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- Cisco Aspiring Minds Assessment Just received an invitation to take Cisco's assessment on Aspiring Mind's and was curious if anyone took it before and can share some general details such as the type of questions, quantity, difficulty, etc. #engineering #software #swe #cisco
- Cisco SWE SHL (formerly Aspiring Minds) assessment Hi Blind, Asking for a friend. He received online assessment for Cisco SWE internship. I would like to know what question are asked, if anyone knows it ? Is the webcam on during the assessment ? #tech #ciscocareers #cisco #internship #SWE #sde
- Cisco SWE Intern Aspiring minds assessment Hi, I have received a 1.5 hour long assessment, what should I expect in it? Any tips/question pattern?
- Cisco SWE Intern Aspiring Minds Assessment Hi, I have received a 1.5 hour long assessment, what should I expect in it? Any tips/question pattern?
- What to expect from Amazon aspiring minds coding assessment? This is a 2 hour online coding test. There will be 2 coding questions. How hard do you think these will be on leetcode level? I have about a month to prepare. This would be for sde1 positron. Thanks
- AMA. Founder who's raised higher single digit $m pre product and pre revenue with a strong founding team. Keeping in mind the global recession, we lucked out with our fund raise in Feb. Happy to offer any help, suggestions, VC tips for aspiring founders. #startup #vc #fundraise
- Google culture Tired of petty politics and turf wars at facebook. Recruiters from Google have been in touch. The job description is not exactly my aspiration, but I am willing to make the move for a better WLB and peace of mind. What is the culture like over there for L5+? Specifically, how do senior people inter
- Cisco Internship experience Posting on behalf of a friend. Did anyone get Cisco's aspiring minds assessment for Software Engineer Intern 2022? How's the experience? What should I expect? #cisco #intern
- CVS Data Science Assessment Has anybody appeared for Aspiring Minds Data Science Assessment at CVS? Wanted to know how is LOD and the type of questions asked.. Any help/recommendation is appreciated!! #data #dataanalytics #datascience #CVS
- Are there any groups, meetups or distribution lists for startups aspirants in MSFT I am looking for like minded folks who aspire to work or create a startup and help, guide or mentor each other. Are there any groups, programs or DL that can help me.
- Amazon Online Assessment Hello All, I was contacted by an Amazon recruiter to take an online Assessment for a position for a Software Engineer, I believe they are using an online platform called "Aspiring minds". Does anyone know what areas of programming I should focus on ?
- Canada PR vs US H1B For the h1 holders and aspirants, which would you consider as the better option for my case. I have an h1b and working for decent pay in Michigan. However it's a pain to try and jump ship on h1b. I also have a Canada PR but I've heard the pay takes a cut when you move above the border. So I'm stuck
- How did you plan your career when both spouses work and have kids? How did you balance your career growth with commitments to your family? I have significant career aspirations but after having kids feel I have to pick between career growth and spending time with kids. While I don't mind pausing on career growth I worry that not growing for 5-6 years may be perceiv
- Glad we have zuck as our CEO After listening mark’s senate hearing yesterday and today i have even more respect for him. He showed a lot of courage and ownership, i truly believe he has matured a lot in the past few years and his mind and heart are in the right place. Fb has traditionally been very focused on aggressive growth
- Data Scientist interview at CVS/Aetna Hi lovely Blind community! Anyone interviewed or interviewing with CVS/Aetna for a data science position? Can you please help me through with providing your experiences, if possible? I am also to be sent an online assessment (called Aspiring Minds) covering SQL, Python, and Statistics. Any thought o
- vote Leetcode group in Redmond area? Looking for folks who are around Redmond/Bellevue area and preparing for faang swe interview? How’s leetcode going? For me, honestly, some days are good, others are bad. Lot of distraction. I am thinking to make a discussion group (slack?) for local folks. We all can share progress and ask questio
- How to get to multiple offers I’m not there yet I don’t think but I often see several posts on here asking others to vote between their multiple FAANG offers, which blows my mind because I’d love to be in position to get interviewed and offered by just one lol It seems like a lot of leetcode and stress to go through multiple ro
