I suffer from stammering mainly when i get nervous

System Engineer

https://leetcode.com/discuss/interviewquestion/5484246/FrustrationofFacebookHiringProcess

https://leetcode.com/discuss/interview-question/5484246/Frustration-of-Facebook-Hiring-Process

Meta interview experience

Meta interview experience- Grapevine

Why do you want to work at FAANG? or Why do you not want to work at FAANG?

Why do you (not) want to work at FAANG?

Product Marketing Manager

Welcome to Software Engineers's Private Community

Gave 4 long rounds for Flipkart sde 2 position. Did a decent job in all rounds (according to me). Now I am getting ghosted. HRs are not picking my calls from the last 6 or 7 days.
Also saw a leetcode post today, the person had the same 1st round as mine so I think he got selected.

Feeling very sad because this is the 3rd company that has ghosted me after taking all the rounds.

HRs don't even have the basic work ethic to say yes/no on a 30 seconds call. Worst people I'd say 

Posted the interview experience on leetcode anonymously, if anyone wants to check: 
https://leetcode.com/discuss/interview-experience/5307781/Flipkart-or-SDE-2-or-Ghosted

Flipkart SDE2 | Ghosted

Software Engineer

I had applied for a company, a dream job. I had 2 rounds of interviews and then submitted an assignment. When I sent the assignment, I had to push the recruiter to acknowledge. And one week later they sent me an email that they've hired someone. It's so depressing. Thoughts? 

I don't think it was a fair play, I wasn't given a fair opportunity.

Frustrated

Recently I have been interviewed by a company and cleared the first round. Then I had 2nd round of the interview conducted through intervue.io which is a outsourced platform. The interviewer was least bothered to know what I am doing in my current role and how I can contribute to org but only conducted interviews by posting code snippet to solve. Do you think it is right way to conduct interviews? Please share your experience

Why companies have made interview so hard?

Lead Engineer

I have seen some companies post about them looking to hire a lot of people and ask people to reach out to them over DM (if their DM is even open in the first place lol), but when I do, I never hear anything back. I have 4 yoe and have applied to so many of these companies, reached out to people working there, but no one has ever replied back. Why do they even say that their DMs are open in the first place? I don't know how to even get my resume in front of an actual person working there, and my resume is not even that bad. Like how do people get interviews in these companies in the first place? I have applied so many times but never actually got contacted by any HR. Any tips will be much appreciated.

[Rant] How do you get interviews in big companies like FAANG, PhonePe, Rippling, Atlassian, etc?

Getting interviews at FAANG india is not hard at all. Especially Amazon would literally interview anyone who knows basic coding and is alive. Have blocked multiple of their recruiters. 
  
 Try reaching out to folks working in these companies on LinkedIn.

Software Developer

Welcome to Product Managers's Private Community

Was interviewing for a B2B SaaS which would've been a great company to join. Started speaking to them in December. Went through 5 rounds of interview, the last one with the founder. Ended up rejecting me because of my past work experience not being the best fit for what they want.

This was such an incredibly frustrating experience. They checked my skill set with an assignment and product solutionising round, and yet relied on past experience to filter me out after being in conversation for months.

Only thing for me to learn here is to never let your guard down, always be wary that you can be rejected at any point. Your skills, even if tested, matter only to the extent that you can combine it with telling them what they want to hear.

That said, anyone looking for a product manager? :) Have ~2 years of experience as a PM (3+ overall).

Frustrating interview experience that lasted months.

Product Manager

Quick background: A seniorish middle management guy here

Got the last 2 jobs via my network, didn't apply for it. 

Some lessons learnt:
1. Get into that high iq, mafia type companies, where the bar is really high 
2. If you end up doing good then you'll get calls from your circles to work on something exciting
3. Lastly, work on your personal branding, write that blog down, tell how you did it, it should attract niche audience in your circle

Good luck 🤞🏻

I like this hot take

Yep, my last two jobs were 
 - inbound from a hiring manager who read some medium posts 
 - direct referral from ex colleague at a company from 4 years back

Founder

Welcome to Indian Startups's Private Community

The amount of pride in this post (https://shorturl.at/nopPW) almost baffles me, how is it okay to ask someone to spend their time on a 'pre-interview' assignment? What if the candidate doesn't fit the budget, or the notice period is a bit too much etc. Imagine going through so much only to be laid off because "sorry we hired like crazy and need to do cost-cutting now"

Interview or Harassment @ Meesho

Founder’s Office

Recruiter reached out to me and have the screening round coming up. I read that the interview process at Stripe is unique and there are rounds for fixing bugs, doing integration, etc. Can anyone shed some more light on this and how to prep?

Need info on Stripe's interview process

I’m interviewing with one of the FAANG company, the interview process completed last week and recruiter have ghosted me. What are some valid reasons for ghosting? They could have just acknowledged and said will get back with more information when they have, instead of ghosting. Would you like to share some of your ghosting stories. I’m really anxious to know about the outcome that’s why this rant.

