Interviewed for E4/E5
Coding 1: two questions
Leetcode hard:
took most of the time. ~25 minutes. Solve it nearly exactly how the most optimal solution was on leetcode
Non-leetcode. I’d rate it easy to medium. Found it in the discussion section of leetcode. Answer presented was a binary search type solution.
Only had 10 minutes to solve this, I used binary search. Similar to how the discussion section described. I didn’t get to finish this but the interviewer said he understood my approach and asked for time complexity.
Coding 2: two questions
Leetcode Medium: Iterator version of a DFS problem.
Coded up a mostly optimal solution but I got stuck on one part, I couldn’t figure out how to mark already seen nodes. Interviewer said he knew where I was going with this, and said he’s sure that if I had more time I’d get it right.
Leetcode medium:
Straight out of grokking the coding interview. I had done this problem a few times before. I coded up the answer in 5 minutes. Got a little worried that I let on that I had solved it before. I did say that I had seen similar problems at the beginning though..
Design:
Standard design. Video game related. Talked about how one would stream the game being played amongst other things like friends lists. I gave some really good trade offs. Started a bit rough while talking about front end stuff, but that’s not my specialty. I got really into it once we talked about back end. I think I did alright on this. I was a little disorganized in the beginning.
Behavioral:
Normal questions. I did make myself look bad when I described how I handled a time when I was wrong, but I think I saved myself when I explained how I was young and used it as a learning experience. I ha some really strong examples for other questions too.
My analysis:
Im expecting a reject. I think not completely solving the second question in code during the second interview as well as getting stuck on such a simple part of the overall problem for the second interview first question is what will do it.
Maybe I’m being too hard on myself?
TC: 165k, 5 yoe
Recently accepted an Amazon offer for 180k tc though. If I get the FB offer I’m going to have to reneg on Amazon, which I’m cool with... I think
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I was rejected by FAANG 7-8 times, but never met such an a$$hole in my life.
I’m just so tired of interviewing, need a change