- Scared of shifting to US I am thinking of shifting within Amazon to seattle for better job & life prospects from India. But I get scared and super anxious everytime I try to make up mind and make a move towards the interview process. Whenever I read about the "PIP" and visa issues/challenges in Blind it increases my anxiety
- Need help from someone at Amazon I am in the process of applying for Amazon's new grad 2020 SDE. I received OA1 on August 26th and took it the next day. I received my OA2 link shortly after and attempted to take it on September 2, but I was shown a screen that said I had already completed or submitted my test. This was the very fir
- Are you there to help your manager succeed or is your manager there to help you succeed? I think one of the points of conflict that I have had with a manager is that they very selfishly and aggressively making us work so that they would deliver to business and hence reap the rewards. While, business is also concerned about just achieving their goals at minimal cost and some people in th
- Do I need a side hustle, or will tech TC take me far enough? As always, blind tax 140TC 0 YOE Question as above. My life aspirations include: ~1.5-2m house in Southern California (LA, OC) ~$150k sportscar Enough money to travel (dont mind economy), support my parents (pay when we travel together, and some side cash for them to spend and enjoy, would increase
- Seeking Referrals so, like my handle says, there is that. experience - 15+ java, includes 8+ android. work authorization - 12+ on a h-1b. will require work visa and green card sponsorships, have approved I-140 in eb-2. seeking - senior and / or lead android developer roles. preferences - definitely do not want to
- vote Is taking a day off outside your PTO looked down upon at your company? It seems like people mostly use their PTO but hardly ever take other days off. I don't mind losing 2 weeks worth of salary in a year if it means I get to spend 2 extra weeks with family. In addition to the monetary loss, does a company look down upon this even in I inform them well in advance? (In
- Low YoE can still land senior roles! I have been seeing a lot of people shit on people with low YoE aspiring to get L5+ offers. For those with low YoE, don’t mind them as there’s still hope. I was able to get L6 at Google with 3.5 YoE. Here’s how I did it: 1. Work on challenging problems Most of the time, I see engineers waste their
- Become pita bread Ok, so I know this sounds strange but , hear me out . I realized that pita bread is actuall a relly good metaphor fornwhat we should aspire to be .. We are all born into this world as mostly blank. Some of us are shapedndifferently or maybe with different seasonings or spices. But mostly we are a p
- vote Experienced Engineers: Did I make a bad call? I'm still a student graduating this semester and can't stop thinking about the full-time job decision I made last semester. After receiving a few offers, I filtered them down to 2 I was really interested in: Facebook, NYC: $110k base/ 10%+ bonus/ $160k/4 years stock/ $85k sign on/ ~$160k TC Two Sig
- 3 tips to creating your own luck There's blind luck (pure chance) and smart luck (which we can help create). That's according to Christian Busch, author of "The Serendipity Mindset: The Art and Science of Creating Good Luck", who draws a distinction between the two. "[Luck] is a force that we can grasp, shape, and hone," Busch sa
- How Much do Facebook Production Engineers Code? How much coding do Production Engineers actually do? I have an interview for a PE role coming up, and I feel pretty confident I can pass the interview. I have around 8 years or so experience doing pure DevOps work, and around 4 doing pure product based SWE work. My personal aspiration is to spend m
- Non-SWE invited for Web Solutions Engineer (gTech) interview? Hi all, About me: • Apple (Support Ops Engineering) • IC3 @ $112k (not ICT) Was reached out by a Google recruiter about a Web Solutions Engineer role in San Francisco for gTech. I passed the initial technical phone screening and am in talks for the phone coding interview. I’m really interested,
- vote Am I making the right decision? Okay, so I got an offer from Amazon for a data engineer L5 which is about 30% more than my current TC of 40 LPA (4 million rupees a year). But, after talking to HR (who was extremely obnoxious and rude) and the hiring manager (who seemed fine), I am in two minds now. Here it goes: I am working at E
