these places do not consider me even for phone interviews because they are looking for someone with more experience. I'm no
- Positive Feedback + Invite for drinks w Team? I know that second-guessing pre-offer messages is a waste of time/energy, but I can’t help. Recruiter caught up with the team that interviewed me and said “... feedback thus far is positive. You want to meet w the team to grab a drink early next week?” I already asked what this means, but it was
- FB interview weird experience I recently interviewed at FB and got a very weird experience. Communication, layout and interviewers were great. I solved 2 coding problems on phone interview. then I had a virtual onsite in which I solved 4 coding problems with the best possible runtime and space complexity. Then I had a design i
- Please refer this poor soul Hi all I am quite exhausted trying to switch, as being from tier-3 college in India, I dont get any replies from people when asking for referral on LinkedIn. Direct application on company website is like adding a drop of water to the ocean. Dont really know how to get calls for interviews Requesti
- Cracking online coding round [New Grad] I am a pretty decent coder. I solve a lot of problems and code features I come across with ease and almost bug free . But I had always faced the problem of cracking the very first round ,online coding challenge, for many companies . If I was able to crack the first round , my conversion rate to of
- Creative/more effective ways of landing a job? Any cool stories on how they got their job? After switching a few times, I think the best way to get a job is through a non-traditional path (i.e. Grab a coffee and get to know the team through HH, then eventually do the formal interview process in the end or something similar). This works really w
- vote Please help me decide which offer should I accept? I got verbal offers from multiple companies and I seek your advice on which one to choose. I will update the numbers from Google and Zillow the moment I have that info. Onsite interview scheduled for VMWare and Grab. Some data points: PayPal team seems really nice and the problem they are working
- vote Is Amazon that bad as blind says?. I have a chance to interview with Amazon Berlin,I was really enthusiastic about grabbing a job at Amazon until I discover blind. Is amazon seriously that bad as people say?. Or is it just Amazon India which is bad?. If it's that bad, why people are still joining amazon who are on blind?.I need to un
- Continuously getting rejected Hi community, I am 2021 engineering graduate student. I have been rejected continously from one company to another. Here is the list of rejection. Grab ( rejected from final round ). Microsoft (rejected after 3rd round of interview). Airtel x-lab (rejected from final round). Intuit (rejected after
- Purple Unicorn time Saw some frustrated posts here about recruitment and wanted to share some info. We recently had convos in Tech recruiters chat. Tech recruiters from faang and not are there. And it seems like it’s a Purple Unicorn time again, when hiring managers are being unreasonable. There are 3 times more qualif
- Reason for Amazon rejection? I recently had an interview with Amazon for the University Grad SDE 1 role. I passed all 3 online assessments, then had a 3 round chime interview. Timeline was : Applied in September, 2 assesments in late October, 1 assessment in early November, request to schedule interview in mid-December, waited
- link I made it!! From 85k to 350k TC in less than 2 years EDIT1: looks like this post blew up!! Thanks everyone!! I promise I will reply to all of the DMs/comments later tonight! EDIT2: I replied to all of the DMs, but won't be able to reply to any more DMs/comments. It's too much for me to keep up! However, as I mentioned in most of my replies, I am givi
- Career path options I am SWE currently performing as L63 Would be really interested to know what is the best career option that I can take for now My long time goal is to be a at leadership like product management side I am having a dilemma to choose the path to achieve this. Should I jump ships to fb/Google with g
- vote Is this the lowest MS India comp Hi all I am new here and also joined MS few weeks ago Prior to this I was in a smaller company which was also my 1st company After my interview with MS, they sent me the offer letter without even asking for any expectation The MS recruiter was not ready to negotiate with my below competing offers.