Why does recruiters ghost candidates?

Hey all, just wanted to add here about the first interview round that I had with Google. I can't disclose the exact question but it was a Topological Sort Graph based problem (something like Course Schedule on Leetcode). I almost got the approach right but there was a bug in my code and not enough time to solve it. I solved approx 150 Leetcode problems before the interview (except DP).

I am a bit disappointed since the interviewer mentioned at the end of my interview that my code seems fine but there is a bug and we have to stop since we are out of time, but the recruiter called me a day later and said that I got "Below Average" rating in most categories like Coding, debugging, etc. This is confusing me a bit as I have two different reviews. The code I wrote was the optimal solution (with a bug) and I verified it on Leetcode too. I am not sure how objective interviewers are at Google (or big tech) in their evaluation as I felt that my code was not bad at all. This is not to say that my interviewer or recruiter were bad, they were actually pretty great and friendly.

Please let me know what your interview experience has been in big tech since this was my first time, and how much luck is involved, interviewer's mood, etc matter here.

My Experience: Failed Google interview

Not surprised. They have a shitty model. Probably going to shut this FY or next unless they turn things around 180 degrees and fast. Similar case for others they've mentioned in the article as their competition. 

https://inc42.com/buzz/exclusive-revenue-based-financing-platform-velocity-lays-off-around-14-workforce/

Layoffs at Velocity

Generalist

"Interviews are hard in that they have absolutely nothing to do with your day-to-day job. If I were to go through the interviews again right now I'd make a massive fool of myself. 

I'd say it's basically common knowledge that prior to making any hops, you've got to take at least a month or two to grind leetcode problems so that you're back in that head space where you can solve pointless problems with high efficiency.

Interviews are also hard because, if you end up with the personality type which views interviews as a chance to show how much more clever they are than everyone, then you've already failed. Their ego is tied to their "high bar" and impossible question set, and you're just fodder for them to show off that "high personal bar" during the de-brief."

A lot of FAANG engineers seem to report that the interview was the hardest thing... | Hacker News

A lot of FAANG engineers report that the interview was the hardest thing that they've done, harder than anything they do as part of their actual job

Growth Manager

Faang company interviews

Google's hiring process is so shitty , I have already been through 8 interview rounds and spent a whole year in the process but still yet to get a confirmed outcome result. What is wrong with these people, half of the interview rounds didn't seem justified for the role also. Almost every time the recruiter says this is the last interview then the hiring committee recommends another one supposedly "to fill the gaps ". Seems like an elitist process being followed to sastify their egos.

Why is Google hiring process so shitty?

Business Analyst

Hey Grapeviners

Anybody here working with with Browserstack?
On paper things look glorious and I’m connected with a few folks on LinkedIn as well. The employer branding looks good. I’m in love with their remote-first policy.

I am thinking of making Browserstack my next target company to work at.

Honest opinions and insider info welcome here. 
Any Referrals would also be appreciated.

Opinion on Browserstack

Project Manager

Was under a 3 month long process for an internship position at FAANG level company. Had multiple rounds of interview and breezed through all. Was on the last stage of the interview which was yet to be scheduled and received an email from the recruiter that I've been rejected because they have found better candidates who have completed all the rounds and I had one round remaining. A week back I shared my availability for the last round and was following up daily for the schedule but didn't receive any response from the recruiter end and now this. Such a shitty hiring process.

Rant for getting rejected for no reason.

Recently had a chance to interview at a pretty mature startup(moengage), a recruiter called me up, we set up a time and date for a machine coding round. I was pretty excited to be honest and looking forward to the interview.
Fast forward to the day of reckoning , I join the interview with my intellij set up, my pen and paper to draw the ERD ready and my mind full of design patterns, only to be confronted with two DS & Algo questions(i legit gave up the moment i heard ds), the questions were interesting and the interviewer chill but it blindsided me by a whole lot and I couldn’t solve anything.
It’s pretty weird that startups with so many resources at their disposal could be so out of sync internally.

Weirdest(worst?) interview experience

Recently, I had a mind-boggling encounter during a senior finance role interview at a prominent startup. After impressing the Finance Director and Controller, I expected an interview with CFO as a logical next step. Instead, I found myself facing an Independent Director—a puzzling addition to the process, especially with a CFO in place.

What baffled me more was the interview's focus. Despite the role's clear scope within India, the Independent Director bombarded me with international tax inquiries, completely unrelated to the position or the company's operations. It felt like a ploy to glean free consultancy for personal matters.

This experience left me questioning the rationale behind hiring protocols. Why subject candidates to irrelevant interrogations by individuals detached from the role's purview? It's disheartening to witness such a flawed process at the hands of those meant to guide a company's growth.

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