WTF!! Interview Bar in india

Mar 20, 2021 174 Comments

I recently interviewed with 2 companies(startups)

Rejected in both due to DP hard questions.
In first company's phone screen I was asked a DP hard got rejected in phone screen itself.

In 2nd company cleared phone screen rejected in 2nd round, was asked 1 medium and 1 hard questions to solve in one hour. Solved the medium one but couldn't solve the hard one.

Is it due to covid(more supply, less demand) that companies have started asking DP hard questions and have raised their interview bar or I am under prepared?

I have observed that now a days it has been a norm to ask hard/difficult questions to filter out the candidate.

LC stats - 190 (maximum medium questions).
I am demotivated due to these two rejections and seeing the interview bar these days.
Guys please share ur exp on this.
#interview

YOE - 5
TC - 28(20 fix/ 6 stock/ 2 perf bonus)

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  • Cisco
    psysko

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    psysko
    bars are meant for you to rise up to. This higher bar should be causing you to think you are not prepared and should prepare. Good talent rises to challenges. mediocre talent complains about the bar. which one do you want to be? choose to be top talent.
    Mar 20, 2021 15
    • [24]7.ai / Product
      bubbletee

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      bubbletee
      As an interviewer the issue I faced with DP hard questions is that the guys hired with that talent don't really do very well in their job. Most of them spend their time preparing for their next job. I would rather have a discussion about their current work and discuss open ended problems.
      Apr 21, 2021
    • [24]7.ai / Product
      bubbletee

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      bubbletee
      When I wrote DP hard, I intended to write hard Leetcode questions in general.
      Apr 21, 2021
  • Amazon
    coollakw

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    coollakw
    Trust me DP is considered easy.. Greedy approaches are way harder to come up with and reason about in one hour. I often ask DP questions to new grads and good ones solve it within 20 mins.
    Mar 20, 2021 27
  • Amazon
    ahbE73

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    ahbE73
    This is the one of the reasons why I'm considering to do MS in US in fall'22. Absurd level of competition in india

    It feels like even if I grind LC, Codeforces and competitive programming for let say 2-3 years even that will not be enough to crack let say Google India.

    And on the other hand, i have seen so many people who hadn't done any LC,CF in their bachelors and they even start leetcoding after going to US and eventually get FAANG offers.

    I have already done LC,CF, competitive programming for 1.5 years in my bachelors(and will keep grinding during 2 years of MS) so i believe i will be in top of the competition in US ( atleast i will be able to get F,G offer easily there)
    Mar 27, 2021 11
    • Amazon
      ahbE73

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      ahbE73
      +1
      Mar 29, 2021
    • Apple
      @netflix

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      @netflix
      Grass, is always greener on their other side. It’s not “easy” to get a job at top companies anywhere in the world. You get yourself doomed with visa restrictions and that creates new challenges in your life. Like if your family member is severely sick, you cannot travel to visit them because you have x problem with your visa. Winning h1 lottery is another big issue. Your friends will paint a rosy picture so you feel fomo by staying in India. Trust me, problems are everywhere they just change in different places.
      Apr 24, 2021
  • PayPal
    sXKB54

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    sXKB54
    I've recently been inteveiwing with a lot of companies, both startups and big tech and from India and US.

    I personally feel that I'm moderately good that ds and algo. I got some very easy questions from some unicorn companies, while some small companies asked tough questions. Even after clearing the tough questions, negotiations fell apart due to low TC offered.
    Mar 20, 2021 1
    • Walmart
      robo_boy

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      robo_boy
      Lol. Yeah, all these startups who have the budget less than WITCH ask questions that would put even Corman to shame. In one of the companies that I had worked before I had to be quite forceful in the interview panel to stop other interviewers from asking such hard questions. The thing was even those interviewers would not have solved them. I told my manager that if someone could solve such questions why the hell would they be working for us ? Wouldn't they go to FANGM or something !
      Apr 25, 2021
  • Why do u get away from msft
    Mar 20, 2021 4