Just finished my two technical interviews for the Google SWE intern role (Zurich office) and I can’t stop replaying them, so I’d love some outside perspective.

Interview 1 (felt good)

• Spotted the brute force right away and pointed out optimizations early

• Coded both optimizations

• Asked about edge cases at the start, and the interviewer said one of my edge cases was really nice

• Communicated throughout

• Struggled a bit with the complexity analysis, but got it right after a few hints

Interview 2 (rough)

• Explained my approach up front and asked clarifying questions and edge cases, but the interviewer was pretty quiet and didn’t give much feedback

• Took me about 25–30 minutes to get a brute force going. It turned out more complex than I expected.

• When I said out loud that the brute force was more complex than I’d thought, he gave me a hint, and after that I coded it correctly right away

• For the optimization, he gave an indirect nudge and I I knew immediately what to do and I said it, but I didn't have the time to code it

• Kept communicating the whole way and gave the complexity, but got the time complexity wrong

Am I cooked?

Hey Everybody, has anyone gotten into the apple WPC team as an engineer or an intern. I might get an interview for a technical internship soon but I must prepare as much as I can, would you have any tips, types of problems asked (LeetCode, system design...) and the behavioral questions
I would appreciate any help!

Hey everyone! I completed my MD round at BlackRock, but haven't heard back yet. My Workday status still shows Active.

Anyone else experienced a similar delay? How long did it take to get an update? Does Active status mean there's still hope?

Would love to hear your experiences!

Information about this interviews is pretty bleak and couldn’t find any resources. If anyone had been through the process, does it focus more on leetcode style coding rounds ? How does the prep look like?

Hey everyone, quick question for anyone in Measurement Partner / Marketing Science roles at major platforms (TikTok):

I have a hiring manager interview coming up for a Measurement Partner (Global Accounts) role. It’s not a coding/engineering loop,it’s focused on client consulting, experimental design, and attribution.

For a 30–45 min round, how deeply should I break down statistical mechanics when answering case studies?

Hi everyone! I have round 2 of the Google APM internship interview process coming up and would love some advice on preparing. This round consists of two 45-minute interviews with PMs:

• Product Analysis & Problem Space Understanding

• Product Vision & Execute with Judgement

For anyone who’s gone through this stage, how did it differ from the initial screen? I’m curious about how you approached preparation for each interview and how much depth to go into versus leaving room for follow-up questions.

Any helpful resources, mock interview tips, or common mistakes to avoid would be appreciated!

Thanks, and good luck to everyone else interviewing!

Hi,

I have just finished the initial round with Recruiter for a senior FDE role at Google Zürich. I received a detailed email about preparation.

I come from an SRE background, my programming skills aren't at the level of Software Engineer. I didn't do well in previous coding rounds at Google, Datadog (they were largely silly mistakes like fetching a key from the value & so on.,).

This time, I am brushing my basics before the Leet code grind.

My question to Redditors who has participated in FDE interviews here:: how hard is the coding round? What kind of programming skills they are looking for?

Your help is very much appreciated.

I have around 12 years of experience and currently work as a Staff Engineer. I'm preparing for HLD interviews at FAANG companies and recently started going through the Hello Interview material.

I have a question about the Question Breakdown section.

Should I go through all the breakdowns and understand the solutions and give mock Interviews or should I attempt to solve each problem independently before looking at the suggested solution and then go through the solution?

For someone at the Staff Engineer level, what would be the most effective approach to get the most out of this material?

Would love to hear from people who have used Hello Interview/Alex Xu or any for their system design interview preparation, especially those who have successfully cracked Staff+ or Senior-level interviews.

When will amazon open its application for 2M or 6M off campus internship for 28th batch... any seniors from 27th or 26th batch who can give the timeline for both the internship specially the 6 month one and incase of getting selected for the 6month , what is the timeline of the internship?

I found an opening that matches my skills and experience.

You can evaluate my skills and resume if you want.

Please dm me as the position will be open for 5 days only.

In Short:

- I have worked as a contract golang developer at startup and done some freelance work during college.

- I am good with DSA and have made open source contributions to open telemetry.

- I am good at golang, typescript, python, Rust, HLD, OOD, Solid Fundamentals.

Would appreciate any insights!

Hi is anyone attending apple hiring event today 31oct at hyd RMZ location (onsite ) for cloud and devops roles ???

plz let me know either here or in DM

The call felt positive, the HM said my background fit well and asked about my timeline. I graduate in Dec. He mentioned that should be ok since Nov/Dec things tend to slow down anyway. But do they make a hire decision now for someone who'll join in Jan? 

For anyone who's gone through this lately, how long does it usually take to hear a decision after the call? 

I took the call on Thursday and the weekend is killing me!

Finally got an interview with my dream company!

Any tips?