Everyone here talks about their offers and comp but no one is sharing their rejection stories. So here is mine. First on-site after I started my prep. Company Affirm: 3 coding rounds, 2 managerial rounds and one system design. Got rejection email today.
8 phone interviews, 4 onsite interviews last year, didn’t receive single offer.
Keep at it, my Microsoft brother
Oh god ! After onsite were there some which u thought u might get an offer ?
I started my job hunt in April last year, on-off leetcode.. did on-sites of almost all good companies including FAANG and other good pre-ipo.. finally I got two offers in last week. One of them is a FAANG. So, my advice is, don’t give up. Continue doing leetcode and dig deeper into every topic you read. Just solving leetcode won’t help you.
All the best. Develop a thick skin, and a fur-lined stomach, and don’t stop interviewing till you get where you want to go. Ask for referrals shamelessly, ping recruiters and HMs as much as you can. Don’t worry about small things or short term disappointments.
I managed to get rejected from google, fb, uber, dropbox and linkedin. Now I have plenty of time during the cool off period to study more before next attempt.
Why do you think this was the case?
Got rejected by Google, FB, Amazon (3 times), linkedIn, AirBnB. This all happened in 2 weeks. I had it all lined up like that. Not a single Offer. But guess what I am still trying because I know Its their loss not mine. Destiny awaits.
But you are at apple! Shouldnt you at least be able to crack one of those companies?
There isn't a cooldown period at Amazon?
Rejected from Google 10 years ago and last year. Rejected from Facebook one year ago, didn’t get past initial phone screening. But worst of all, for many years I never applied to any FAANG/unicorn for fear of rejection. That is truly the biggest mistake to make.
Dont ever be afraid of failure budd. Take it as a steppingstone. Trust me experience will be so valuable
You are already working at Uber which pays similar to fang. You have already made it.
Nobody talks about rejections because it hurts their ego 😝google (2x), Fb (1x + 1 with no response after phone screen). I even got rejected by the govt travel company, Expedia, before landing at OCI. Interviewing now so will probably deal with 1-2 more.
ghosting after phone screening is really rude imo
Don’t like OCI?
Thanks all, yeah I’m not loosing hope but I’m kind of annoyed with how the decisions are made. Even if you partially answer a question you are rejected. In my case the interviewer asked me to implement a markov chain and I was able to complete most of it in 45 min. At the end of the round I told him how I would write the function for probability as I didn’t had enough time but didn’t expect that would be rejected coz I felt all other rounds went well
Did not got from Uber, Dropbox ( both onsite) and Google (2 phone rounds), got 5 offers though, tier 2 companies. Joined CK.
Dont lose faith bro. Keep trying.