What skills are needed to get S/W tech or Data Scientist job in #FAANG?

[jai_bali]

@Help_please   bro roughly neeku entha time pattindi total prep from beginning to get the job? i know it varies from person to person..but just curious

[Help_please]

35 minutes ago, jai_bali said:

@Help_please   bro roughly neeku entha time pattindi total prep from beginning to get the job? i know it varies from person to person..but just curious

It took around 5 months bro...but I had some personal problems to deal with in between. It depends on your background and commitment also.

I’ve seen people getting in to Google with 2-3 months prep and I’ve seen people trying for years and who couldn’t get in. But these are extreme cases.

if you have taken DS/algo courses in college and if you can write code comfortably, you can get in to a FAANG in less than 6 months.

[Prince_Fan]

gp

[jai_bali]

thanks bro!!

[acuman]

@Help_please Python or Java or C/C++ ki good books plz?

[Picheshwar]

18 hours ago, Help_please said:

tried for E4...got down-leveled to E3 due to previous (consulting) experience

what happened to your h1 transfer>?

[Whatsthis]

20 hours ago, Help_please said:

i recently signed an offer with a FAANG company. Copy pasting info that I sent earlier to a DB member

Step 0: Where you start your prep depends on where you are right now. Answer these questions honestly (don’t worry, I was terrible in the beginning too) and I’ll tell you where to start:

how comfortable are you with programming in general? Do you have a good understanding of common data structures like arrays, dictionaries, stacks, Queues, etc? Do you have a decent understanding of depth first search and breadth first search? how comfortable are you with trees and graphs?

If you answer YES to above questions you are already in a good place to start...if you answered NO to above questions, you're still fine (I was in the same position last year)

Step 1: pick a programming language that you’re comfortable with. I used python. You can use any common ones like python, C/C++, Java, etc

Step 2: All you need is leetcode for DS and algo problems. But first, You can start with this book: https://www.amazon.com/Cracking-Coding-Interview-Programming-Questions/dp/0984782850

If you want to brush up on any topic you can use this book: https://www.amazon.com/Algorithm-Design-Manual-Steven-Skiena-ebook/dp/B00B8139Z8/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=algorithm+design+manual&qid=1589754774&sprefix=algoithm+des&sr=8-3

Step 3: once you are good with solving simple problems from cracking the coding interview, you can jump to leetcode(https://leetcode.com/). Leetcode is the most popular platform used by people interviewing for top tech companies. Pick a set of problems that covers major topics. I used the following lists.

1. I started with the following list (75 problems) which covers major topics

https://leetcode.com/list/xi4ci4ig/

(source: https://www.teamblind.com/post/New-Year-Gift---Curated-List-of-Top-75-LeetCode-Questions-to-Save-Your-Time-OaM1orEU)

2. this one covers broader ground

https://leetcode.com/discuss/career/448285/List-of-questions-sorted-by-common-patterns.

Step 4 (System Design, optional): You'll have System Design round(s) if you're aiming for E4  in FB/ L4 in Google or higher. This is a bit hard if you don't have much distributed systems experience. But here are some sources that are helpful.

You can start with system design primer: https://github.com/donnemartin/system-design-primer

you can check YouTube videos( Tushar roy, Gaurav sen) or read this book for system design concepts

https://www.amazon.com/Designing-Data-Intensive-Applications-Reliable-Maintainable-ebook/dp/B06XPJML5D/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=designing+data-intensive+applications&qid=1589776963&sprefix=designing+&sr=8-3

And practice these problems:

https://www.educative.io/courses/grokking-the-system-design-interview

Step 5: Final step is doing company tagged problems in leetcode (available with leetcode premium subscription https://leetcode.com/subscribe/) and free mock interviews (https://www.pramp.com/#/, https://interviewing.io/)

 

Additional tips and resources:

1. for general questions & answers about tech interviews, referrals, tech life, etc from FAANG employees (https://www.rooftopslushie.com/, https://www.teamblind.com/)

2. You can pay for referrals or get your resume reviewed or ask questions (starting from $5, but $15-20 is a reasonable starting point) here: https://www.rooftopslushie.com/

3. For long-term DS& algo prep (this book is available in three versions: C++, Java, Python) especially for Google: https://www.amazon.com/Elements-Programming-Interviews-Insiders-Guide/dp/1479274836

This book has preparation plans ranging from a weekend to 4 months. This is the best possible resource with great problems and explanations

4. Boot-camp style resources: https://interviewcamp.io/(cheap and effective), https://www.interviewcake.com/ (cheap and effective), https://www.interviewkickstart.com/(expensive),  https://www.outco.io/

5. For Salary info check: https://www.levels.fyi/, https://www.teamblind.com/salaryComparison

6. For referrals, Linkedin Premium is very useful. If you are trying for Google, you can search for 'google hiring', 'google recruiter',etc and then send messages to recruiters/hiring managers (whose linkedin intro mentions that they are hiring) in the search results. You can find a lot of resources online on what to send in the intro message. This approach is mostly a numbers game. So message as many people as you can.

