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Re:Looking for a Job Is Tough by ziaowang on Wednesday November 13, 2024 @10:30PM (#42132878)
Though FAANG offers are usually more attractive than startups (considering pay level and stability), some startups could be more selective since they couldn't afford to hire the wrong candidate.
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Re:Looking for a Job Is Tough by lumost on Wednesday November 13, 2024 @10:41PM (#42132955)
It’s more about calibration. If you interview 100 people at a FAANG, you get an idea of where the bar is. This idea gets calibrated with a panel of interviewers, along with shadow interviewers.

At a startup… who knows? I had an interviewer burn up 25 minutes on a 45 minute coding question trying to “hint me” towards the solution I mentioned in the first 2 minutes.

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Re:Looking for a Job Is Tough by hnfong on Wednesday November 13, 2024 @10:32PM (#42132894)
It's also a numbers thing. Startups generally hire a couple people, while FAANGs hire in the tens of thousands. (Used to, at least.)
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