The views speak for them selfs... big fang company interview experiences!! :) Apply to Amazon, Apple, Facebok, Microsoft, etc.. and make a videos on the experience :)
@@treyquattro takes a few secs to have a robot send u you a "hey good job... Maybe next time" that's all ppl need to hear to get it over with and move on
@@flashv4941 i agree, sometimes you spend the whole day refreshing your email -hoping- that you will get a response back. it should be a common courtesy to send a reply back.
Yeah mate, their hiring process like a Russian roulette, no matter how great you are you could be rejected, but at the same time you could meet really jerks that worked in FANG or even still working.
I've applied at multiple of those companies, and I'm completely over it too. I've worked at one of them, and I felt like a worthless cog in a machine where none of the cogs were appreciated or even necessary, they swapped out great coders for mediocre coders all the time just because they sucked up to the bosses. Not the kind of environment I want to work in. Not at all.
Yeah coding interviews don't prove you are a good or bad programmer, I've worked with some terrible engineers that got through these "interviews". The industry has become so toxic and full of elitist a$$holes that have put these completely arbitrary barriers to entry, and on top of that they add layers upon layers of complicated microservices, api's, frameworks and libraries on top of their applications and they expect candidates to be expert in all of them meanwhile they themselves don't know everything. Don't get caught up in all the politics and don't listen to elitists who try to tell you you are a bad programmer...
I have seen quite many people post stuff on coding and interviews on UA-cam but for some reason your videos are so fun to watch because you seem to be such a genuine down to earth approachable guy. Thanks for the wonderful content! xD
I've decided that any place that can't decide whether or not they like me after over four hours of interviewing / three interviews, is not worth my time, and I HARD pass if they ask me to come back for any further interviews.
@@user-ti6hq2tc9o And that's part of the reason why they do it. The process naturally weeds people out until you're left with those who are willing to fight.
I've been a developer/architect now for 23 years. No way I would go through all that crap to work for a company. It's demoralizing. I had a Microsoft recruiter call me a few years ago while I was doing tons of BizTalk work as a consultant. He told me they had gotten my name from multiple clients and they really wanted me to consider meeting with them through their local office in the city where I live. I went for my first real interview, and It was actually pretty fun talking with the group for a couple of hours. Later that week they called me and told me they wanted me to attend some kind of "interview day", where I would have a total of five interviews, three of which were technical. I'm thinking "They want me to consider coming to work as a BizTalk specialist. A product I actually was teaching classes on, along with doing tons of development for. And they had already spoken to several of my clients. And I still had to go spend an entire day getting beat up in interviews?" I was like "Screw that!". I just told them I wasn't interested. I'm just not putting myself through that when there are SO MANY other great companies to work for.
@@blommsnruins01u9 Imagine you are struggling to make ends meet and in comes Bill Gates saying “Yo, it’s crazy... I spend and spend money and I never run out!!!” Or you are struggling to lose weight and some guy flat out tells you “I can eat whatever I want without working out and I never gain an ounce!!!”. Technically there’s nothing wrong with either scenario, but is that really the best audience to tell it to? That’s what “reading the room” means.
Thanks for sharing your experience. I'm so disappointed that even in the best tech companies the recruiters are jerks. There is no reason for them to be unresponsive to the candidates no matter how busy they are. It is their primary job. I'm appalled that they get away with such behavior. I personally had a pleasant experience with Google and Microsoft. The absolute worst experience I've had were with Amazon and Apple. LinkedIn, Pinterest, and Zillow was not far behind. Some of them ghosted me after onsite and some even before any rounds. I think recruiters are the most hated folks in the industry. I don't see any company willing to fix this horrible culture.
I had almost the same experience when I interviewed at Mountain View last year, down to the one interviewers being super engaged, one not helping at all even with clarifying the problem, being shifted recruiters (my first one was AWESOME and also in Austin, my second one was totally disengaged), and even being ghosted at the end
I got rejected by Google today too for a position I wasn't that excited for and only applied cuz I thought why not just to see if they were gonna respond. :-) rejection still stings even if you didn't really want it to begin with, but also not a sign of one's worth cuz still we are all capable
Man same exact thing has happened to me during Amazon interview, the last interview was with an engineering manager and it didn't go that well. So sorry for you but I totally feel the exact same way. Good luck for the future
Three days ago, I interviewed by two people from the Amazon Cambridge office, it was a phone screen interview ...literally after the interview, I was dancing ... I did well, but the very next day the recruiter told me ... they are moving forward with other candidates ...............Wtf
I have been there. It sucks, but don't take it personally. I know easier said then done. I interviewed for one of the FAANG companies recently. Had phone screen with one team. In my opinion nailed coding part. Was rejected, but was passed to the other team that was interested. Their I passed phone screen, passed virtual on site. You just never know what's going on behind the scenes.
So let me say something controversial. You don't want to work there. The perks are great, but getting slashed over time. The pay is amazing, but nothing crazy for silicon valley. To be blunt, it's a place to be comfortable and coast for years. It's a big, slow, corporate machine, and the smallest changes take miles of red tape. You might think you're learning crazy cool things all the time, but it's the opposite. It's pretty boring.
@@justinhearst Build up your emergency savings fund when you're working with a startup because lots of these companies go belly-up or try to get their employees to work for "shares", etc. The downside of a start-up is there may not be much opportunity to be mentored because everyone is busy trying to break new ground.
