first time applying to FAANG and shooting for L4. trying to wrap up my interview prep, but I need to actually land those interviews first! How important is it to have a personal website, side project, or curated GitHub to get interviews if you've already been in industry for 2.5 years? Any other tips for getting interviews? TC 95🥜, YOE 2.5
YOE and leadership/tech experience are the only thing that matters after first job
Project. But compared to the interview performance its impact is negligible
That shit doesn’t even matters for internship.
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Don’t waste your time.
I may be the odd one out, but when I get resumes with personal sites, projects, and GH links, I scour them like mad. When a candidate has all three and clearly spent time on them, they typically ace my technical questions. Maybe do several not because they will help your resume, but because they make you a sharper coder :)
thanks for the unpopular opinion, I'll keep this in mind!
I’m the candidate that has one or two of them but clearly is a dingleberry
They matter, for personal development. But companies don’t use them cause the false positives can be high and it requires time, money, and a pair of good eye to properly evaluate them.
It’s the knowledge from the projects that matter. For example it could come in handy for behavioral interviews. If you’re just building the same stuff you already know how to build then you’re wasting your time.
That shit only matters for internships and maybe new grads
thanks