Anyone here work at a prestigious company but couldn't pass the interview before trying again?
Dec 6, 2017
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I work at a non-prestigious company and it's been my dream to work at Goog/FB/Airbnb, but I failed the first round interviews at each of them. I didn't think I was stupid, but I don't know. I'm wondering if there's anyone here who can provide advice/motivational stories/reality check on whether or not someone with average intelligence could pass these interviews (or at least get past the first round) with studying. If I had gotten past the first round, I wouldn't have felt as bad, but I didn't. Alternatively, if it's not possible for an average intelligence person to pass the first round by studying please let me know.
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You already got into Amazon, so the problem here is probably insufficient practice in problem solving, communication skills. And that is an easy problem to solve :).
I assure you that they are a lot more average than you think. Sure they may have went to top schools, have better stock options or whatever, but who cares? Thinking about that will give you zero benefit but demotivation and grief. Why do you think about it when it works against you? How is thinking about how much less intelligent you are compared to some imaginary image you created based on no meaningful real world data gonna help you?
I’ve met plenty of very dumb people and extremely smart people where I work. And guess what? Intelligence alone is not a good metric.
You’re not improving because
1) you may not be studying enough or studying the right stuff
2) maybe it is not the programming skills, but communication is where you’re failing?
3) your mindset about smart/not smart is sabotaging you and you don’t even realize it
4)????
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muggsy_Bogues