As a person who has worked at Google, you most likely don't want to work at Google. The reasons above, plus, the claustrophobic corporate social game of never having anything resembling a personality, or being anything other than exactly what you were algorithmically determined to be during your machine-learning-analyzed interview, means it's exhausting to work there simple because it feels like you're being slowly smothered every day, living a fake life. Again, the perks are great (at first) but they are surface-level bells and whistles that absolutely, positively cannot replace ACTUAL job satisfaction. If you don't plan to be a robot and just do your work and get a paycheck and leave, then Google is probably not for you.
@@user-ti6hq2tc9o I have been working there since graduating 2 years ago. I have to say my experience is completely the opposite. Maybe because my team is a new team, in the past two years I have joined, we have created a system from scratch and made a huge impact. And our system was recognized by Google as a one of the feat of engineering projects this year. One thing I loved about it was that my team valued my opinions even when I was fresh out of college, many of my designs were accepted and recognized. Through that I was able gain the confidence and people skills that I lack before. But another pattern I saw was because it is such a chill company. If you don't want to push yourself to achieve more, no one will. In that case, just as you described, you would just be grabbing the paycheck soulessly. Again I think this has to do with teams, because it is hard for newer engineers to start a completely new project/task on their own in a well established team.
Thanks for this video! I had a similar experience when interviewing for en entry level position at Apple. I have even decided that I will not do any more algorithm interviews. I’m a iOS developer and those interviews do not measure my skills at all.
For me coding interview for live coding should be done like an assignment. Bcs somehow coding with time rush or someone that looking at u, is just build a diffrent vibes to code. For me i'll be like panic or can't think clearly abt the best logical answer for the code.
All we can do is keep on coding :) Interviews, job offers are bonuses along the way. Knowledge, that's the goal. Thanks for sharing your experience with us Sam!
Google is hard, I tried to crack their interview since sophomore year college, now that I graduated my master's and is working at Apple, I still find their questions to be hard in hindsight
It's the same experience with any major companies. I had more or less same experience with Amazon related to people not replying or not giving any input why. Best of luck man.
So I’ve failed a lot of interviews, it has a lot of luck to do with it. I’m in my final year college and started interviewing from my 1st year. I’ve gotten to final stage Amazon and failed, failed Uber, Facebook, google, Bank of America, Goldman Sachs. I tried Goldman Sachs again and got an offer this year. I’m trying Facebook, Google, Twitter again this year, and also got interviews for Bloomberg soon. At some point you expect to fail and are no longer as emotional when you fail. I believe I’d still get Facebook because that’s where I wanna work. These things are way harder for me because I school in Nigeria so most companies reject right away. My advice, do more brushing up and apply again and try applying to a lot of companies so it doesn’t sting when one rejects
I’m not a programmer but I work as a network engineer and this company I’m currently interviewing for, I have now had 5 interviews over a 5 week span and on the 5th week they emailed me on Monday and told me they would be in touch with me this week to talk to me about the job offer it is now Thursday lol. I just feel like I’ve wasted so much of my time and days off. I think after the 3rd interview I’m just gonna have to say that’s a big no from now on.
I had one with a Fintech company... thought i did well on the final interview... i had like 6-7 interviews on the final round and they all were challenging... none were easy.. like external teams were on the loop and they asked me questions about their area of the business 🤯.. the only challenges were a python/ml exercise... i struggled through that.. but i could pseudocode it for the most part... then there was a financial viability exercise, that i thought i did pretty good at... and the recruiter told me that the python interview wasnt going to be weighted heavily bc it wasnt part of the job... well after the weekend, i got the call that i didnt get it and those two interviews were the negative feedback... im telling you, i came into the python interview with 6months of rust, no practice... bc i killed the SQL interview... so moral of the story is failing on a final round interview always hurts... but what i did to take on the challenge was enroll in a python bootcamp... and re-learn python bc i didnt use it much for the last 3 yrs I feel like part of the fun of the interview is to put people in uncomfortable situations... and see if they break apart
I agree on the part that that do specialized work at Google because they use all their own technologies. You can grow to a certain point, but after that if you want to grow you have to look else where.
I have the same exact feeling and I can totally really relate to this... I just had an onsite at one of the FANG companies and I felt the same as you: didn't bomb the interview but also didn't crush it. Anyway, I feel much better after seeing this video and I guess life moves on (I mean the onsite was literally just a few days ago so I don't even know if I'm gonna hear back from my recruiter soon too loll...)
I know absolutely nothing about coding. Your videos came up as I was reviewing Amazon leadership and culture for a friend who just landed a job there last week. Now that I am here, I have to say you are a MARVEL of stability and optimism in the face of what seem to be a couple of daunting interview and hire challenges. Culture ALWAYS matters, and clearly, you understand that. Well done.
I went through Google interview twice .. for first interview I atleast got the feedback ... Second interview happened 27 days ago ... No reply till now 😔
6:09 just curious for the solution. In my opinion its simple 1. Pick point. 2. Get two closest to it points. 3. Find out is angle between them is equal to 90 degrees using dot product 4. If answer for 3. is yes repeat 1-3 for all points that left, if no return false 5. Return true
I don't understand this obsession people have with working for a big tech company like Google. I'm getting into coding for the independence, not to slave away in an office making billions for share holders and venture capitalists. You seem to be doing well enough as is brother. I appreciate your work, as I'm sure thousands of others do.
