Airbase
AppSmith
Bureau.id ( a small round of DSA)
Docsumo ( a small round of DSA)
Upwards (Fintech)
Avoma

Software Engineer

I think you can target non-conventional series A/B startups!

Consultant

You can made your own product based company which will not gonna ask DSA questions

Network Analyst

I've been interviewing for few months and every company requires leet code style questions. My DSA skills are rusty as I haven't continued preparation along side my job for last 2.5 years.

Welcome to Software Engineers's Private Community

Any product based companies which doesn't ask DSA questions for sde2 back end role?

Any product based companies which doesn't ask DSA questions for sde2 back end role?- Grapevine

I am an engineer working in Deloitte. Overall Exp 6.5yrs. My tech stack include Python, Data Science & AI-ML and GCP. I wanted to give it a try for product based company. I am not sure from where should I start? 

Just a little bit of guidance will really going to mean a lot to me. I come from a civil engineer background and I have reached Deloitte through lot of struggles. But I think I can reach further with some help.

Need a dronacharya in this kalyug 🙂

Thanks in advance.

Need a sincere suggestion from folks working in product based companies

Data engineer

I will be using a scale of 10 for better quantification. 


Python : 7/10
SQL: 7/10
PowerBI: 9/10
ML(Pandas): 6/10
PLSQL: 6/10
Advanced Excel: 8/10
Azure Databricks + DataFactory : Started learning
Apache Spark: Started learning
Communication skills: 9/10

Prior Work Ex: 1.8yrs as a PLSQL developer (started off as a fresher) + one SAP internship of 4months + one Data analyst internship of 1 month

Aspiration : Data Engineering Role

1. Is the above techstack enough to get me a good data engineering role? Will I be able to clear the technical rounds at companies like accenture, IBM etc with this profile? I have heard the barrier to entry for data engineering is higher than that of data analyst.

2. Do I need to learn DSA?

3. What salary range do I fall in with this profile? 


I seek your honest answer. I feel lost. 

Also, should I focus more on improving my cloud skills or shall I be more competent with my python skills? Which one would pay me off in a better sense financially? I certainly can not focus on all the tools at once.

Rate My Techstack: Potential Data Engineering Roles

Which companies hire without DSA in their interview process?

Hiring without DSA ?

Software Developer

I graduated in 2023 and currently I am working as a back-end developer (node js)  in iot based start-up. My CTC is 5.8 Lpa and it is a WFH job.

I have some free time in a day and want to prepare for the product based company. I couldn't figure out what I should start with?
Should I grind leetcode or codeforces? 

Apart from this, what additional things should I prepare for product based companies?
Any resources I should go through?

My target is to switch in the next 6 months with some decent pay.

DSA vs CP

Backend Engineer

So i have been working for 4 years now (data engineer and scientist)   and havent been enjoying much. Thinking of finally grinding and getting into better company.
PLEASE suggest resources for DSA grind which are currently trending and most optimised.

DSA grind. Again?!🥹😭

I just think we should skip DSA rounds for existing FAANG employees.

I understand the importance of DSA rounds and is pretty much required for SDE 1 roles as their major work is to code. But for higher levels, it starts becoming less and less relevant and pointless.

In most companies DSA is to understand the basics of the candidate, can they write code, explain the problem and thought process. Now most FAANG interviewers look for the same thing. Now once I have cleared one that means I have proved myself to be someone who meets the bar, doing it again is just like "Well, have you continued grinding leetcode after getting the job". You can check design competencies, problem solving in design, mentoring etc. but why ask DSA and go through that gruelling interview process.

Your thoughts?

Skip DSA rounds

I am preparing for a SDE-2 role in a product based company. There are many online blogs that tells me what to prepare but I am looking out from where I can learn all of these things.

DSA - ?
LLD - ?
HLD - ?

Also let me know in the comments if you are also preparing for a switch in SDE-2 roles. 🥷

Preparing for SDE-2 at a product based company 👨‍💻

Hi guys,

If you have interviewed with amazon recently for SDE2 position, can you share questions asked to you ?

I have cleared Online assessment, and need some help preparing for the interview

Amazon SDE2 recent interview questions

Any company hiring without a DSA interview? Maybe a take home assignment or something like that? 
I do know some DSA from college time but am out of practice and have been working as a full stack dev for 3 years.

Anyone hiring?

Welcome to IT Company Discussion's Private Community

Currently working as SDE 1 and looking for SDE-1 opportunities only.
Asking what kind of things they ask us in interviews?
And how much they dive into them?
Like 
DSA is important. Except that what should I start preparing on?
Do companies really ask System design? If yes 
What they ask lld or hld?

What does an interviewer expect from a candidate who has less than 2 yoe?

What are the companies' interviews mostly focused on DSA for experienced?

I could solve general problems from arrays, trees, sorting and all. I would fail miserably when the interview goes in the direction of DP problems. After a point I realised it actually doesn’t matter, you will find enough places where you are valued for your skills. 

