>How much of the interview is expected to be second nature (or maybe even just solvable) to an entry-level engineer? Essentially none. Its a London Taxi Knowle

>How much of the interview is expected to be second nature (or maybe even just solvable) to an entry-level engineer? Essentially none. Its a London Taxi Knowledge test(1). Its a filter designed to see if you can acquire "the Knowledge", not because you'll "need" it to do the job, but because of what it says about you as a technologist. Its not a good filter, mind you, but they think its the best they've come up with so far. (Its cheap for them to use and expensive for you personally; it works for them because they have more than enough applicants.) If you really want to work FAANG, treat it like being on a game show like Jeopardy. (1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxicabs_of_the_United_Kingdom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxicabs_of_the_United_Kingdom