Clean video my dude. I learn new little things everytime in your new video. The Google or Amazon interview experience was my first time watching you I think. That slow zoom in after 7:23 though xD
Google tried to hire me for a program and told me that no experience was required. When I got to the interview, all they asked me about was my experience. I was very confused about this, and though the interview went well -- I am a candid and very forward person. I told the recruiter that it is strange that I was told no experience is required (which is also strange for an IT job, even at entry level, though that also doesn't make any sense...) but all she asked me about was my experience. So, what do I make of it? She told me she would get back to me. I immediately knew that was a lie. I don't like lies and deception. I guess its good I didn't get hired.
Got Rejected by Google last week, was really happy that the recruiter didnt ghost me rather she setup a meeting just to inform that I have been rejected. The questions were not as hard as I was expecting from Google but same was the case with Amazon last year. Overall it was a nice experience after the interview i thought man this was not challenging at all and if getting in Google is so easy that cant be true :)
you just described me. just got rejected by google via phone today, and im expecting a rejection call/email tomorrow from amazon. My interviews at these 2 companies weren't terribly hard except for 1 stupid trick question. I didnt have any high hopes after the interviews because I knew they probably expect you to nail all of them to be accepted and not these so called "I just want to see how you think" crap.
Hey hi5 man.! I was also contacted by a recruiter and funny thing is "I never applied". I was being very tensed for how interview is gonna be. It is scheduled in end of July. After listening your experience, I think am gonna have a relatable experience ;p
dude I had the same experience with Amazon during COVID. Virtual onsite, one great round where the interviewer was really happy and communicative, one okay round where I didn't finish the code but the interviewer said he saw where I was going and thought it would work, one round where it was probably alright and I got the code to work but the interviewer barely said anything, and one round where the interviewer had someone vacuuming or something beside him the whole time so I could barely hear anything. Heard from the recruiter a week later and when I asked for a little feedback I got ghosted. I suppose recruiters are busy but it's surprising how FANG companies are ok with this kind of behavior, could literally be a two sentence email response at least.
Your both experience, each one different. Thanks for sharing your experience. as you said, we all need to move on. Priorities change - free food, campuses are all secondary after getting ample work-ex
I have very similar story I nailed 4 out 5 and even one interview that I did ok I argued with interviewer. I then even got team matching and got interview with one of project manager. It was scheduled for 30 minutes but I was even able to hold conversation for 45 mins with manager. He even asked me how soon u can join and after 2 weeks I got rejection. So moral of the story even if u do good u might get rejected
I was offered a job from Apple a few years ago when I graduated from engineering school. But my degree is Mechanical Engineering. They said they would train me in software development but I wanted to design things so I accepted another job offer. I just don't think I could sit and code all day. I like building things.
lol I feel you I know a guy who worked at google for 2 years, it's probably the best thing you can have on your CV but it's not fun to actually do the work they ask because there will be a million other "developers" willing to take the position from you
I hope this comment helps people feel better who got rejected by any FAANG company, you may have dodged a bullet. I rejected Google. I was offered the job in a senior development position after an obnoxious interview process, and I saw first hand through the process how pointless the work can be/feel. I talked to peers around me while touring the campus and based on my perception the entire job just felt worthless. Working for Google is somewhat akin to being in the military, you're a brick in the proverbial wall, a cog in the machine. You'll find a LOT more satisfaction working for a smaller startup or any medium sized company that is capable of doing things without having to go through 3000 people to get anything useful done. If you work at Google and love it then I must pride you for your perseverance and dedication to achieving their goals... but for the rest of us who desire meaningful and impactful positions, I say stay away.
Recently I was interviewed for cloud technical solution engineer, i cleared 2 technical round and then recruiter went silent for 3 weeks and later they told me that due to pandemic management decided to close the position at Google Bangalore and moved them to Sydney Australia. Then after a month recruiter reached out to me for Strategic cloud engineer position but i couldn't clear the final round.
People want what they can't have. There are others who talk about Google non-stop to keep their brand active and it's a bit annoying since the majority of the people out there will never work for Google. They quit Google and decide to work full-time creating videos on UA-cam and talk about Google all day, every day. So, the answer is...stop following Ex-Google employees, and chasing those high-tech companies. The only reason why I'm saying this is because the ex high-tech employees are leaving their high paying jobs to create UA-cam videos surrounding the topic "HIGH-TECH." Tired of seeing clickbait like "THIS IS WHY I LEFT GOOGLE" or "HOW MUCH DO SOFTWARE ENGINEERS MAKE AT GOOGLE." Leave these clowns in the dust and create your own brand. Upload your content to UA-cam and be consistent. Just like this guy..."I got reject by Google." Everyone is going to click on this to see WHAT HAPPENED! His views instantly go up by clout chasing Google.
I remember when I applied for a mechanical engineering position. Google sent me a file to prepare for the technical interview, for electrical engineering. After emailing them, I got an email from the recruiter one week after the interview stating how sorry she was, whatever Google, whatever
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I can make a guess why it starts at L3? At least in sweden where I live, L1 is always people who answer support phonecalls and e-mails at a company. L2 is usally just a coordinator that have some knowledge regarding one or some applications. Usally the one who solves moste support issues. L3 is usally a developer or specialist in that area. So not to compete with the other two support roles, a developer starts at L3? Maybe?
