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- 4 YOE, 8 Offers (FANGM, HFT, Unicorns), 525k TC Giving back to the Blind community with offer data, how I prepped, and some general observations on the industry and what interviewing was like this time around. # Offers: ## Trading firms (Jane Street, HRT, Jump, Citadel) Firm 1: 525k Recurring + 175k Signing → 700k Y1 – Accepted Firms 2, 3: Reje
- Challenging problems to solve... when asked about the job First of all, I am not judging or criticizing at all. I am just trying to understand the reason why this is the most important criteria for many people. I can understand when people say they like the job because of good WLB, compensation, meaningful (ie make world better) or fun work or work enviro
- link SWE interview prep guide [This is a follow up to my comment on the following post: “A Guy got rejected by Google , has done 900+ Leetcode. “ https://us.teamblind.com/s/2h838Wte ] Although, technically I won’t call it a guide. But here it is guys. I did share this internally (google forums) and got few reviews. ——————————
- What are the 7Rs of Cloud Migration Strategy? Introduction Cloud migration strategies are high-level plans adopted by an organization to move their existing on-premise workloads and data to cloud environments or switch from one cloud service to another. The choice of cloud migration strategies varied according to the levels of agility, scalabil
- link Cruise ($30B valuation // robo-taxis service) is Hiring! I have THREE executive roles within Cruise I'm #hiring for (and many, many more coming down the pipeline). ***Pls PM me if any of these positions look interesting, we can chat more and I'm happy to send a JD. Also, if you'd like to PM me opportunistically for executive positions (Principal, Directo
- FB Network Engineering Corp - Coding Round Interview Experience A friend of mine has been asked a question in his coding round call: Given a file containing switch names, ports, Incoming BPS, Outgoing BPS. He had to find out the top talking switches using automation/scripting. He had done it in python. The role he interviewed for is Network Engineer, Corp. He Pa
- Stripe recruiter ghosted me after interview TLDR: Interviewed for L4 SWE role. Recruiter strung me along, then ghosted me after final round. Sharing my interview experience as enough time has passed that I'm convinced the company has moved on. Applied for an L4 SWE role on a product team. Initial round consisted of 2 interviews - a design r
- Travel Expense Policies & Scrutiny? I'm mainly looking to see how culture is regarding travel, expense policies, etc. Let me know how it is at your company! My story: I joined Apple knowing I'd travel a lot, but I did not expect the ridiculous hoops I had to jump through for expense reports. I'm far from a guy who abuses expense poli
- link Bay Area | Eng Leadership | Prep Resources Hi Blind Community, Following up from my earlier post(https://www.teamblind.com/post/fFNduLYB), I wanted to just share my experience interviewing for EM roles and what preparatory material helped me in the last 6 months. Hopefully this is helpful and a way for others to get started. Background: -
- SDM - depressed, stuck in career TC: 400 YOE: 10 in tech, 7 outside prior to tech in several industries, including 3 years of entrepreneurship/startup M, mid-30s, married/kids Company: JezoSsss... I really need an advice and honest response from this community. Haters - please skip. Jokes are welcome, but please do provide your i
- link UPDATED (08/10): Amazon Behavioural Interview Top Tips from an experienced interviewer I’ve been at Amazon for over 3 years and have interviewed extensively. Over time, when interviewing for partner teams (that is when your colleagues ask you to be part of assessing candidates for them) I took a greater interest in Phone Screens where I got to speak to candidates at initial stages. Wh
- Should I take a low level role (in or out of tech) while looking for high level? Would this hurt me? Hi Blinders. Happy new year! Hoping I can get some of your wisdom & insight. Spent past 7+ years in startups abroad as a passion project founder, a co-founder at another startup & a Director PM role at another. (not in that order) Returning to the US after recently attending a few events and seeing
- link FB,Google,Amazon,Lyft offers Hi Blinders!! Happy to share my interview experience over the last 3 months. Current Job: Microsoft L62, YOE: 7, TC: ~220K Job Offers: FB E5: 200K base/637K equity/4 years/ 95K sign-on/15% bonus == TC ~ 480K for first year (Signing FB offer letter soon) Google L4: 170K/590K(38%,28,20,14),/0/15% ==
- link where to learn marketing/growth for entry-mid level ppl out here thought i would make a seperate post. this is taken from another discussion. Feel free to DM me if you have any questions. ----- First of all, you have to decide what you wanna do: Growth Marketing - acquisition Growth Marketing - user journey (activation, engagement, retention) Brand marketing Pro
- link Facebook E6 Interview: Part 6: Actual vs Prep: Coding PART 6. THE ACTUAL INTERVIEW VS PREP: CODING [Part 5] https://www.teamblind.com/post/Facebook-E6-Interview-Part-5-Preparation-Behavioral-QvwZdt2h I was given an option to spread the interviews over 2 days. There was definitely an initial anxiety on how far to set this which is probably a function