- SWE Interview journey, offers, rejects, tips. Warning: long post. TL;DR; at the bottom. (*In Blind mobile app, only the first half of contents are shown because the post is too long. The second half has been added in the comments section. There is no issue reading this in desktop browser from teamblind website.) I started prepping for intervie
- Past career mistakes!? 4.9 yoe in current company; Never switched even after getting offers from Tower Research, MSFT in 2019 and multiple other offers since then. I do regret rejecting some of those offers, given that my current TC is still far lower than what was offered. I rejected Tower Research because I had higher
- Help me break into tech I’ve posted before I got a few replies, but posting again due to not passing a final on site. I am a management consultant and I am trying to break into tech. I have one year of experience as technical program manager and I’m trying to break into check as a TPM or a product manager. This is way hard
- eBay hiring like this? Got hooked up by 3rd party recruiter to an SDE position at eBay. Wasn’t very interested but gave it a try. No HR call or tech screening, booked 6 hours virtual onsite right away, split into 3 sessions. (The recruiter may have pushed the process a bit.) First 2 sessions were pair programming. The f
- How to get a job in Michigan YOE 8 TC 80k I am a Java programmer and have been with my company since last 7 years. Initially it was contract. Then I had a child and the company extended my contract role saying I went on maternity leave. Then finally made me direct but took 2 years to initiate green card. When it came to me, th
- Bounce Out After 3 Months? Career suicide or Resurrection? I started a new role three months ago leading digital marketing for a fortune 500 company. I'm concerned this may not have been a good move. Should I bounce out now or stick with it? Throughout the interview process I was assured my new employer was focused on indus
- Cap-Exempt H1-B by recapturing unused years I'm currently in Grab Singapore, I recently got accepted an offer from a startup in MTV who applied for H1-B and I got the lottery. I'm waiting for the approval notice to finish stamping. Meanwhile during the visa process, I interviewed at Microsoft in Vancouver and got an offer. Currently the Micr
- vote Job Offer Evaluation Systems Engineering Evaluating two job offers, both have the same title and salary. Title: Principal Systems Engineer Salary: 150k Raytheon: on site, El Segundo. 20k sign on + relocation cash out. Full time hire. Standard benefits. Maintains security clearance. Milwaukee Tool: Full Remote. No sign on. Contract to H
- Referral Request Hi All, Looking for referrals for Cybersecurity Profile in good product based companies. YOE: 13 years Please drop a comment so that I can dm you. Thanks!! #Airbnb ##cybersecurity #interview #Anduril #Ansatz #AppDynamics #AppliedIntuition #Arcesium #Atlassian #Bain #Bigbasket #Blackbuck #Bloo
- vote Meta e4 SWE, ML onsite chances? (My first post on Blind, pls bear with me) Did a virtual site last Thursday for Meta SWE, ML position. Interviews in order Coding 1: Aced both with optimal solution. Pleasant conversations. ML Design: Interviewer was professional and friendly. Guided me through all the points he wished to touch on
- Cybersecurity Internship referrals required Hi Guys I am eagerly looking for an internship in cybersecurity in India/ Abroad. I past experience in 2 internships and Bug Bounty. I am currently doing my Bachelors in Cybersecurity and Have vast experience in SOC, Web App Pentesting, and Network security. #internship #security #intern #fintech
- Robinhood Data Science Interview I recently had a chance to interview for the Data Scientist position at Robinhood. Cleared the technical assessment, and was onto the next round i.e. the technical video screen. As soon as I joined the meeting, without so much as a greeting the interviewer started telling me about the format we are
- vote Seeking advice on Next Career move, Please help ! Hi Blinders , Currently I’m working as a Lead Engineer where I get to design ,code & review , mentor juniors . But looking at long term picture , I feel I should make a move in some time (buffer 12-18months) before getting married . While moving forward , I see few probable options : 1. Indian M
- Memoirs of a Brogrammer - Day 2 Sup bros. Today was sick, not gonna lie. I got up at 5:30 and smacked some espresso and adderall, the morning ush’. Grabbed the ipad and hit the leets hard AF before my phone screen. Did some string and matrix problems to prep. Went over some React stuff. Sent some emails to some recruiters, etc.
- FAANG is love. FAANG is life I was only nineteen years old. I loved FAANG so much, I had all the Leetcode and CTCI. I'd pray to FAANG every night before I go to bed, thanking for the life I've been given. "FAANG is love", I would say, "FAANG is life". My dad hears me and calls me a wageslave. I knew he was just jealous for my d
- vote Amazon Interview I had an onsite with Amazon for SDE2 and I've got mixed feelings. I thought some of you might be interested and I'd also like to hear your opinion. - OA: ACED it! (all tests were passing for all problems with more than half my time still remaining) - Phone Interview: Got an LC Easy (lucky me) pret
- AWS On-Site Account Manager Interview Hello, I just completed my AWS on-site interview/virtual and I am really nervous about the decision. I feel I did well throughout the process, below I'll summarize how the onsite went and based on the interviewers responses, I am curious to know what my chances are: PS: I could not tell who the "B
- AWS Strategic Account Manager On-Site Interview Hello, I just completed my AWS on-site interview/virtual and I am really nervous about the decision. I feel I did well throughout the process, below I'll summarize how the onsite went and based on the interviewers responses, I am curious to know what my chances are: PS: I could not tell who the "B