Congrats bro..

[Help_please]

4 hours ago, acuman said:

@Help_please Python or Java or C/C++ ki good books plz?

Ivi interview prep ki:

Java: Cracking the Coding interview, Elements of programming interviews

C++: Elements of programming interviews

Python: this is the best intro to DS/Algos and python https://runestone.academy/runestone/books/published/pythonds/index.html, Elements of programming interviews

 

[Help_please]

16 hours ago, jai_bali said:

thanks bro!!

 

2 hours ago, Whatsthis said:

Congrats bro..

🙏🙏

[Help_please]

3 hours ago, Picheshwar said:

what happened to your h1 transfer>?

BG aindi, immigration processing nadusthundi

[Don_Draper]

On 5/19/2020 at 7:16 PM, Help_please said:

i recently signed an offer with a FAANG company. Copy pasting info that I sent earlier to a DB member

Step 0: Where you start your prep depends on where you are right now. Answer these questions honestly (don’t worry, I was terrible in the beginning too) and I’ll tell you where to start:

how comfortable are you with programming in general? Do you have a good understanding of common data structures like arrays, dictionaries, stacks, Queues, etc? Do you have a decent understanding of depth first search and breadth first search? how comfortable are you with trees and graphs?

If you answer YES to above questions you are already in a good place to start...if you answered NO to above questions, you're still fine (I was in the same position last year)

Step 1: pick a programming language that you’re comfortable with. I used python. You can use any common ones like python, C/C++, Java, etc

Step 2: All you need is leetcode for DS and algo problems. But first, You can start with this book: https://www.amazon.com/Cracking-Coding-Interview-Programming-Questions/dp/0984782850

If you want to brush up on any topic you can use this book: https://www.amazon.com/Algorithm-Design-Manual-Steven-Skiena-ebook/dp/B00B8139Z8/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=algorithm+design+manual&qid=1589754774&sprefix=algoithm+des&sr=8-3

Step 3: once you are good with solving simple problems from cracking the coding interview, you can jump to leetcode(https://leetcode.com/). Leetcode is the most popular platform used by people interviewing for top tech companies. Pick a set of problems that covers major topics. I used the following lists.

1. I started with the following list (75 problems) which covers major topics

https://leetcode.com/list/xi4ci4ig/

(source: https://www.teamblind.com/post/New-Year-Gift---Curated-List-of-Top-75-LeetCode-Questions-to-Save-Your-Time-OaM1orEU)

2. this one covers broader ground

https://leetcode.com/discuss/career/448285/List-of-questions-sorted-by-common-patterns.

Most of the interview problems come from these topics: trees and graphs(BFS,DFS), arrays, strings, recursion, binary search, linked lists, backtracking

so make sure, you work on these before you jump on to advanced topics like Dynamic programming

Step 4 (System Design, optional): You'll have System Design round(s) if you're aiming for E4  in FB/ L4 in Google or higher. This is a bit hard if you don't have much distributed systems experience. But here are some sources that are helpful.

You can start with system design primer: https://github.com/donnemartin/system-design-primer

you can check YouTube videos( Tushar roy, Gaurav sen) or read this book for system design concepts

https://www.amazon.com/Designing-Data-Intensive-Applications-Reliable-Maintainable-ebook/dp/B06XPJML5D/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=designing+data-intensive+applications&qid=1589776963&sprefix=designing+&sr=8-3

And practice these problems:

https://www.educative.io/courses/grokking-the-system-design-interview

Step 5: Final step is doing company tagged problems in leetcode (available with leetcode premium subscription https://leetcode.com/subscribe/) and free mock interviews (https://www.pramp.com/#/, https://interviewing.io/)

 

Additional tips and resources:

1. for general questions & answers about tech interviews, referrals, tech life, etc from FAANG employees (https://www.rooftopslushie.com/, https://www.teamblind.com/)

2. You can pay for referrals or get your resume reviewed or ask questions (starting from $5, but $15-20 is a reasonable starting point) here: https://www.rooftopslushie.com/

3. For long-term DS& algo prep (this book is available in three versions: C++, Java, Python) especially for Google: https://www.amazon.com/Elements-Programming-Interviews-Insiders-Guide/dp/1479274836

This book has preparation plans ranging from a weekend to 4 months. This is the best possible resource with great problems and explanations

4. Boot-camp style resources: https://interviewcamp.io/(cheap and effective), https://www.interviewcake.com/ (cheap and effective), https://www.interviewkickstart.com/(expensive),  https://www.outco.io/

5. For Salary info check: https://www.levels.fyi/, https://www.teamblind.com/salaryComparison

6. For referrals, Linkedin Premium is very useful. If you are trying for Google, you can search for 'google hiring', 'google recruiter',etc and then send messages to recruiters/hiring managers (whose linkedin intro mentions that they are hiring) in the search results. You can find a lot of resources online on what to send in the intro message. This approach is mostly a numbers game. So message as many people as you can.

