I have had a lot of helps from the community throughout my job search. I wanted to give back by sharing my comp and do an AMA about interviews. I did not sign any NDA about comp so I assume it's ok to share. 1.6 yr exp in U.S., Canadian bachelor in CS. Yes, I posted recently and asked about negotiation and pissed off some people because I thought my initial offers were low balling. But anyway ... Facebook E4, Google L3 Facebook 1st offer: 140 / 220 / 0 Google 1st offer: 140 / 230 / 0 Facebook 2nd offer: 150 / 240 / 0 Google 2nd offer: 145 / 300 / 30 Facebook 3rd offer: 160 / 300 / 50 FAQ 1. What's the interview question? Signed NDA. What I can share is Google questions were about medium while Facebook was medium/easy (leetcode levels). No brain teasers. 2. How did you prepare? What really helped me and I think you should do if you are doing a system design interview is getting a mocked system design interview. It helps a ton. 3. How did you negotiate? Someone on blind pointed me to this post which helped a lot. https://medium.freecodecamp.org/ten-rules-for-negotiating-a-job-offer-ee17cccbdab6 Thank you again Blind! Feel free to ask or PM. I might not be able to get back really quick though. Also please don’t ask me to break my NDA.
How do you know if you’re doing a system design interview? Is that based on position and/or years of experience?
Bravo 👏👏 I like how the community is building up to be very useful (ignoring a few ignorants who can be everywhere)
Thank you!
What was the Facebook phone screen like? 1 or 2 qs? Easy or medium? How did the Fb onsite go? 2 qs each interview at medium? Any questions beyond leetcode?
I skipped both phone screens. Onsite was a bit arbitrary. I did 3 qs / 1 qs / 1 qs / 1 qs for each round + sys design. The 3 qs guy thought I did too fast so he ended up just throwing me any stock he left in his question backlog. FB is famous for giving leetcode question but they were modified ones.
How did you skip the phone screens?
Great info. 👍 FB questions were medium to easy is that becoz of 1.6yr exp or is that how it is even for seniors (8+ yrs)? How abt hard ones?
I think at least for E3 - E5 they don’t differentiate coding questions difficulty. Difficulty is really a YMMV thing. I’d say if you are well prepared for ~6 weeks you are good. Preparation really makes difference. It also depends on interviewers. Too many variables.
Cool. 6 wk prep. == leetcode binge? And one more, how did you skip the phone screenings?
How many leetcode questions did you solve to get enough confidence?
54 hard 30 medium 10 easy
$235k TC without sign on or $285 with sign on. Many return interns get $100k sign on and $300TC first year. So first year comp is close to new grad but after that it is definitely better than new grad
Hi, glad you found the article useful :) Since you've been in the industry for 1.6 years, would you mind sharing the history of your offers and any raises you've gotten? I'm actually a new grad, so I think it would be helpful for me to predict my overall career trajectory.
Going to pm you. Thanks for the article
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Hi. I would like to ask how you used one offer to raise the other. Did you have to reveal the other company’s offer detail first?
You don’t have to. I started without giving either any data.
Not for the initial offer. Maybe for following offers yes.