- Google India Onsite : 1 round postponed I had my on site today. When the host greeted me in the morning, she mentioned that the design round has been cancelled and I will have only 3 rounds today. Does this happen often? 2 rounds went really well. Both had a single fairly difficult graph problem. After discussing the brute force and op
- Internal recruiter calls 20 minutes late. No apology. I gave up my lunch break for a scheduled phone call with a company’s internal recruiter, after they requested an interview with me through Indeed Prime. After 12 or 13 minutes without getting a call, I sent an email saying “l didn’t get a call at the scheduled time, so I’m going to assume there is
- A Failure’s Guide to the Facebook DE (Analytics) Interview Hi Blind, I’m fresh off of failing my second attempt at the DE analytics virtual onsite at Facebook and I want to help other people avoid that feeling of emptiness and despair that comes with rejection. I’m well aware this interview isn’t impossible, but I feel it’s hard only for the sake of being h
- Time to leave the industry? I’m in my late forties am an engineering manager and for that last 5 years and 3 companies have just felt totally frustrated by the execs I have worked with. I just started a new job as a director at a very well funded startup, and I am totally not feeling the culture. It is a lot of the same “we’r
- Looking for Tech Internships I am looking for a summer 2021 internship in product management, iOS development, backend, or ML. About Me: I am a US Citizen. I am currently a college student in California with an expected graduation date of 2023 (Masters). I can push up my grad date to 2022, if I only do bachelors degree. I am i
- Super Confused b/w Offers I currently work with Nomura Research with Fixed Income Research Desk which is a Front Office Role, the work hours are deadly for 10-12 hours everyday starting from 7:45 AM. Current Compensation: 125k and bonuses could lie b/w 40k to 60k (will receive first bonus in July 2021 although I started from
- [Rant] It's all about the interview only In my 13+ years of experience I realised that it is all about clearing competitive exams and interviews to succeed. I was never even remotely an engineer. Somebody who can't fix a fuse or even attempt to fix something broken. Suddenly realised that everybody is preparing for competitive exams I too
- Weird Interaction with Head of Engineering It was a unicorn startup, in short I did well for my interviews and received a decent offer. I asked to postpone the joining date til June to wait for my current bonus and stock vesting (end of march bonus+stock, 2 months notice), or simply make me whole with a sign in bonus. The recruiter mentioned
- Looking for Any/HFT Referrals, D.E. Shaw grad offer Undergrad graduating in July 2022 from a Top 10 uni in India, currently interviewing for HRT and Google India. Flexible to work anywhere as long as the visa is sponsored. Why me? Among top performers on Project Euler with a couple of Olympiad achievements. #referral #faang #hft #janestreet #jumptr
- link What leetcoders hope software engineering is like If you’re a graduate interviewing for a software job and wondering what a typical day is like, here’s some notes from what I did last Tuesday. It was a pretty typical day. First, as soon as I got to work I realized the night shift had set the linked list up backwards. Doh! I quickly went to the whi
- How to Show Some Appreciation to a Google Recruiter? I have always heard that the recruiting/interview process at Google is painfully slow. However, my experience couldn't have been better. It was super fast. I got HC cleared in 2 weeks after my VO (one week just to collect all the feedbacks, so I guess technically she got me right into the next HC).
- Internal Transfer Guide - Career Cheat Codes Here is a quick guide for your career. This is for doing an internal transfer. It is like applying cheat codes when you’re newer in your career (years 1-5). For older folks they generally have more leeway and options for which team they join, but when you start out it can feel like rolling the dice.
- Referrals requested Hiya I would really appreciate any and all referrals for any position that will let me write some code. Remote is cool, but I'm not picky. Heck I'll even give one lucky person who helps me out a tmo discount code! Really though, thanks for commenting if you do :) Alternatively, I would be very g
- Feeling Low!! Hi all, I want to take a moment and thank you all for taking sometime and many of you here gave me referral's, found amazing people here, no doubt world is surviving with the great people like you guys!! Im very happy that I met some awesome people here, but unfortunately despite being referred to
- vote Offer Decision Help (Google, Brex, Pinterest, Uber, Roblox, Snap, and more) Hello Blind, Interviewed a bunch lately and was fortunate to get some great offers, 15 in total but I've just listed out the top competitors here, please help me pick. Priorities: 1a. TC 1b. WLB 2a. Growth 2b. Stability 3. Benefits 4. Culture Offer Comparison Format: 1. Base / Total Equity / Sig
- How to escape Quality hell? I am working as a quality engineer for an enterprise software company. I am interested in hearing advice about transitioning from QA to software engineering. I majored in chemistry in college and went to med school for a year before failing out. I wound up doing a professional master's in bioengine
- link Lost three offers in one week. 3 BREAK UP LETTERS Some Background: -------------------------- I have been preparing for a job change for 9 months. First 3 months total leetcode preparations ( 3 friends preparing ). I also read about all remote work jobs available with all new startups and ipos. So from my current desk job (with less salary, legacy