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- STUDY GUIDE FOR GOOGLE NO BS I have read many of you mention that you use Leetcode or EPI (elements of programing interviews) to prepare for FAANG interviews but i hardly see any posts of a real study plan. I see way too many outrageous posts like oh i finished EPI in a month. You gotta be a genius to finish that in a month bec
- When should I follow up? I had an interview on Thursday and it is now Tuesday. My interview was with the hiring manager and my next and final step would be doing an onsite meeting with different members of the team. I thought the interview went really well. I was enjoying the conversation and I have answered each question
- UX designer to front-end developer? I've been a UX designer my entire career (early 30s now). I have no passion for it, and never have. That means that I never get better at it. I'm mediocre, and that's not going to change. I need to do something different, so I'm trying to decide what. I've done a little front-end dev before, and I'
- Should I buy a small 1b apt in San Jose area next year? I have enough money for down payment for an 800K apartment. Reason why I want to buy is that I’ll have to pay a landlord $2.5K a month anyway, why don’t I pay a bank and get to keep the apt in a couple of years.... My wife thinks that we should just rent for the first 2 years to save a bit more mon
- Frustrated with Coding Challenges! Highly Subjective! I just got interviewed at Lyft for their Self Driving Team. It was an initial coding challenge. We had gone over first 35 minutes over my background and projects. And the last 25 minutes the interviewer gave a coding challenge to solve. I couldn’t finish within 25 minutes. Wrote 75% of the code. How
- Resigned from my current job without holding any other offers at hand. FICO, India Experience - 3 yrs TC - 15 lakhs (25 yrs old) I am a software engineer in FICO. I have resigned from my current job and I don't have any other offers in my hand. I guess I am going to be unemployed for some time. For past few months I had been waking up and thinking to myself what am I
- Seen questions In one of the coding rounds in an on-site interview, got asked a LC hard question which I had seen before. I gave the expected approach right away as I knew I’d need time writing out the solution (didn’t try to pretend like I was struggling but explained the approach in detail). The interviewer aske
- Series B startup - career advice needed In final stages of interviewing. Really excited about the work they are doing. What comp should I expect? Founder caliber is 10/10. Lots of googlers plus management team is ex-google. I feel I have 1m saved up. And can take the financial hit. I want to go there for the experience and connections. H
- vote No offer, but recruiter asking to wait I was reached out to by a FAANG recruiter for a non-tech role, agreed to interview but by the recruiter screen call I had a verbal offer from another company. FAANG Recruiter didn’t mind since it was only verbal but rushed me to the on-site in less than 2 weeks. (This seemed like a good sign) By th
- vote Buy new vs. remodel Yet another housing poll. We're looking at buying a SFH around 2800-3500 sqft and we have a few in the area that we like. The options are either to buy newly built (or nearly new, 2015 and newer) houses that have gorgeous modern interiors that we love at around 2.2-2.5M (the very max stretch limit
- What's up with the random astroturfing and ads on Blind? For those who don't speak English as first language: "Astroturfing is the practice of masking the sponsors of a message or organization (e.g., political, advertising, religious or public relations) to make it appear as though it originates from and is supported by grassroots participants." I'll se
- Not moving forward after Google on-site. We wants it. We needs it. tl;dr: a rant I was told two days after my on-site that I’m going nowhere— most definitely not forward. The recruiter decided that it would be pointless to waste HC’s time by asking them to review my uninspiring interview notes. The post-interview feedback was delivered to me in its most common fl
- I lost my 2 year old daughter and my wife is critically ill in hospital I don’t know where to go from here. Just burnt the dead body of my 2 year old daughter. And might have to burn another dead body soon. I don’t have mother or father or any siblings. I lost everything. Have nothing to look forward to. I don’t have anyone waiting for me when I get home. Have no purpos
- Interview experience with Netflix I had a super underwhelming interviewing experience with Netflix. Here are a few things I did not expect at all. The good: 1. Feedback after onsite, not just a yes or no. 2. The hiring manager was great with making sure I understood the requirements of the role. 3. The onsite wasn't a day long pro
- link Big investors are snapping up homes — but not in the Bay Area Corporate investment in residential real estate set records in 2021, with private equity and public funds snatching up nearly 1 in 5 U.S. homes by the end of the year. But the Bay Area? Nope. Investors bought up just 4% of the homes sold in the San Jose metro area, and 6% in San Francisco and the E
