Have always used Blind to get great insights into my industry, wanted to share my recent job search results and materials I used for studying. I have 6 yoe with TC 530k and tried to break into staff level this time around. Prepared 1 month with a mix of LC, system design, and behavioral preparation...Read more
Hello Blinders , Need help with choosing from multiple offers . TC: 190k YoE: 4
I had my onsite interview a few days ago, and I recently received an email from the recruiter asking to schedule a call next week to provide an update on the interview. Does anyone know if this might indicate a positive or negative outcome? If it's negative, why would they arrange a call just to co...Read more
Anyone recently go through the onsite interviews and is willing to share more? Especially curious about the culture/behavioral interviews. Tax: 330k
Cleared L6 senior SDE onsite loop. But, recruiter gave me a lowball offer still in L5 band. Current TC: 260k New TC: offered 275k Should I take it? Not willing to negotiate the pay, I feel like it’s better to be downleveled, than this offer.#software #engineering
I had my Amazon virtual onsite last week. It's been a week after the onsite, I haven't heard anything from the recruiter after the interview. I contacted the recruiter but no response so I contacted the coordinator (who is very responsive) and got replied saying she also contacted the recruiter abo...Read more
How long it takes for Facebook Recruiters to inform candidates about the outcome after onsite interview?
I had my google onsite today. Out of the 5 interviews, I didn't do well on one of them. I just hit a mental block and found it difficult to make progress. However, the other 4 interviews (2 coding and 2 system design), I feel extremely positive about. I was able to solve the other coding question...Read more
I had a virtual onsite last week with apple. Following the onsite, the recruiter said he had received good reviews and scheduled a final round of interview. What should I expect for this final round? Technical/Bh? #hardware #apple #interview
So I had google onsite a week back and I felt i performed well if not excellent. Bombed 1 interview and was not able to come up with a completely correct solution . Did good on 2 and rocked the last one as it was a LC Hard and I coded the most optimal solution. Got reject mail after 2 days of onsit...Read more
Hey all, Had 4 rounds of Meta onsite. Coding - 2 LC Mediums went really well. Another coding - 1 LC medium went very well, the other one went okay. There was a bug. System Design went very well (the interviewer themselves mentioned that I did a great job) Behavioral went well Level: E5 I gave Me...Read more
People who got into Facebook, how did various rounds of your onsite interviews go? Assuming there are 4 onsite rounds, Do you need to have positive feedback all 4 rounds, or positive feedback in 3 rounds will suffice sometimes?
I had 3 onsites and passed all 3, BUT: - Microsoft SWE II: Hiring Freeze / on hold until they figure out headcount - Google L3: passed HC and started team matching. Now on hold until they figure out headcount - Amazon L4/5: just wrapped, figuring out level/team (hoping to uplevel), but just hated...Read more
Recently finished with onsites for L4 position. Got the following feedback Phone screen: Hire Onsite coding round: LH, LH, H Googlyness round: SH Recruiter has mentioned he will share my profile with HMs and setup Team matching call when my profile is shortlisted. I wanted to know isn’t usually th...Read more
So I'm in the post interview anxiety phase after an onsite at FB and trying to understand the process and also want to write this out for others who are in my situation. After talking to my recruiter and after browsing through the posts here in blind, I think here are the steps. (Q1==>;) Can some
Gave onsite for E5/E6 last week and in one of the interviews, problem statement was wrong but solved it with a hint by interviewer. Realized after the interview that problem statement was wrong mathematically. Should I share this in the interview feedback survey that we usually receive after onsite?...Read more
The hm is gonna keep interviewing. I passed phone screen and hm round, initially. Was told I was middle of road. Good but not great. Will stay on short list if other Hms are interested. Was impressed w my ‘ml knowledge, curiosity and passion’ — could be code for no skill. Idk. Trying to get more...Read more
Just finished my full onsite loops last week for E4 position. After 1 week, recruiters called me to wait for more but also asked about my current level at Google and the last time I was promoted. What does that mean? L4 350k
Got an opportunity to interview as a software engineer at OpenAI next round should be the final onsite(4hrs long). Can anyone shed some light on how to prepare for this? What would they ask? Previous rounds seems to be similar to meta level coding problem (checking for coding speed n accuracy th...Read more