GP and Congrats! Break a leg!

[Help_please]

16 minutes ago, Don_Draper said:

GP and Congrats! Break a leg!

thanks bro

[HalfDesiGirl]

On 5/19/2020 at 4:16 PM, Help_please said:

i recently signed an offer with a FAANG company. Copy pasting info that I sent earlier to a DB member

Step 0: Where you start your prep depends on where you are right now. Answer these questions honestly (don’t worry, I was terrible in the beginning too) and I’ll tell you where to start:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Skip

 

 

how comfortable are you with programming in general? Do you have a good understanding of common data structures like arrays, dictionaries, stacks, Queues, etc? Do you have a decent understanding of depth first search and breadth first search? how comfortable are you with trees and graphs?

If you answer YES to above questions you are already in a good place to start...if you answered NO to above questions, you're still fine (I was in the same position last year)

Step 1: pick a programming language that you’re comfortable with. I used python. You can use any common ones like python, C/C++, Java, etc

Step 2: All you need is leetcode for DS and algo problems. But first, You can start with this book: https://www.amazon.com/Cracking-Coding-Interview-Programming-Questions/dp/0984782850

If you want to brush up on any topic you can use this book: https://www.amazon.com/Algorithm-Design-Manual-Steven-Skiena-ebook/dp/B00B8139Z8/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=algorithm+design+manual&qid=1589754774&sprefix=algoithm+des&sr=8-3

Step 3: once you are good with solving simple problems from cracking the coding interview, you can jump to leetcode(https://leetcode.com/). Leetcode is the most popular platform used by people interviewing for top tech companies. Pick a set of problems that covers major topics. I used the following lists.

1. I started with the following list (75 problems) which covers major topics

https://leetcode.com/list/xi4ci4ig/

(source: https://www.teamblind.com/post/New-Year-Gift---Curated-List-of-Top-75-LeetCode-Questions-to-Save-Your-Time-OaM1orEU)

2. this one covers broader ground

https://leetcode.com/discuss/career/448285/List-of-questions-sorted-by-common-patterns.

Most of the interview problems come from these topics: trees and graphs(BFS,DFS), arrays, strings, recursion, binary search, linked lists, backtracking

so make sure, you work on these before you jump on to advanced topics like Dynamic programming

Step 4 (System Design, optional): You'll have System Design round(s) if you're aiming for E4  in FB/ L4 in Google or higher. This is a bit hard if you don't have much distributed systems experience. But here are some sources that are helpful.

You can start with system design primer: https://github.com/donnemartin/system-design-primer

you can check YouTube videos( Tushar roy, Gaurav sen) or read this book for system design concepts

https://www.amazon.com/Designing-Data-Intensive-Applications-Reliable-Maintainable-ebook/dp/B06XPJML5D/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=designing+data-intensive+applications&qid=1589776963&sprefix=designing+&sr=8-3

And practice these problems:

https://www.educative.io/courses/grokking-the-system-design-interview

Step 5: Final step is doing company tagged problems in leetcode (available with leetcode premium subscription https://leetcode.com/subscribe/) and free mock interviews (https://www.pramp.com/#/, https://interviewing.io/)

 

Additional tips and resources:

1. for general questions & answers about tech interviews, referrals, tech life, etc from FAANG employees (https://www.rooftopslushie.com/, https://www.teamblind.com/)

2. You can pay for referrals or get your resume reviewed or ask questions (starting from $5, but $15-20 is a reasonable starting point) here: https://www.rooftopslushie.com/

3. For long-term DS& algo prep (this book is available in three versions: C++, Java, Python) especially for Google: https://www.amazon.com/Elements-Programming-Interviews-Insiders-Guide/dp/1479274836

This book has preparation plans ranging from a weekend to 4 months. This is the best possible resource with great problems and explanations

4. Boot-camp style resources: https://interviewcamp.io/(cheap and effective), https://www.interviewcake.com/ (cheap and effective), https://www.interviewkickstart.com/(expensive),  https://www.outco.io/

5. For Salary info check: https://www.levels.fyi/, https://www.teamblind.com/salaryComparison

6. For referrals, Linkedin Premium is very useful. If you are trying for Google, you can search for 'google hiring', 'google recruiter',etc and then send messages to recruiters/hiring managers (whose linkedin intro mentions that they are hiring) in the search results. You can find a lot of resources online on what to send in the intro message. This approach is mostly a numbers game. So message as many people as you can.

