Comment by Chris Bongers on "How I got multiple FAANG offers in Europe"

wow thanks for noting this all down Andrey, very helpful indeed.

What keeps bugging me... Why are the interviews like this?

Meaning, it comes down to a bit of luck, a lot of just stamping some basic solutions (you'll likely never use in your job) into. your head and give those as an answer?

and yet if you fail those, your level is not high enough?

At least this is what FAANG interviews sound like to me... And from what I read above,

In all honesty i just never got past middle tier companies, so my experience with these are 0. yet can't see to understand why one should need to learn basic answers from their mind over actual real world experiences?

Not to work you down, i'm sure you are a great dev, without having done all the leetcode stuff. And I want to end by congratulating you on your new job!

Thanks for reading! AFAIU, FAANG can accept a high rate of false negatives when they turn down someone who could do the job as long as it helps to minimize the false positives. It takes a long time to get acquainted with the process on the inside as there are so many internal tools. So it even makes sense to a certain degree. I, personally, learned a ton while doing Leetcode over those two months. I like thinking that it helped me to have a different perspective on some tasks I faced later at work. On the other hand, I see where you are coming from. It makes a lot of sense. I think, ultimately, the question does not matter as much as the interviewer. Some interviewers seem to have binary judgment. You either know a solution or you do not. However, some other interviewers give you small hints along the road and try to figure out how your brain works and how fast you can grasp new concepts. I truly loved being on a call with the second type of interviewers! I would say that the problem might be not with the process itself, but with how the process is approached. Thank you for your kind words!

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