So it looks like all big tech interview pipelines are more or the less the same? Fascinating and also probably indicative of something weird. If you are building a hiring pipeline, please do NOT copy this awful approach. These companies can get away with it due to their prestige, top percentage compensation, and need to easily filter hundreds of thousands of applicants. You should instead treat your applicants like humans, look at their past work, and actually express genuine interest in them and have a real conversation.
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#32Horrible. I’ve been doing software engineering for 12+ years and I’ve never had to pass leetcode questions. I have worked for 5 companies in total, and I think I have been in around 15-20 tech interviews in total as well. The interviews I passed didn’t ask me leetcode questions (I had to do take home assignments and system design). In my last interview they finally stop asking coding questions (staff position). No Fa…
I'm glad that you have had this experience! However, passing leetcode questions will typically open up new job opportunities and increase total compensation.
Anecdotally, I actually find it a good filtering signal for top talent. That is, all the best engineers I've worked with have always been able to crush leetcode interview questions, even if they find the questions annoying.
I think it is probably only a good filter if truly trying to hire the top 1% of engineers. Almost nobody is though, as is evident from their undifferentiated pay scale.
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#33This is basically only valid for software engineering FYI - a Data Science/Applied science interview is going to be very different. And probably differ from team to team with much higher variance!
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#34Do note that these interview slates will vary depending on level of candidate experience. At Google, we generally do not ask system design interviews of new grads / entry-level candidates. It's pretty rare for mid-level candidates (L4), and expected for senior and up (L5+). Also, there are situations where candidates may have an extra interview added to their slate. One common reason for this: the hiring committee do…
Nice, make your problem the interviewee's problem and waste more of everyone's time.
ideally things go perfectly all the time, but people sometimes make mistakes. what would you rather they do? pass on the candidate because they didn’t get enough data to support a hire? or give them more chances to demonstrate their capabilities?
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#35Do note that these interview slates will vary depending on level of candidate experience. At Google, we generally do not ask system design interviews of new grads / entry-level candidates. It's pretty rare for mid-level candidates (L4), and expected for senior and up (L5+). Also, there are situations where candidates may have an extra interview added to their slate. One common reason for this: the hiring committee do…
Nice, make your problem the interviewee's problem and waste more of everyone's time.
Now you know, and you don't have to ever apply/interview there!
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#36To reiterate:
Ignore all study materials. Go to leetcode.com and literally memorize the most common questions for the company you are interviewing at. This is what your competition is doing. DO NOT LEARN THE MATERIAL. Just memorize it
Do the same thing for system design. Memorize the answers word for word. DO NOT LEARN THE MATERIAL.
The highest paid tech jobs go to candidates that regurgitate perfect answers to interview questions. Anyone claiming otherwise is lying or doesnt understand whats going on.
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#37Horrible. I’ve been doing software engineering for 12+ years and I’ve never had to pass leetcode questions. I have worked for 5 companies in total, and I think I have been in around 15-20 tech interviews in total as well. The interviews I passed didn’t ask me leetcode questions (I had to do take home assignments and system design). In my last interview they finally stop asking coding questions (staff position). No Fa…
I'm glad that you have had this experience! However, passing leetcode questions will typically open up new job opportunities and increase total compensation. Anecdotally, I actually find it a good filtering signal for top talent. That is, all the best engineers I've worked with have always been able to crush leetcode interview questions, even if they find the questions annoying. I think it is probably only a good fil…
Leetcode interviews are for people who studied and practiced for Leetcode interviews specifically.
It doesn't have much to do with programming, and has almost zero to do with software engineering.
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#38To reiterate: Ignore all study materials. Go to leetcode.com and literally memorize the most common questions for the company you are interviewing at. This is what your competition is doing. DO NOT LEARN THE MATERIAL. Just memorize it Do the same thing for system design. Memorize the answers word for word. DO NOT LEARN THE MATERIAL. The highest paid tech jobs go to candidates that regurgitate perfect answers to inter…
This is true. And it's a bit frustrating because I have to take care of two young children when I'm off work, not grind leetcode. But maybe that's the point.
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#39For anyone in hiring, for new grads how important are internships ?
Seems like its practically required at this point
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#40To reiterate: Ignore all study materials. Go to leetcode.com and literally memorize the most common questions for the company you are interviewing at. This is what your competition is doing. DO NOT LEARN THE MATERIAL. Just memorize it Do the same thing for system design. Memorize the answers word for word. DO NOT LEARN THE MATERIAL. The highest paid tech jobs go to candidates that regurgitate perfect answers to inter…
This is true. And it's a bit frustrating because I have to take care of two young children when I'm off work, not grind leetcode. But maybe that's the point.
Its not as bad once you accept its memorization, and treat it like that.