Good info...Tech interviews are getting more competitive day by day

[Democraticcompulsion]

On 5/19/2020 at 6:16 PM, Help_please said:

i recently signed an offer with a FAANG company. Copy pasting info that I sent earlier to a DB member

Step 0: Where you start your prep depends on where you are right now. Answer these questions honestly (don’t worry, I was terrible in the beginning too) and I’ll tell you where to start:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Skip

 

 

how comfortable are you with programming in general? Do you have a good understanding of common data structures like arrays, dictionaries, stacks, Queues, etc? Do you have a decent understanding of depth first search and breadth first search? how comfortable are you with trees and graphs?

If you answer YES to above questions you are already in a good place to start...if you answered NO to above questions, you're still fine (I was in the same position last year)

Step 1: pick a programming language that you’re comfortable with. I used python. You can use any common ones like python, C/C++, Java, etc

Step 2: All you need is leetcode for DS and algo problems. But first, You can start with this book: https://www.amazon.com/Cracking-Coding-Interview-Programming-Questions/dp/0984782850

If you want to brush up on any topic you can use this book: https://www.amazon.com/Algorithm-Design-Manual-Steven-Skiena-ebook/dp/B00B8139Z8/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=algorithm+design+manual&qid=1589754774&sprefix=algoithm+des&sr=8-3

Step 3: once you are good with solving simple problems from cracking the coding interview, you can jump to leetcode(https://leetcode.com/). Leetcode is the most popular platform used by people interviewing for top tech companies. Pick a set of problems that covers major topics. I used the following lists.

1. I started with the following list (75 problems) which covers major topics

https://leetcode.com/list/xi4ci4ig/

(source: https://www.teamblind.com/post/New-Year-Gift---Curated-List-of-Top-75-LeetCode-Questions-to-Save-Your-Time-OaM1orEU)

2. this one covers broader ground

https://leetcode.com/discuss/career/448285/List-of-questions-sorted-by-common-patterns.

Most of the interview problems come from these topics: trees and graphs(BFS,DFS), arrays, strings, recursion, binary search, linked lists, backtracking

so make sure, you work on these before you jump on to advanced topics like Dynamic programming

Step 4 (System Design, optional): You'll have System Design round(s) if you're aiming for E4  in FB/ L4 in Google or higher. This is a bit hard if you don't have much distributed systems experience. But here are some sources that are helpful.

You can start with system design primer: https://github.com/donnemartin/system-design-primer

you can check YouTube videos( Tushar roy, Gaurav sen) or read this book for system design concepts

https://www.amazon.com/Designing-Data-Intensive-Applications-Reliable-Maintainable-ebook/dp/B06XPJML5D/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=designing+data-intensive+applications&qid=1589776963&sprefix=designing+&sr=8-3

And practice these problems:

https://www.educative.io/courses/grokking-the-system-design-interview

Step 5: Final step is doing company tagged problems in leetcode (available with leetcode premium subscription https://leetcode.com/subscribe/) and free mock interviews (https://www.pramp.com/#/, https://interviewing.io/)

 

Additional tips and resources:

1. for general questions & answers about tech interviews, referrals, tech life, etc from FAANG employees (https://www.rooftopslushie.com/, https://www.teamblind.com/)

2. You can pay for referrals or get your resume reviewed or ask questions (starting from $5, but $15-20 is a reasonable starting point) here: https://www.rooftopslushie.com/

3. For long-term DS& algo prep (this book is available in three versions: C++, Java, Python) especially for Google: https://www.amazon.com/Elements-Programming-Interviews-Insiders-Guide/dp/1479274836

This book has preparation plans ranging from a weekend to 4 months. This is the best possible resource with great problems and explanations

4. Boot-camp style resources: https://interviewcamp.io/(cheap and effective), https://www.interviewcake.com/ (cheap and effective), https://www.interviewkickstart.com/(expensive),  https://www.outco.io/

5. For Salary info check: https://www.levels.fyi/, https://www.teamblind.com/salaryComparison

6. For referrals, Linkedin Premium is very useful. If you are trying for Google, you can search for 'google hiring', 'google recruiter',etc and then send messages to recruiters/hiring managers (whose linkedin intro mentions that they are hiring) in the search results. You can find a lot of resources online on what to send in the intro message. This approach is mostly a numbers game. So message as many people as you can.

What a post!!!

Python ki kooda manchi source cheppu bro.

[BeautyQueen]

2 hours ago, Democraticcompulsion said:

What a post!!!

Python ki kooda manchi source cheppu bro.

Python ki edhi already post chesaru...Check it out..

https://runestone.academy/runestone/books/published/pythonds/index.html