Has anyone else experienced a wide gap in interview rigor between the big dogs and, well, everyone else? I’m specifically coming from PM perspective. I feel like FAANG and their high profile peers (Uber, Stripe, etc) are highly rigorous, challenging interviews. Case heavy. You gotta nail every session, very little room for error. Personally I’ve had a lot of close-but-not-quite’s. But when I interview outside that top-tier pool I feel like I coast through. I don’t get challenged much on my behavioral answers, and the cases are hella easy. Not even useful practice for the FAANG interviews. I’ve come to learn that there’s a broad range of talent out there, and it feels good to know I’m on the stronger end of the pool. But I feel like I’m struggling to land opportunities that are appropriately challenging. Does this resonate with other people’s experience? Any context from folks who have cleared the FAANG bar? YOE 7, TC $280k #interview #pm #productmanager
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I’ve interviewed a few hundred people with Google and Uber. What I’ve noticed: 1. We have an insane volume of applicants, it’s hard to pick when you have hundreds of resumes and a lot of good experience. And a ton of them have referrals. 2. We also interview a lot of people before making an offer. I had to do 16 phone screens for one role, advanced 5 people, and 1 offer made. Pretty much all of them could have gotten the job so you’re picking from a good pool as is. 3. It’s not like companies make the right hiring. I’ve made good and bad hiring decisions, so the rigorous process doesn’t mean we get the right outcome.
Yup pretty much luck of the draw and a numbers game to some degree
Agreed. And putting FAANG on a pedestal always kills me. I worked in consulting before Google and Uber, tech gets great talent but the companies operate poorly. Once you’re on the inside you see it’s like any other company, just with great compensation.