Finally got interest from FAANG, imposter syndrome kicked in immediately

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Sep 15, 2021 9 Comments

I have about a year of experience (college degree but not in CS) and ultimately would like to be at FAANG level company.

I attended Amazon Career Day today and got to have a 15 minute session with a recruiter and they gave resume tips and suggested to apply to any Amazon job Iโ€™d be interested in. Up until that point I thought I could apply to Amazon once and be considered for all open teams looking for that role; turns out thatโ€™s not the case?

I got off the call and applied to about 10 SDE 1 roles and got an email from a recruiter showing interest for one of the roles!! Immediately I thought they sent it by mistake, maybe they send this email out to everyone that attended Career Day, etc and maybe thatโ€™s the case. And I donโ€™t think I know enough DSA to land a role and I know Amazon is shit according to Blind but it definitely gave me a confidence boost after the imposter syndrome subsided!

The recruiter wants me to respond with my most up to date resume and answers to a few questions (salary expectations, languages Iโ€™m comfortable with, etc)

Anything I should know before responding? Am I able to push off the interview loop to practice DSA?

Thanks!

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