I think far too many times people think they’re getting hired strictly on their technical ability. Big Tech jobs are just like any other employer. Interviewers are evaluating your skill and at the same time trying to see if you will be a good cultural fit. The number one question they’re trying to answer is do I want to work with this person 8 to 10 hours a day. Sometimes it’s a yes many times it’s a no.
I don't know why everyone wants to work at Google. I got over that after seeing how they turn down very good developers in mass numbers and over the most silly things. Sure it's good for your CV but you could also get better money and much more responsibility at other companies. Call me crazy but I like being involved in what I do at a personal level.
you should try doing some USACO (usaco.org) problems, they're 100x harder than coding interview problems and high schoolers (even middle schoolers) are excelling in it
Thank you so much. You really give a deep insight of the interview process. I just need a little clarification on the first question. Were you given an array like this (1,3), (5,8), (9,13),(10,18) And you have to find any random element which belongs to any of these ranges? Thanks!
An interviewer at Google not being prepared for the interview? Sounds about on par, I had a terrible experience with their on-sites several years ago and I've never had a strong desire to interview with them again.
are all developer interviews like this in the US? Or is it just FANG and other bigger companies? I've been a dev for some years now in Belgium but looking into maybe applying for some companies in the US. I have no interest in working for those big companies.
The square question sounds interesting and I only knew about the question that is sth along the lines of "Given four points, determine whether it's a valid square or not". Do you maybe have a link or sth to a resource that tackles the exact (or more or less exact) problem you were given there? I wasn't able to find anything that came close >.>
Ainbrisk Yeah I mean that doesn't tell me anything, I was asking whether anyones knows about either a similar problem or resource that tackles this exact problem
While I don't really have an interest in working for Google, that does annoy me that they ghosted you. I hear about it all the time, but you'd think that bigger names would be more responsible, especially with their "Googliness" interview (which obviously they shouldn't be testing if they are hiring a jerk when they are being a jerk.)
There are some scammers in my country that brag about being interns at google , like is such a big deal . They made a business by advertising this and promoting "we'll teach you how to code"
My son passed all interviews 5-6 over a month or so at Wish and in the final interview prospective supervisor mentioned next steps and HR will contact you. Ghosted. Over 6 months he became a problem solver a fast coder with no job.
that sounds hard .. i mean i've been working as a web dev for a couple of years but these coding interviews have nothing to do with my regular day job, i would probably fail on the first interview lol.
Question of the day: What kind of content would you like to see more of?
More videos of you building projects!
What does it look like to work in a team and what do the different levels in management do as they go up in rank?
The views speak for them selfs... big fang company interview experiences!! :) Apply to Amazon, Apple, Facebok, Microsoft, etc.. and make a videos on the experience :)
leet code series. Top Interview questions or Most Commonly Asked Leetcode questions
problem solving, you are pretty good doing that kind of videos.
Professional "Ghosting" is annoying.
big companies don't care: there are too many applicants and too little time
It's more annoying when about 25% of your colleagues have poor communication skills or silently refuse to collaborate.
@@treyquattro takes a few secs to have a robot send u you a "hey good job... Maybe next time" that's all ppl need to hear to get it over with and move on
@@flashv4941 i agree, sometimes you spend the whole day refreshing your email -hoping- that you will get a response back. it should be a common courtesy to send a reply back.
@@flashv4941 So right. How hard is it for a Google recruiter to get help with mail-merge?
I'm over FANG and coding interviews. They can be so demoralizing. You're a great engineer. Any company would be lucky to have you.
Thanks Alan :)
Yeah mate, their hiring process like a Russian roulette, no matter how great you are you could be rejected, but at the same time you could meet really jerks that worked in FANG or even still working.
I've applied at multiple of those companies, and I'm completely over it too. I've worked at one of them, and I felt like a worthless cog in a machine where none of the cogs were appreciated or even necessary, they swapped out great coders for mediocre coders all the time just because they sucked up to the bosses. Not the kind of environment I want to work in. Not at all.
Lol just be illegal black hat hacker
Yeah coding interviews don't prove you are a good or bad programmer, I've worked with some terrible engineers that got through these "interviews". The industry has become so toxic and full of elitist a$$holes that have put these completely arbitrary barriers to entry, and on top of that they add layers upon layers of complicated microservices, api's, frameworks and libraries on top of their applications and they expect candidates to be expert in all of them meanwhile they themselves don't know everything.
Don't get caught up in all the politics and don't listen to elitists who try to tell you you are a bad programmer...
I have seen quite many people post stuff on coding and interviews on UA-cam but for some reason your videos are so fun to watch because you seem to be such a genuine down to earth approachable guy. Thanks for the wonderful content! xD
Thanks brother!
Really 5 interviews? You kidding me ? I'll be charging them at the third one.
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My friend had like 10 interviews when he applied. It was for multiple teams though to see where he fit best. He ended up getting the offer.
each one is only 45 minutes
I've decided that any place that can't decide whether or not they like me after over four hours of interviewing / three interviews, is not worth my time, and I HARD pass if they ask me to come back for any further interviews.
@@user-ti6hq2tc9o And that's part of the reason why they do it. The process naturally weeds people out until you're left with those who are willing to fight.
