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Re:Ask HN: As a European, what should I expect working for a... by pjbeam on Friday October 08, 2021 @08:45PM (#28805940)
FAANG interviews are quite game-able.
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Re:Ask HN: As a European, what should I expect working for a... by boppo1 on Friday October 08, 2021 @10:45PM (#28806571)
How so? Grind out leetcode problems?

I'm a decade out of school and 200k would be life changing for me+family.

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Re:Ask HN: As a European, what should I expect working for a... by thorin1 on Saturday October 09, 2021 @01:57AM (#28807403)
Exactly - LeetCode, system design, behavioral interview - you can prepare for it.

I was interviewing for the last few months and got plenty of LeetCode Hard questions. Was designing a time-series database at least three times. And talking about a situation when I had a conflict with my colleague at least five times :-)

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Re:Ask HN: As a European, what should I expect working for a... by google234123 on Saturday October 09, 2021 @04:12AM (#28807963)
gameable != trivial, these companies are looking for reasons not to hire you. I would say Amazon has the most structured interviews out of the FAANGS (probably the easiest but they are also the fastest to let people go, maybe FB is close), apple is more about fit.
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Re:Ask HN: As a European, what should I expect working for a... by pjbeam on Saturday October 09, 2021 @11:15AM (#28810568)
Agreed it isn't trivial but neither is it impossible. Also agree that Amazon is probably the easiest to prep for once you understand the behavioral aspect.
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Re:Ask HN: As a European, what should I expect working for a... by boppo1 on Friday October 08, 2021 @10:45PM (#28806570)
How so? Grind out leetcode problems?

I'm a decade out of school and 200k would be life changing for me+family.

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