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Wrote a blog post that got featured on HN. Someone from Facebook reached out and after a series of interviews I got in.
If I could pass a Facebook interview I could finally be happy. I envy you.
There's a lot more to life, and you deserve to be happy regardless of whatever else happens.
My current job at Amazon: Took two online coding tests, didn't talk to a single person and got an offer a couple days after the second test. Efficient.
Same, except I had an extra phone screen because I fucked up the logic portion (guess I'm dumb). Still got the job, and then finished the internship, then got a return offer.
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Sounds fantastic. What role?
Probably SDE. It's a similar process for everyone. There's a lot of handwringing about it because it basically lets Googlers and Facebookers shit on our employee quality now (and you know they think we're inferior).
Last startup I joined died. A tip - when a founder tells you they raised money, make sure they have actually "received" the money and that the fund they raised from hasn't gone insolvent :) Luckily an ex colleague referred me and it has been an amazing journey at LinkedIn. BTW We are hiring!
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If I could pass a Facebook interview I could finally be happy. I envy you.
As someone who works at Amazon and has been rejected by Facebook, don't hinge your happiness on something as random as an interview decision. There's a lot more to life, and you deserve to be happy regardless of whatever else happens.
At that point, I had about 10yrs experience in my career, embedded software.
I still had to target specific postings from their job board for my acquaintance's referral. I found some that matched what I was looking for, got to through the interview process for a couple postings. I was impressed by and hit it off well with the manager of one team, and got hired. That was a few years ago.
I'm really glad I was pressured to apply at this company that I would have otherwise avoided, this is my favorite job in my career so far.
I do a lot of contract work and in the last few years got into designing/coding govt sites and technology.
Overall I started this career by doing my own startups where I had a lot of fun chasing the dream. During that time I also taught myself how to code & design.