How I got rejected by google as an ex google interviewee
As an ex-google ex-Facebook non-millionaire interviewee
@@KeepOnCoding this is great lmao
@@KeepOnCoding lol
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@@KeepOnCoding Tech Lead. 🤣
I've been a developer/architect now for 23 years. No way I would go through all that crap to work for a company. It's demoralizing. I had a Microsoft recruiter call me a few years ago while I was doing tons of BizTalk work as a consultant. He told me they had gotten my name from multiple clients and they really wanted me to consider meeting with them through their local office in the city where I live. I went for my first real interview, and It was actually pretty fun talking with the group for a couple of hours. Later that week they called me and told me they wanted me to attend some kind of "interview day", where I would have a total of five interviews, three of which were technical. I'm thinking "They want me to consider coming to work as a BizTalk specialist. A product I actually was teaching classes on, along with doing tons of development for. And they had already spoken to several of my clients. And I still had to go spend an entire day getting beat up in interviews?" I was like "Screw that!". I just told them I wasn't interested. I'm just not putting myself through that when there are SO MANY other great companies to work for.
I watched your interview experience video, and it helped me a lot. I prepared myself and worked harder. Now I'm working in Microsoft as SDE. Thanks!
Read the room, bro.
@@CharlieZuko Nothing wrong with sharing his experience..
@@blommsnruins01u9 Imagine you are struggling to make ends meet and in comes Bill Gates saying “Yo, it’s crazy... I spend and spend money and I never run out!!!”
Or you are struggling to lose weight and some guy flat out tells you “I can eat whatever I want without working out and I never gain an ounce!!!”.
Technically there’s nothing wrong with either scenario, but is that really the best audience to tell it to?
That’s what “reading the room” means.
@PdroPM How long did you prepare for (months/years I mean)?
Thanks for sharing your experience. I'm so disappointed that even in the best tech companies the recruiters are jerks. There is no reason for them to be unresponsive to the candidates no matter how busy they are. It is their primary job. I'm appalled that they get away with such behavior. I personally had a pleasant experience with Google and Microsoft. The absolute worst experience I've had were with Amazon and Apple. LinkedIn, Pinterest, and Zillow was not far behind. Some of them ghosted me after onsite and some even before any rounds. I think recruiters are the most hated folks in the industry. I don't see any company willing to fix this horrible culture.
That interview experience sounds like dating a girl who had no real interest in you.
and then she reaches out to you after 6-10 months saying "hey"..then she ghost you if you respond. :)
@@ikp4success That's classic.
@@ikp4success to keep the wound open :/
Massive words
@@ikp4success LMAO!
Me searching google: How to apply for a job on Google.
Google: No need to apply, we already have your details.
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@@abcMSVdef6399 Seen on a meme in google.
Google missed out on a real one
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I had almost the same experience when I interviewed at Mountain View last year, down to the one interviewers being super engaged, one not helping at all even with clarifying the problem, being shifted recruiters (my first one was AWESOME and also in Austin, my second one was totally disengaged), and even being ghosted at the end
I love how you're always so genuine, deserves a sub
I got rejected by Google today too for a position I wasn't that excited for and only applied cuz I thought why not just to see if they were gonna respond. :-) rejection still stings even if you didn't really want it to begin with, but also not a sign of one's worth cuz still we are all capable
I have a PhD in Computer Science, and I was rejected by Google. Go figure. They have a CS theory fetish which is frankly disturbing in its intensity.
Man same exact thing has happened to me during Amazon interview, the last interview was with an engineering manager and it didn't go that well. So sorry for you but I totally feel the exact same way. Good luck for the future
Three days ago, I interviewed by two people from the Amazon Cambridge office, it was a phone screen interview ...literally after the interview, I was dancing ... I did well, but the very next day the recruiter told me ... they are moving forward with other candidates ...............Wtf
I have been there. It sucks, but don't take it personally. I know easier said then done. I interviewed for one of the FAANG companies recently. Had phone screen with one team. In my opinion nailed coding part. Was rejected, but was passed to the other team that was interested. Their I passed phone screen, passed virtual on site. You just never know what's going on behind the scenes.
So let me say something controversial. You don't want to work there.
The perks are great, but getting slashed over time. The pay is amazing, but nothing crazy for silicon valley. To be blunt, it's a place to be comfortable and coast for years.
It's a big, slow, corporate machine, and the smallest changes take miles of red tape. You might think you're learning crazy cool things all the time, but it's the opposite. It's pretty boring.
@Ricky Bobby The trick is to start from startups, gain 3-5 years experience, then join the big companies.
@@my3m this is actually what I plan to do as well. I feel it makes more sense that way instead of just applying to big companies right out of college
@@justinhearst Build up your emergency savings fund when you're working with a startup because lots of these companies go belly-up or try to get their employees to work for "shares", etc. The downside of a start-up is there may not be much opportunity to be mentored because everyone is busy trying to break new ground.
As a person who has worked at Google, you most likely don't want to work at Google.
The reasons above, plus, the claustrophobic corporate social game of never having anything resembling a personality, or being anything other than exactly what you were algorithmically determined to be during your machine-learning-analyzed interview, means it's exhausting to work there simple because it feels like you're being slowly smothered every day, living a fake life.
Again, the perks are great (at first) but they are surface-level bells and whistles that absolutely, positively cannot replace ACTUAL job satisfaction.
If you don't plan to be a robot and just do your work and get a paycheck and leave, then Google is probably not for you.
@@user-ti6hq2tc9o I have been working there since graduating 2 years ago. I have to say my experience is completely the opposite. Maybe because my team is a new team, in the past two years I have joined, we have created a system from scratch and made a huge impact. And our system was recognized by Google as a one of the feat of engineering projects this year.
