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Any developer can get an interview at google or FB as long as you have a CS degree. It’s 2018 and their goal is to interview EVERYONE. No more pick and chose. W

Any developer can get an interview at google or FB as long as you have a CS degree. It’s 2018 and their goal is to interview EVERYONE. No more pick and chose. Who ever cracks their stupid and useless “technical” interviews has the “ability” to work for them. Your past experiences or real skills don’t matter at all. Or I shoud say - won’t help you during the interview process because it’s a tough exam. Bill Gates could fail, zuckerberg could fail as well as Sergey or Larry. Which also means, anyone can succeed the interview process. If that’s what you want, my suggestion would be to memorize as many algo/solutions as possible and to spend 3 months writting complex functions on a whiteboard. Be prepared to fail the interview process at least once. Many FB/Google employees failed at least once before getting a job their. Amazon? That’s good for you.. go for it and learn as much as you can for your next gig. Don’t forget to separate the interview process from the real work experience. These are 2 different things and in 2018 you better master both. One will get you a job and the other one will help you keep that job.

sadamznintern 8y ago
I've studied for 4 years. I've only become marginally better. I still can't understand a lot of the hards and mediums.
- mindcrime 8y ago
  Then study for 4 more years.
- tudelo 8y ago
  Qualify what "studied for 4 years" means. No one can really study for 4 years, just like no one can really study for 8 hours :). For what it's worth, I have found good success by picking a topic on leetcode and then solving some easies, then going to a medium.
  - sadamznintern 8y ago
    About 210 questions on leetcode, 45% med, 45% easy, 10% hard. I repeated doing a bunch of them because I'd forget tricks and the like. I think I just don't have the IQ for it. To compare, most of the people that I know who cracked FB, Google, trading companies etc did less than 80 or just read CTCI. I read CTCI and didn't find it helpful at all.

sadamznintern 8y ago

I've studied for 4 years. I've only become marginally better. I still can't understand a lot of the hards and mediums.

mindcrime 8y ago
Then study for 4 more years.
tudelo 8y ago
Qualify what "studied for 4 years" means. No one can really study for 4 years, just like no one can really study for 8 hours :). For what it's worth, I have found good success by picking a topic on leetcode and then solving some easies, then going to a medium.
- sadamznintern 8y ago
  About 210 questions on leetcode, 45% med, 45% easy, 10% hard. I repeated doing a bunch of them because I'd forget tricks and the like. I think I just don't have the IQ for it. To compare, most of the people that I know who cracked FB, Google, trading companies etc did less than 80 or just read CTCI. I read CTCI and didn't find it helpful at all.