I'd suggest to focus on dp (1d, 2d, knapsack), graphs (bfs, dfs, topo sort, dsu) and trees (binary trees, segment trees, LCA)

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Oh, thanks but I spent most of my time on graphs🥲

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Ask Google HR, they provide learning resources and topics as well.

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Have upcoming dsa rounds at Google for staff software engineer position at Google. Any suggestions on the type or topic of questions to expect. Any prep guide or study material would also help a lot.

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I'm preparing for a Google interview as a SDE 3 for the Android team. I'd like to know which Data Structures and Algorithms topics are crucial for interviews at Google, especially in the Android domain. If anyone has experience with similar interviews, please share insights on the key DSA topics and Android-related areas that were important. 

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I needed some help in coming up with a study plan to specifically train for Google's interview process. I currently have 4yoe, so I think the interviews will be for SDE2 role. There will be 3 DSA rounds, 1 Googleyness, and 1 Leadership round. I already have experience in DSA and have solved most of Neetcode 150 (except DP, Bit Manipulation, and some hard problems). If any of you have given Google (or any FAANG) interview before, I would love to get some guidance on how to prepare in 30 days. I already know most of the common algorithms like DFS, BFS, Sliding window, Binary search, etc so I won't have to start from scratch.

Also, the recruiter mentioned that I will have only 45 mins to solve two questions: mostly 1 hard and 1 medium. So I basically have around 20 mins per problem, which I feel is very difficult to solve a Leetcode Hard problem unless you have seen it before. Did I misunderstand the recruiter? Are there any tips on how to get good at this?

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I have interview in Google for Senior developer. If anyone is from there or has given the interview, then can you guys help me with the preparation. The first round is DSA one.

My experience: 4.5
Current base: 30

This is what they have offered me:
Base: 37
15% standard bonus
Equity: 100k
No other component

Any thoughts on this? I was expecting much more from Google...

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Hi all, I have around 2 years of experience, and I am getting a chance to interview with Google. I am currently working on frontend, but I want to move to backend and I have been preparing for that, but with phone screen round coming up, if I tell them I have worked on Frontend, then I will definitely be considered for frontend role and if I lie there, then I might fuck up interview if they ask backend questions, any suggestions will be appreciated. What should I be doing in this case, Thank you! 
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Does Anyone gave Interview for Google for Android Dev position?What kind of questions do they ask for onsite round?

SDE 2 interviews vary quite a lot from company to company and so it confuses me on what to focus on, can senior folks please guide?
What should be prior order between these and what are helpful resources you came across:
- HLD
- LLD
- DSA
- WEB DEV OR CORE ENGINEERING SKILLS

And will my personal projects matter for sde 2 roles?

SDE 2 interviews

I am originally from a small town and did my BSc in Computer Science. My relatives and neighbours used to say that I am a good for nothing freeloader who is a "nikamma" - unemployed. It was very hard to find a job back then and I used to have deep anxiety about it. My only dream was to get my fathers appreciation. He is my biggest hero. 

So I started preparing very hard and practiced my skills. The only one who supported me was my mother who used to give me tea even at 3 in the morning while I used to study. Even my own father gave up on me and from time to time he used to say that if you are living under my roof then you have to follow my rules. He also used to say that look at the neighbour's ladka who got a government job and he asked me to prepare for Bank PO.

So I moved out from my town and shifted to Gurgaon where I got a small PG with some money that my mother had given me. I also started freelancing on Fiverr and which led me to improve my communication skills. Finally, when I got my Google offer letter I felt like I made it. It was the best response to all the taunts by people around me. 

I suddenly became a superstar in my town with people congratulating my parents. I bought my mother gold bangles and dad a new watch with my first salary. I was looking at my offer letter today and it reminded me of all the hardwork I did to achieve this moment.

This is the story of my life. In case anyone needs help. I am ready to provide support to aspirants here as a way to give back.

Family said I am good for nothing but I finally I got an offer from Google

This is what 100% of Indian men want to achieve since their childhood. Jewellery for Mom and Watch/Car for Dad. It is an appreciation for all the hard work they put in to help us succeed in life.

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Hi guys, I have been into development for almost 5+ yrs but had never been into DSA Preparation. As after such time I have been trying to learn DSa thoroughly but the topics seems very difficult some time or I forgot things had to visit again and again. These things making it very difficult to maintain consistency and regularity in learning. At times it feels to leave the thought of applying at faang. Have any solutions or similar issues?.

Its been difficult to stay on track for DSA!!

Android Engineer

As a Software Engineer with 6+ years of experience, can you guys please guide me on preparation for DSA. Consider my current knowledge about DSA 0.

How should I start?
Approx how much time it will take?
How should I know what topics are more frequently asked at my level?
Any DSA plan for 0 to hero in DSA?

Apart from DSA I’m also preparing for HLD and LLD and I’d love to have recommendations from you folks about how to prepare these and where to prepare these from?

Also, if I’m missing something in my prep do let me know

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

Hi. Can anyone from Google provide me a referral for L4,L5 role? I have more than 7 years of experience in software development.
Please let me know if you could refer me.

Seeking for SDE job referrals at Google

Talking to my nephew nowadays seems like the AI bug has gotten to him. Even going back during the early parts of my own career and even undergrad, ML and stats was still a fledgling field. Most of the smart folks went into SDE roles at top tech.

I still remember that even back then, hiring for roles like these were extremely theoretical. You would test even experienced candidates with undergrad topics which was slightly outdated tbh because most of the functions were abstracted away and it is obvious that you would not remember the matrix approach to finding weights for a simple linear regression model.

Has this changed now? Because I don't think interviews like that actually evaluate the accumulated wisdom that experienced professionals bring to the table.

I mean it is generally a waste of time for anyone to brush up manual derivations or remember SQL niche intricacies. Usually it is better to test for the 80% knowledge that is actually useful on a day to day basis. I mean if the main things that companies test in experienced candidates is something that can be rote-memorized from a book then they are not testing the right things no?

What do you all think? Just wondering about this for some time now especially considering the hype around AI?

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I've Google interview lined up in 20 days for L3 role. I'm focusing on Graphs, Dp, Two pointers and Sliding window. Is there anything else I should focus on? What're the things I should remember during an interview?

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