One thing I loved about it was that my team valued my opinions even when I was fresh out of college, many of my designs were accepted and recognized. Through that I was able gain the confidence and people skills that I lack before.
But another pattern I saw was because it is such a chill company. If you don't want to push yourself to achieve more, no one will. In that case, just as you described, you would just be grabbing the paycheck soulessly.
Again I think this has to do with teams, because it is hard for newer engineers to start a completely new project/task on their own in a well established team.
Thanks for this video! I had a similar experience when interviewing for en entry level position at Apple. I have even decided that I will not do any more algorithm interviews. I’m a iOS developer and those interviews do not measure my skills at all.
For me coding interview for live coding should be done like an assignment. Bcs somehow coding with time rush or someone that looking at u, is just build a diffrent vibes to code. For me i'll be like panic or can't think clearly abt the best logical answer for the code.
All we can do is keep on coding :)
Interviews, job offers are bonuses along the way.
Knowledge, that's the goal.
Thanks for sharing your experience with us Sam!
keep your head up, you got this man. this was a nice thing to listen to and I needed to hear it. good shit!
No clickbait; good content; Everything on-point! Just sub! Keep up the great work!
Google is hard, I tried to crack their interview since sophomore year college, now that I graduated my master's and is working at Apple, I still find their questions to be hard in hindsight
Yooo i just recently got the same box question with google and my interviewer was super nice as well.
Life Happens....Just a year everything has changed...I like your resolutions about it. Keep up the good work mate
It's the same experience with any major companies. I had more or less same experience with Amazon related to people not replying or not giving any input why. Best of luck man.
I have an interview coming up with them and this makes me extra nervous. Thankings for sharing your experience once more!
Good luck!
Hi Kemo, I also have an interview with Google coming up in a few days... Wish you best of luck.
How did you guys go with the interviews?
@@தமிழோன் My interview is next week. But I'll come back to update you once I am done with it.
@@adeyinkaolurin Mine is next week. Good luck to you!
So I’ve failed a lot of interviews, it has a lot of luck to do with it. I’m in my final year college and started interviewing from my 1st year. I’ve gotten to final stage Amazon and failed, failed Uber, Facebook, google, Bank of America, Goldman Sachs. I tried Goldman Sachs again and got an offer this year. I’m trying Facebook, Google, Twitter again this year, and also got interviews for Bloomberg soon. At some point you expect to fail and are no longer as emotional when you fail. I believe I’d still get Facebook because that’s where I wanna work. These things are way harder for me because I school in Nigeria so most companies reject right away. My advice, do more brushing up and apply again and try applying to a lot of companies so it doesn’t sting when one rejects
I’m not a programmer but I work as a network engineer and this company I’m currently interviewing for, I have now had 5 interviews over a 5 week span and on the 5th week they emailed me on Monday and told me they would be in touch with me this week to talk to me about the job offer it is now Thursday lol. I just feel like I’ve wasted so much of my time and days off. I think after the 3rd interview I’m just gonna have to say that’s a big no from now on.
I had one with a Fintech company... thought i did well on the final interview... i had like 6-7 interviews on the final round and they all were challenging... none were easy.. like external teams were on the loop and they asked me questions about their area of the business 🤯.. the only challenges were a python/ml exercise... i struggled through that.. but i could pseudocode it for the most part... then there was a financial viability exercise, that i thought i did pretty good at... and the recruiter told me that the python interview wasnt going to be weighted heavily bc it wasnt part of the job... well after the weekend, i got the call that i didnt get it and those two interviews were the negative feedback... im telling you, i came into the python interview with 6months of rust, no practice... bc i killed the SQL interview... so moral of the story is failing on a final round interview always hurts... but what i did to take on the challenge was enroll in a python bootcamp... and re-learn python bc i didnt use it much for the last 3 yrs
I feel like part of the fun of the interview is to put people in uncomfortable situations... and see if they break apart
I agree on the part that that do specialized work at Google because they use all their own technologies. You can grow to a certain point, but after that if you want to grow you have to look else where.
I have the same exact feeling and I can totally really relate to this... I just had an onsite at one of the FANG companies and I felt the same as you: didn't bomb the interview but also didn't crush it. Anyway, I feel much better after seeing this video and I guess life moves on (I mean the onsite was literally just a few days ago so I don't even know if I'm gonna hear back from my recruiter soon too loll...)
curious how did that onsite go haha
I know absolutely nothing about coding. Your videos came up as I was reviewing Amazon leadership and culture for a friend who just landed a job there last week. Now that I am here, I have to say you are a MARVEL of stability and optimism in the face of what seem to be a couple of daunting interview and hire challenges. Culture ALWAYS matters, and clearly, you understand that. Well done.
I love your videos, you're so friendly and down-to-earth. 🥰
I went through Google interview twice .. for first interview I atleast got the feedback ... Second interview happened 27 days ago ... No reply till now 😔
Any reply from them yet? :(((((((
Did you finally got some reply?
Did you get the reply bro
Got the reply after 2 months ... Stating they can't proceed further
@@soodankit1993 next time brother
6:09 just curious for the solution. In my opinion its simple
1. Pick point.
2. Get two closest to it points.
3. Find out is angle between them is equal to 90 degrees using dot product
4. If answer for 3. is yes repeat 1-3 for all points that left, if no return false
5. Return true
I don't understand this obsession people have with working for a big tech company like Google. I'm getting into coding for the independence, not to slave away in an office making billions for share holders and venture capitalists.