- Career change from financial analyst to data analyst Hi, all! I just joined Blind yesterday and I'm really glad that I found this community! I am trying to change my position from financial analyst to data analyst now and wonder what kind of effort I should make for now under this Corona situation. Please let me explain my background a little bit. I
- Second onsite interview in 5 months Google gosth me!! I went to the second onsite interview (the first one was back in late June with 5 interviews back to back plus a presentation for 30 minutes + QA ). In the first interview results was good but the position was given to an internal employee, the recruiter told me that he will continue looking for a
- Apple ICT3 Offer I got an offer from Apple on Tuesday without any numbers but she (the recruiter) asked me for my target and then asked if I could give a decision by Friday. They reason they're rushing it they explained is because they have other candidates they're waiting on. I told her Friday is not good for me as
- Facebook Privacy Team Program Interview Just had a super weird hiring manager interview at FB - wanted to know if this sounded like a normal experience. Not in a rush to leave Amazon but was curious about the role when the recruiter reached out for IC5 Privacy Pgm. Started the interview, dude spoke a ton about himself, nothing about the
- Google L3 Team matching timeframe First time posting here, I just passed the hiring committee last week for and am super excited but also a little worried about the team matching stage. I feel like there are a lot of horror stories about it taking months or not finding a match at all. My recruiter on the other hand seemed pretty con
- Where can I find what I’m looking for ? During the last couple of days time off , I realized that activities inducing an adrenaline rush are what bring out the best in me - some examples: watching a thrilling sitcom, swimming etc. I normally do a bit of these regularly too.. but it felt like..taking a break from work and allotting time fo
- When can I leave Amazon? I just finished my third month at Amazon and it's been a living hell. I truly felt like I was hired in a rush to replace the people who were pip'd. During my first two months, 2 people "left to pursue other opportunities outside of Amazon". They didn't say anything before they "left", we didn't eve
- vote The case for why housing is only plateauing, not crashing This Bloomberg article is the most balanced view on what’s going on in the housing market: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-26/american-housing-market-is-showing-signs-of-running-out-of-steam Interesting points from the article: “This could be the very beginning of a turning point,”
- Full time SWE: should I complete my MS? I’m a career changer and am currently working full time as a SWE. I got the job as an intern and transitioned to full time because I’m earning my masters degree in CS part time. I have a bachelor’s in an unrelated field and I took courses at the college level in order to get into my masters program
- Team is bad fit - worth making a lateral move and stay < 1 year? Joined this year and the team has been a s***show to say the least. Constant attrition, changing of managers, and the actual team members I have seem to be a bad fit. After a month or two, the job didnt seem great and after many more months, things don't seem that they will change. Have tried to giv
- FB -fuced up interview experience So here is the total fuc up from FB Interviewing experience. -Interviewed for SDM (M2) role in Security org. 1st Phone interview with hiring manager 1 2 Technical phone screens Passed these two and moved to Onsite: Onsite (virtual) 6 interviews including XFN, and other values/signals. Recruite
- Does FAANG matter for Product Design careers? *Note: this is specifically about Design, engineers have a very different outlook on this from what I’ve seen/read.* So I know we, in tech, put FAANG or FANMG or whatever on a pedestal, but for Product Design Leaders is it really a big deal, outside of comp? I recently got an offer from a Facebook
- What's wrong with this startup, it's not clear enough whom to hire and when to hire? I have been interviewing with a start up and it's being a while. The final onsite was done in mid February and after that they are simply not making their decision on my candidacy. They asked me to bring another offer from a different company at one point. I I did that too(it was obvious, I would ha
- link Death rates about covid 19 is misleading #covid-19 I still have some friends working in medical field in China, this is what I’ve heard: We have observed very different covid 19 death rates across countries: While Germany and South Korea is less than 0.5%, Italy is reaching 7%. It is even different within China: 0.7% outside Hubei and 3.
- I'm tired of WFH but fully support those who want it to continue After over a year of WFH, I'm definitely looking forward to seeing coworkers and being able to have basic human contact with them in person. That said, I fully support all efforts by workers against going back into the office, like the recent Apple petition. Why? 1. Tech workers should collectively