> hundreds of FAANG interviews hundreds?? So that's at least 200. Assuming you interview for the 5 FAANG in parallel, and you have, let's say 5 rounds per app

> hundreds of FAANG interviews hundreds?? So that's at least 200. Assuming you interview for the 5 FAANG in parallel, and you have, let's say 5 rounds per application (and you do reach the 5th). You would have done the whole process 8 times. Assuming they let you apply only once per year, that means you have interviewed at the very least every year for the last 8y. okay.