You seem to be doing well enough as is brother. I appreciate your work, as I'm sure thousands of others do.
Awesome
Clean video my dude. I learn new little things everytime in your new video.
The Google or Amazon interview experience was my first time watching you I think.
That slow zoom in after 7:23 though xD
Google tried to hire me for a program and told me that no experience was required. When I got to the interview, all they asked me about was my experience. I was very confused about this, and though the interview went well -- I am a candid and very forward person. I told the recruiter that it is strange that I was told no experience is required (which is also strange for an IT job, even at entry level, though that also doesn't make any sense...) but all she asked me about was my experience. So, what do I make of it? She told me she would get back to me. I immediately knew that was a lie. I don't like lies and deception. I guess its good I didn't get hired.
I feel like with interviews it's similar to online dating... ghosting all the time
What about this: they're the same kind of people doing both... ?
lol
Dude I tried some Google hashcode problems and what you said about scaling solutions is spot on.
You gave me a perspective on Google which was really refreshing and amazing. Keep up the good work.
Got Rejected by Google last week, was really happy that the recruiter didnt ghost me rather she setup a meeting just to inform that I have been rejected. The questions were not as hard as I was expecting from Google but same was the case with Amazon last year. Overall it was a nice experience after the interview i thought man this was not challenging at all and if getting in Google is so easy that cant be true :)
you just described me. just got rejected by google via phone today, and im expecting a rejection call/email tomorrow from amazon. My interviews at these 2 companies weren't terribly hard except for 1 stupid trick question. I didnt have any high hopes after the interviews because I knew they probably expect you to nail all of them to be accepted and not these so called "I just want to see how you think" crap.
It's OK!! you're great
Hey man, thank you for sharing this. You can keep teaching us about coding and through teaching I believe you'll have fun.
Hey hi5 man.! I was also contacted by a recruiter and funny thing is "I never applied". I was being very tensed for how interview is gonna be. It is scheduled in end of July. After listening your experience, I think am gonna have a relatable experience ;p
Good luck!
As a new grad, being ghosted is literally so common for me!
Hate it though.
Don't be sad brother, you are the best...
dude I had the same experience with Amazon during COVID. Virtual onsite, one great round where the interviewer was really happy and communicative, one okay round where I didn't finish the code but the interviewer said he saw where I was going and thought it would work, one round where it was probably alright and I got the code to work but the interviewer barely said anything, and one round where the interviewer had someone vacuuming or something beside him the whole time so I could barely hear anything.
Heard from the recruiter a week later and when I asked for a little feedback I got ghosted. I suppose recruiters are busy but it's surprising how FANG companies are ok with this kind of behavior, could literally be a two sentence email response at least.
Business Units Start at 1 and 2, that's why it starts at 3, salary compatibility across the org
Your both experience, each one different. Thanks for sharing your experience. as you said, we all need to move on. Priorities change - free food, campuses are all secondary after getting ample work-ex
That was very shitty and unprofessional of them. Sorry you had to deal with that. Glad you're still doing your thing!
You seem to be a wonderful person and a great engineer. It is totally their lost.
I have very similar story I nailed 4 out 5 and even one interview that I did ok I argued with interviewer. I then even got team matching and got interview with one of project manager. It was scheduled for 30 minutes but I was even able to hold conversation for 45 mins with manager. He even asked me how soon u can join and after 2 weeks I got rejection. So moral of the story even if u do good u might get rejected
You had me at the Geiko intro haha, thanks for sharing your awesome story!
Thanks for sharing your experience...it's pretty important to know both the failure and success
I was offered a job from Apple a few years ago when I graduated from engineering school. But my degree is Mechanical Engineering. They said they would train me in software development but I wanted to design things so I accepted another job offer. I just don't think I could sit and code all day. I like building things.
Would've done the same thing
The amount of flaws and bugs in FAANG software makes me think their recruitment and interview process is pointless.
Thank you for sharing your experience! Sub for life ✊🏽
Sorry to hear man! But looks like I found a great channel - subscribed!
Thanks for being so honest and specific.
lol I feel you I know a guy who worked at google for 2 years, it's probably the best thing you can have on your CV but it's not fun to actually do the work they ask because there will be a million other "developers" willing to take the position from you
I hope this comment helps people feel better who got rejected by any FAANG company, you may have dodged a bullet. I rejected Google. I was offered the job in a senior development position after an obnoxious interview process, and I saw first hand through the process how pointless the work can be/feel. I talked to peers around me while touring the campus and based on my perception the entire job just felt worthless. Working for Google is somewhat akin to being in the military, you're a brick in the proverbial wall, a cog in the machine. You'll find a LOT more satisfaction working for a smaller startup or any medium sized company that is capable of doing things without having to go through 3000 people to get anything useful done. If you work at Google and love it then I must pride you for your perseverance and dedication to achieving their goals... but for the rest of us who desire meaningful and impactful positions, I say stay away.
Thanks for sharing your passion, this was great. Liked and subscribed from a small UA-camr comedian. Excited to watch your journey and creations 😃
There are L0, L1 and L2, but they apply to other jobs I'd say, less tech savvy or vendor/partners related ;)
Rejection is the best form of flattery
It's like dating. The object of your desire owes you no explanation, and you owe none in return. Move on - NEXT.
you sound like a brave and honest guy.
