Hi blind community, I studied for two months straight juggling work with lc and gave onsite rounds for meta and Google. For Meta in my last round i took a wrong turn while answering the second question. I course corrected myself but ran out of time. I gave the approach to the interviewer and could complete writing 50% of the code. All other rounds went good according to me. For Google, all rounds went well except the last round again. My interviewer had trouble framing the question to me and i struggled to understand the requirements. But again all other rounds went well. Answered all follow ups as well. Meta straight away rejected me within three days without any feedback. Google was at least kind enough to give me some high level feedback. Apparently i need to improve my coding speed and there was mixed feedback on my coding round and they didn’t get enough signals. I prepared very hard for the interviews and felt very heartbroken since I couldnt clear any of them. If I probably gave interviews next year also maybe I will fail again. Is there any specific way of studying or solving questions that I am missing for interviewing with companies like Meta and Google? Yoe: 5 TC: 🥜 #google #meta #interviews
Practice more
There are a lot more companies in the world than those 2 and getting rejected from them doesn’t mean anything is necessarily wrong with you. It’s like not getting into your top 2 Ivy League college choices. Doesn’t make you dumb
Why people are so obsessed to work in those companies?
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Thats correct
skill issue lmao
Google recruiter is saving you the trouble of being in team match hell since we have no HC. They did you a favor, try again next year when we hopefully have HC again.
Y no hc?
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Don’t worry, I passed at Google as a direct hire. My team match fell through and I haven’t had a single other TM call for months. There’s very little headcount so honestly they saved you the trouble. For reference, I had been in the process since last November and had my onsite in July. They saved you time and more heartache. Try again when the market is better.
For me i was interviewing for a specific team. Or that was what i was told.
Google changed interview process ‘recently’ and you now teammatch before interviews so people aren’t stuck after passing
The stuff you learn is valuable and transferable. Thedr company provided free motivation. You gained not lost in this.
Thanks. This helps a bit 😄
Sorry msft to break it to you, months of preparation made me realize that Leetcoding and sys design (except a few concepts) is hardly of any use in day to day work. The knowledge gained by working on personal projects and learning AI skills etc is of better use of time. I don't think I gained much by implementing alien dictionary or DP. my $.02
Whats your YOE and which level were you trying for. Also what was your LC count. TBH interviewing is a luck based thing
Yoe:5 Mostly e4 200+ lc. But honestly does it really matter?
200+ is good IMO and you are only going for E4 I am shocked you got rejected
Try other exciting companies. Learn the lessons and move on. Don’t dwell on failure for long.
Yea thats the plan..
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Who would you rather be friends with?
Try Amazon.
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Stay away. You will regret it