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If you don't possess advanced understanding of Chinese, then don't even think about trying to read it. I came to Canada in my teens and I often have trouble und

by osti 5y ago

If you don't possess advanced understanding of Chinese, then don't even think about trying to read it. I came to Canada in my teens and I often have trouble understanding. The forum rules dictate that you write cryptically. But it is incredibly useful if you understand it imo, especially the interview experiences. That's why they can charge like 80usd per month for VIP access..

honkdaddy 5y ago
Can you shed a bit more light on what kind of thing is discussed? Is it similar to Blind in that it's a lot of people talking about how to pragmatically game the interview process?
- whymauri 5y ago
  It's a little more on the nose. I just checked the subforum for a random quant firm and it goes something like: * Just interviewed at {firm}, here are the questions: 1. Question One: here are the math and stats subquestions. 2. Question Two: here is the Leetcode question they asked. 3. Question Three: here is another question and my solution. 4. ... Followed by other users posting stuff like "Thank you Landlord {OP}" or "Giving rice {forum clout points} to this Landlord {OP}." Guests without accounts are tourists. I'd say it's like the Leetcode discussion forums except they're leaking actual company interview questions.
  - intergalplan 5y ago
    There was a Twitter thread making the rounds a while back in which someone claimed insiders (existing employees, especially if they're able to develop a significant social circle in them) in big tech companies do the same thing: when they job hunt, they'll hit their low-priority prospects first, have others with inverted priorities do the opposite, then all parties concerned with have very recent test question lists from their, say, top 2 preferred employers, by the time they interview there. This insiders-have-a-large-advantage factor may be at least part of why the practices survive. People without a friend & colleague network frequently interviewing at those places have a strong disadvantage... unless they hire people to scout for them, which the Twitter poster also claimed is a thing that happens.

by osti 5y ago

honkdaddy 5y ago

Can you shed a bit more light on what kind of thing is discussed? Is it similar to Blind in that it's a lot of people talking about how to pragmatically game the interview process?

whymauri 5y ago
It's a little more on the nose. I just checked the subforum for a random quant firm and it goes something like: * Just interviewed at {firm}, here are the questions: 1. Question One: here are the math and stats subquestions. 2. Question Two: here is the Leetcode question they asked. 3. Question Three: here is another question and my solution. 4. ... Followed by other users posting stuff like "Thank you Landlord {OP}" or "Giving rice {forum clout points} to this Landlord {OP}." Guests without accounts are tourists. I'd say it's like the Leetcode discussion forums except they're leaking actual company interview questions.
- intergalplan 5y ago
  There was a Twitter thread making the rounds a while back in which someone claimed insiders (existing employees, especially if they're able to develop a significant social circle in them) in big tech companies do the same thing: when they job hunt, they'll hit their low-priority prospects first, have others with inverted priorities do the opposite, then all parties concerned with have very recent test question lists from their, say, top 2 preferred employers, by the time they interview there. This insiders-have-a-large-advantage factor may be at least part of why the practices survive. People without a friend & colleague network frequently interviewing at those places have a strong disadvantage... unless they hire people to scout for them, which the Twitter poster also claimed is a thing that happens.