It’s 180 bucks to have a mock interview w/ Google Interviewer. Anyone tried it before? What do you think about it?
I did like 20 practice interviews on pramp
I used it before my Amazon interview. I felt that it was useful for the behavioral/ cultural fit questions as my mock interviewer pointed out that I need to emphasize 'I' when talking about past projects, because too many 'we' sounds like I did not drive the success of these projects. I think it is useful to have one of these mock interviews, but I seriously wouldn't do it multiple times for the same company.
I recommend http://interviewing.io - it's the same thing but free
Gainlo is horrible ... My wife took a mock interview with a guy from Amazon, he was extremely unprofessional even I could hear bunch of people making lots noises in the background. And he had this demeaning tone while asking qs, irony was that was supposed to be mock interview and he was supposed to be of help. When you are making money out of this, have some decency to go lock urself in quiet room first. Do yourself a favor use pramp instead
That was my experience exactly, very unprofessional service
an interview is not an exam that you have to cram for. It’s a fit-discussion. If you “pass” an interview by getting all the “answers” right, you’ll still do a shitty job in the actual job.
Really wonder why people like you even come and respond in posts like this, do you think your comment was in any possible way helpful to the op? Or is this done sort of ego ride for you? Did you learn this by your experience and currently doing a shitty job at nvidia?
+1 ambronn
Personally tried it and I think it's not worth it. My peer was very good (from Amazon), polite, professional and answered all my questions. The problem is that all info they can offer is already available from other sources for free. Alternatives: 1. Pramp - free, can be a hit or miss, 30% chance that you actually get someone decent. I got the best insight from actually interviewing other people and observing their mistakes. You might also get someone weird. There was this one guy who refused to start until we do proper introductions, say our names and say what we do. 2. Go to actual interviews with companies that are not your first choice, but companies that you'd still consider in case it clicks between the two of you during the loop.
+1 for interviewing.io
I tried it, wasn't worth it. You'll learn nothing that you don't already know
Gainlo was a little pricy when I talked to them. I used PracticeCodingInterview.com which seems like the same service but more reasonable prices.
No. Reason is if you are capable of passing these performance art interviews then you won’t need it. If you aren’t and are hoping that a 1 off session can help then all you’ll find out is how bad you are or how ridiculously high the bar is. Disclaimer I have used it. I’ve also been through ctci and epi and corrected parts of epi. Still can’t crack the coding interview. To be honest I wish they’d all disappear.
I think I’m capable of passing these interviews in terms of actual coding ability but was thinking of getting some more signals to fix some other issues like communication and also just get used to the real interview environment. But maybe you are right.
Why not get experience from tier 2 companies then? Will be free and real interview env