- link Aspiring for FAANG?? obligatory tc - $90 per hour contractor. obligatory yoe - 16 in java, includes 13+ in US on work-visa, that includes 9+ in android only. Edit - 1 :- so, blinders seem to think it is unimportant why, based of where i come from, that i was hoping to get some guidance, so i've removed that, and am hop
- For those who are beginners - Leetcode prep in 2 months If you are preparing for job interviews and have plenty of time on your hand then a depth based approach is better than breadth based approach. If time is an issue then go for breadth bases approach. What I mean by depth based is make a list of topics like Linked Lists, Stacks, Arrays, etc and then
- Ever have a panic attack during an onsite? I just did TLDR: After showing up 45 mins late, had a panic attack and walked out during a stupid simple code interview. Title says it all. I'm looking to change companies because I'm totally miserable at my current gig. Have been doing phone screens and they've been going TERRIFIC. So much so that during t
- Why is it important to develop a product-thinking mindset? Understanding the science behind a product can either make or break the product that you are about to create! While this sounds cliched, there’s a lot of depth to it that most developers/engineers often don’t pause enough to reflect upon. For instance, not all the products we use today are successfu
- link Just an FYI on Immigration Reform So I've only been on Blind a few months but noticed that nearly every week there's always a hot post on American immigration policy and the likelihood of any major reform thereof in the near future. In lots of recent posts, I see people holding out hope that some form of "merit-based" immigration re
- Please help: Anyone gone from internal PM to customer facing? Looking for a mentor with similar experience who has made this kind of transition. Need help framing my experience and finding the right opportunities. I’ve been building software for the last 6 years or so. My “customers” are internally facing but I’m proud of the work I’ve done. I’ve helped launc
- Failed AWS Sr Solutions Architect Tech Phone Interview + Questions List So I recently had a first phone interview for a senior SA role at AWS, I felt really good after the call but got the rejection this morning and was devastated.. The interview started with 2 behavioral questions then a small customer scenario (so was neither a role play or a system design but somethi
- Where’s Your Tegridy? Important disclaimer: this is an opinion thread. It’s based on my observations using this app in the last couple of weeks. Take it for what it is. Before i make my hypothesis, I’d like to share my observations of the Blind community. 1) Many of the people using this app are intelligent, higly moti
- seeking help, personality and attitude, interviews are irritating obligatory yoe - 16+ in java, includes 9+ in android, 13+ years in dual-intent work-visa. obligatory tc - $90 per hour contractor. TLDR :- interviews are fueling my irritability, and i need help staying cool and composed. how do you do it ? currently applying for senior / staff level roles, anywhe
- What I learned from the last recession Disclosure: I founded Jobscan. This is an unprecedented time. I won’t go into details about the virus, social distancing, or toilet paper madness, but about how this economic impact could affect our employment and income. Some economists are noting we’re heading into a deep recession, if we aren’t
- link Giving back - How to succeed in FAANG coding interviews? (for non-CS holders) Hi, I am giving back to TB community on how I prepared for SWE-L4 at Google. This is mostly targeted to non-CS degree holders. There are already a lot of good stories for folks with CS background. There is, though, a good overlap on how to prepare. But probably my way is not as efficient for folks w
- Google L3 from Electrical Engineer (Interview Experience, Accepted) Wanted to share my roller coaster experience with Google interview process. tl;dr: ~$200k + 20k signing; 9 interviews; highs and lows; great experience; great recruiting team Quick background. BS in Electrical Engineering from decent private university. Had only two classes in the CS department
- Uber / Lyft market share + growth Any Lyft folks here who can dispute this? Information article below: Source: Second Measure Data The once-hot ride-hailing business is cooling down—just as the two biggest players are thinking about going public. Revenue growth rates for the U.S. ride-hailing businesses of Uber and Lyft slowed thi
- link Will Uber sell it's South East Asian business to Grab? Grab’s $2 billion fundraising, announced on Monday and led by SoftBank, has changed the ride-hailing game in that region, giving the Singapore-based firm what may be an unassailable advantage. Uber may have to consider selling its assets to Grab. That is an enormous turnaround on the situation for
- FB Post re: Uber worth reading I saw this on my Facebook feed, written by Diego Berdakin who I don't know at all, but we have mutual connections. Definitely worth a read as he has innumerable valid points. ----- Watching all of Silicon Valley turn its attention to bashing the team at Uber has been quite a sight to behold. At the