Everyone (probably) would agree that F and G are the best places for SWEs right now (at least according to polls). Blinders report that F interviews are mostly LC verbatim, as opposed to G's. How can F be as good as G with apparently easier or more straightforward interviews ?
I don’t think so Facebook is best place for SWE atm. It used to be but no more !!
what makes u think that ?
They have good technical problems - but the company is facing lots of issues.
Relax your interviewing fetish. Amazon has the most aggressive attrition policy of all these places. I have probably the most respect for Amazon long timers
Why respect? Maybe they couldn’t get into anywhere. Attrition is by those who could get out.
Say what you will about how easy it is to get into AMZN, but it also fires aggressively. People who can sustain high intensity and be successful long term usually can do that anywhere else.
Google above explained it perfectly; FB problems are probably relatively easier but you can’t mess up at all, and need to solve them optimally and without much hiccup. Google on the other hand will be a bit tougher, but you can struggle a bit without getting docked for it. Google seems to be the better process imo. You can’t really game the google interview process, but you can for FB by doing their leetcode premium questions and getting lucky on interview day. If Leetcode didn’t exist, there could be more debate about which process is better, but Googles still seems less spartan. That being said, I feel like there is a decent amount of people gaming the Facebook interview process, getting in, and then saying bad things about WLB/expectations when many didn’t really meet the expectations in the first place, and just memorized questions. Just my 2 cents tho and I’ll prob get some hate for saying so.
Real test at F starts after the interviews.
Questions at Facebook are easier but you are expected to solve them perfectly. At G questions are harder but you might get a hint without affecting your chances
which approach is better ?
Don’t know really