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uGyk04

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uGyk04
Jun 18, 2021 84 Comments

I just jumped ship from Microsoft to Google and would love to help out anyone looking for referrals or any guidance to prepare and apply.

I was personally overwhelmed with the general notion of Google interviews but I felt following the right strategy helped me. I was stuck with MS for too long but in the end bumped my TC by around 70%.

Old TC: 20, 2, 10
New TC: 32, 5, 20
YOE: 4

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  • Could you share your strategy.
    Jun 18, 2021 2
    • Google
      uGyk04

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      uGyk04
      OP
      Don't do questions pattern-wise. Your interviewer won't tell you the DS before you solve so practice just like that.

      Don't aim too high in number of questions. I did around 100.

      Focus on really understanding the reason for using that particular DS or algo. Think of brute force too. Come up with multiple approaches and then code the most optimal one.

      While you do above exercise, figure out the complexity of each approach.

      Increase the speed to write code. I had high interview like focus while practicing so I made sure I was typing clean code faster in the interview.

      Dont go to hard untill you know medium really well. Hards aren't that common. Mediums are very. Focus your energy in the right place.

      Practice daily. 1 question atleast.

      I did two rounds of practice. One for a couple of weeks. Took a break. Then did another round for a week or so. Helped me really set in the patterns in my head.

      The best thing: keep it simple. Theres ton of advice, YouTube videos etc preaching the prep strategy. Just like this one. It was overwhelming. Try to create a simple plan for yourself and follow it for few weeks before looking for more "advice"

      Please post your queries or stuff that isn't working for you.
      Jun 18, 2021
    • Appreciate your patience. Thanks for the reply 🙏
      Jun 18, 2021
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    shin_chan

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    shin_chan
    If you think only from TC point of view then this TC doesn't look worth putting shitload of efforts. Many others can pay higher with 10% efforts.
    Jun 18, 2021 8
  • Temenos / Eng
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    Which resources you think helped a lot for both DSA and System design
    Jun 18, 2021 2
    • Google
      uGyk04

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      uGyk04
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      For L4 or lower(read under 4 YOE), they don't expect design. There's an optional design round which can be converted to dsa. For DS, I used only LC to practice. General googling for any concepts I didn't understand.
      Jun 18, 2021
    • Amazon
      uhkqo

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      uhkqo
      Is that system design round to determine whether to find u are an L5 candidate or L4 🤔 just curious
      Jun 18, 2021
  • Amazon
    bezosssssd

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    bezosssssd
    is competitive coding required for dsa interviews? when I was fresher all those who got selected at Google are very good CPers. all the questions were really difficult for someone who just solved leetcode
    Jun 18, 2021 4
    • Amazon
      ahbE73

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      ahbE73
      I also have believes similar to @bezossssd. one of my friend who is Master on CF just interviewed at G but couldn't get the offer also i talked with other friends who successfully cracked it and they said that question's difficulty was ~= 1900-2100 rated CF questions. I guess it's very hard for freshers bcz competition is too high at that level
      Jun 18, 2021
    • Google
      uGyk04

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      uGyk04
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      It also depends on the number of openings. They currently have lot of spots to fill. Not that it would drop the bar significantly but definitely would help you.
      Jun 18, 2021
  • Google
    bestcl

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    bestcl
    What was your strategy?
    Jun 18, 2021 0