I'm a ex-Google SWE that's coached 300 through the FAANG interview process. AMA

Re:I'm a ex-Google SWE that's coached 300 through the FAANG ... by hedora on Sunday June 19, 2022 @03:12PM (#31802407)

Honestly, you're probably overqualified for an entry-level position at a FAANG. Go to an academic CS conference with FAANG employees, find some that are talking about interesting stuff, and give them your resume.

The resume funnels on websites of most large companies go straight to /dev/null. (University recruitment is another story; those usually get put toward the top of hiring managers' piles.)

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Re:I'm a ex-Google SWE that's coached 300 through the FAANG ... by srvmshr on Sunday June 19, 2022 @03:30PM (#31802563)

Thank you for the kind words. But I don't seem to have good SWE knowhow. ML area is moving fast on rollers built by cloud enterprises, so I feel actual CS skills get overlooked by folks like us. I already graduated 2 yrs ago (University of Tokyo - FAANG presence is lesser in Japan). I will be mostly leaning on mailing people I know via PhD/LinkedIn/Twitter.

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Re:I'm a ex-Google SWE that's coached 300 through the FAANG ... by coachdarek on Sunday June 19, 2022 @03:45PM (#31802687)

+1 to the comment on the resume funnels being a black hole.

The best option is to directly interface with recruiters. Recruiting is a numbers game at the end of the day. There are pseudo-infinite recruiters and a few applications for each company.

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