Signed FB E5 offer few weeks ago. I had started looking for a new role 5 months ago, interviewed for ~40 companies; ~25 onsites; 10 offers along the way. Blind was my go-to tool all along this road; damn this community is filled with rich content about every company. Here's my small contribution for the Blind community. I started interviewing with smaller companies to see what my value is in the market. With each interview, I kept building my confidence and communication skills. Atlassian & LinkedIn rejects were heartbreaking, but time healed those wounds. Took 1 month break to sharpen my skills. Solved only 200 LC in these 5 months, but main strategy was training my brain how to think about solving a problem. Graphs & Trees used to haunt me, but I was very proud of myself the day when I successfully pulled off a Trie solution for PINS. It's ok to keep grinding LC to sharpen your skills, but solving > 200 Qs before you start interviewing is worthless. You're wasting time & missing out in living your life๐ All those who say you need to complete all coding Qs in interviews are wrong. If you don't know how to solve a problem, think aloud and show them your structured thought process. It will be counted in your favor. Sure some companies look for a perfect performance in interview (my FB perf was not perfect btw), but majority of them don't. As an interviewer at Walmart I'm more interested in HOW you solve a problem rather than WHAT you solved. That's it for tonight. I'm excited to join FB family. It's going to be a wild ride, but I'm confident it will be full of learning opportunities. YOE: 4 Current TC: 130K FB TC: 410K #interviews #softwareengineer
Congratulations
Congrats !!
Damn such tc at such yoe is wild. Donโt get pipped! Good luck
Thanks. I'll be careful ๐
Worse case: 1.5 years and pip exit worth 8 years of current comp.
Can you also give breakdown
โAs an interviewer at Walmartโ ๐
Congrats! Great post
Congrats! Thatโs a lot of interviewing! Did you do it while working at your job? How did you manage that?
Most interviews were in PST. I'm in CST
Had to manage it somehow. Worked late at work to balance office commitments.
@OP, how did you manage work and so many interviews?
Asked the same haha. Following if OP answers here.
You eventually find the right balance. For me it was scheduling interviews later in the day & logging off from work early.
Congrats OP! ๐
Wow, Congratulations @OP! Thanks for sharing! Such posts are really motivating.