Been a person who was on the both sides of the table, more on the side taking interviews. I realised one thing how many of us end up writing those fancy TSP code or backtracking etc day in day out. Almost most of the code we write is in some form a version of CRUD and its a reality.
Someone getting hired in google is not going to be assigned to improve their search algorithm. I know a lot of ppl who joined and left google because they were not getting to work on meaningful stuff. 

I ask real life programming stuff and I try to judge based on that, I want to see given a real scenario how the candidate thinks rather then knowing how good the person is in solving some DP problem.

Some ppl can write real good code without realising that they are actually using the best practices and design patterns and not remembering the patterns name, it sometimes just comes naturally

I suck at DSA, realized its okay.

I am a JAVA backend dev, currently in TCS with 5.5 yrs of exp. I want to switch to a Product now. My dev skills are good. I have worked in few projects. With this many years of exp, the expectations are too high now, System Design, Kafka, Jenkins, Docker and DSA on top of that. I don't know how to start, once I start preparing DSA I feel like I am missing on reading system design and other stuff. Also, I don't feel confident about my DSA skills. Are there any devs here who were very bad in DSA but are very confident now. Please share your experiences in comments. Since I already have so many years of exp, this is my last chance to switch to a good product company. Please guide.

DSA Hell

I am working as a front-end developer in a startup for 2+ years and i want to switch to a different company.

The problem is I have only worked on the frontend in my current job though my designation is SDE in my offer letter. I don't have much knowledge about backend either.While applying for jobs the JD says i should have work experience in backend tech so in this case should I apply to those jobs or not.There are very few job openings for frontend and everyone is asking for full stack.

Will my interviewer asks questions for backend also though I have not worked on it? Or should I only focus on DSA.I have a good knowledge on frontend.

Should I just focus on frontend and DSA for my interviews? I am planning to Target FAANGM and good product start-ups

Experience - 2+

Tc - 9.5(8.5 + 1 bonus)

Are frontend devs not eligible to apply for SDE roles?

Hi, I'm a software engineer with close to 6 YOE. This is my second company and I feel pretty stagnant here working for 3 years and see no growth. I've started preparing. Is DSA still being asked in the interviews even for people with experience ? How many rounds are there usually and what is being tested? Your advice would be very much appreciated :)

Need help:Starting preparations for a switch

Indian SDEs on LinkedIn & Twitter are some of the worst engineers you will ever find across the real world. Their typical value lies around:

- Cracking a FAANG/MAANG or Product company.
- Make an announcement on LinkedIn & Twitter and accumulating followers.
- Starting YouTube channel, Topmate links, affiliate marketing channels, and more.
- Rant DSA, System Design, Interview resources all day long. 
- Post daily of their office, their colleagues, candid shots, and barely getting any work done.

While this is expected out of early career professionals, it pains to see senior SDEs doing the same shit over and over again. Things don't end here — Everyone talks about creating a revolution. And the revolution is teaching DSA. 

If you are an experienced SDE and still ranting DSA, it just means that you have barely learnt anything that is of worth any value. You are atmost a "Ticket Engineer". You get assigned a Jira ticket, you bust your ass solving it, and that's it. That's your entire value. 

Its high time that these "Bhaiya", "Didis", "Bhabhis" stop ranting DSA and System Design over and over, and build something of real value. You would barely see any credible open-source projects coming out of India (but hey, we have some many contributors!), barely any Indie dev project, or anything that captures the attention of the world. 

Literally every popular SDE you might follow or see over your social media is the same. Their entire community game is a farce and designed to capture gullible college students and shill thousands of rupees out of them. You might be featured on Times Square ($40 ka showoff), but no one would remember you for anything that you built.

<Rant Over. Peace>

Indian SDEs will do all DSA and System Design chatter but cannot create any real value

Hey SDEs and techies out there, plz give me an info.
I have been consistently practicing DSA for the past 4 months , I have solved around <200 problems. Now when can I consider myself an interview ready? I can understand that "mere count" doesn't matter, but as an employee/hiring manager/Recruiter how much of Leetcode (say 3000+/500+ problem) will attract you to check out the profile/give referral/get interested in?
What else will you look out for in a candidate with 2YOE? Your insights will be valuable. Thanks a ton

Leetcode & DSA

Anybody (with >=2 YOE) here who secured a job purely on the basis of DSA?

Any DSA solvers?
First time solving DSA and preparing myself to switch to better product based companies for higher package.
My question is: When I solve LeetCode, I am able to understand the question, come up with initial approach too but without looking into solution or explanation I am unable to solve it completely!😢
while watching a Youtube videos I am perfectly able to understand and solve the problem but when I solve a problem alone(without any resource) or live solve in mock interviews, I am stuck..

Anyone's gone thru the same phase, how to uplift myself from here?
TIA

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