L1 and L2 are possibly outsourced
Secured an offer for the position of Software Engineer with Apple yesterday.....happy!
Congrats!
@@KeepOnCoding thank you for your motivating videos!
Recently I was interviewed for cloud technical solution engineer, i cleared 2 technical round and then recruiter went silent for 3 weeks and later they told me that due to pandemic management decided to close the position at Google Bangalore and moved them to Sydney Australia. Then after a month recruiter reached out to me for Strategic cloud engineer position but i couldn't clear the final round.
People want what they can't have. There are others who talk about Google non-stop to keep their brand active and it's a bit annoying since the majority of the people out there will never work for Google. They quit Google and decide to work full-time creating videos on UA-cam and talk about Google all day, every day. So, the answer is...stop following Ex-Google employees, and chasing those high-tech companies. The only reason why I'm saying this is because the ex high-tech employees are leaving their high paying jobs to create UA-cam videos surrounding the topic "HIGH-TECH." Tired of seeing clickbait like "THIS IS WHY I LEFT GOOGLE" or "HOW MUCH DO SOFTWARE ENGINEERS MAKE AT GOOGLE." Leave these clowns in the dust and create your own brand. Upload your content to UA-cam and be consistent. Just like this guy..."I got reject by Google." Everyone is going to click on this to see WHAT HAPPENED! His views instantly go up by clout chasing Google.
I remember when I applied for a mechanical engineering position. Google sent me a file to prepare for the technical interview, for electrical engineering. After emailing them, I got an email from the recruiter one week after the interview stating how sorry she was, whatever Google, whatever
I can make a guess why it starts at L3? At least in sweden where I live, L1 is always people who answer support phonecalls and e-mails at a company. L2 is usally just a coordinator that have some knowledge regarding one or some applications. Usally the one who solves moste support issues. L3 is usally a developer or specialist in that area. So not to compete with the other two support roles, a developer starts at L3? Maybe?
dope vid buddy sorry to hear it didn't work out!
Thanks man! I should’ve watched more of your tutorials 😭
I think far too many times people think they’re getting hired strictly on their technical ability. Big Tech jobs are just like any other employer. Interviewers are evaluating your skill and at the same time trying to see if you will be a good cultural fit. The number one question they’re trying to answer is do I want to work with this person 8 to 10 hours a day. Sometimes it’s a yes many times it’s a no.
That day:*oh i just live for that unique moment. Quick tell UA-cam*
I don't know why everyone wants to work at Google. I got over that after seeing how they turn down very good developers in mass numbers and over the most silly things. Sure it's good for your CV but you could also get better money and much more responsibility at other companies. Call me crazy but I like being involved in what I do at a personal level.
you should try doing some USACO (usaco.org) problems, they're 100x harder than coding interview problems and high schoolers (even middle schoolers) are excelling in it
I got rejected by google. Bro.... I rejected for a PC Technician at Seven Eleven
i feel like the problems are like mathematical problems. Why they dont hire mathematicians.
That is exactly right. Probably little of those get used IRL. As a coder you'll use a library that does already that for you.
That iPhone analogy is absolutely perfect.
Thank you so much. You really give a deep insight of the interview process.
I just need a little clarification on the first question.
Were you given an array like this
(1,3), (5,8), (9,13),(10,18)
And you have to find any random element which belongs to any of these ranges?
Thanks!
An interviewer at Google not being prepared for the interview? Sounds about on par, I had a terrible experience with their on-sites several years ago and I've never had a strong desire to interview with them again.
“What is the point to work there?” Get your experience in to pad your resume.
are all developer interviews like this in the US? Or is it just FANG and other bigger companies? I've been a dev for some years now in Belgium but looking into maybe applying for some companies in the US. I have no interest in working for those big companies.
I faced all these questions as a situation when I was building a tool to build an electronic circuit in JavaScript.
I can't believe it!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bro u inspire me every day to become a software engineer I wish you the best of luck
The square question sounds interesting and I only knew about the question that is sth along the lines of "Given four points, determine whether it's a valid square or not". Do you maybe have a link or sth to a resource that tackles the exact (or more or less exact) problem you were given there? I wasn't able to find anything that came close >.>
Well, it isn't too difficult. The time constraints are probably what keeps it challenging.
Ainbrisk Yeah I mean that doesn't tell me anything, I was asking whether anyones knows about either a similar problem or resource that tackles this exact problem
Start your own company. Google wasn't build in a day. 😎
While I don't really have an interest in working for Google, that does annoy me that they ghosted you. I hear about it all the time, but you'd think that bigger names would be more responsible, especially with their "Googliness" interview (which obviously they shouldn't be testing if they are hiring a jerk when they are being a jerk.)
I finished the final interview already but Google asked me for two more cuz of conflicting feedbacks.
I interviewed with Google and got the same Rectangle question. I seriously cant believe they had the same question from about a year ago
good to know i'm not alone - i got ghosted by spotify - it's really annoying
There are some scammers in my country that brag about being interns at google , like is such a big deal . They made a business by advertising this and promoting "we'll teach you how to code"
My son passed all interviews 5-6 over a month or so at Wish and in the final interview prospective supervisor mentioned next steps and HR will contact you. Ghosted. Over 6 months he became a problem solver a fast coder with no job.
Strong lighting. Thanks for sharing.
that sounds hard .. i mean i've been working as a web dev for a couple of years but these coding interviews have nothing to do with my regular day job, i would probably fail on the first interview lol.