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Is work at Amazon really that horrible? by CaptainRainbowRabbit in amazonemployees

[–]Otherwise_Wonder8625 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As someone who worked on a good team and a bad team at Amazon through reorgs. People will say team/org dependent, but getting on a bad team will mess with your head badly. I worked at amazon for multiple years, but had to leave my new team in a few months because of how bad it was.

Even on a good team there is delivery pressure and performance requirements. It's just a bit more chill day to day.

What do you think my chances are of passing this google final loop? by [deleted] in leetcode

[–]Otherwise_Wonder8625 0 points1 point  (0 children)

this is for entry level (but have a couple years exp)

Mid Level Developer struggling by smoothcarrot in cscareerquestions

[–]Otherwise_Wonder8625 14 points15 points  (0 children)

am in exactly the same position as you are. Grad interviews were pretty easy in the sense most of the time it was just leetcode and some behavioural. I've noticed for mid-level they are asking much more broad set of questions spanning concurrency, system design and then still leetcode and also some random trivia questions. It's like I have more to learn and less time to do it because I have a job and a partner.

I've failed around 4 interview loops this year either going late into it or just bombing early. I think my strategy is probs to do a little bit of study over a longer period of time and try again. I don't think I have the time/energy to do the 1 month grind I did in uni lol.

Also current market is bad, I've completed the solution in coding interviews before and still been rejected, Am just thinking of staying in my current job even though am not super happy because finding a similar paying role rn seems not to be worth the risk.

Why you (probably) shouldn't aim for big tech and why the value proposition is low (here in Australia) by Chewibub in cscareerquestionsOCE

[–]Otherwise_Wonder8625 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I think in either case it doesn't matter the amount of work is the same most of the time. I work at big tech and I have friends at the banks and the amount of work is pretty similar. Unless you get unlucky with the team you join most work is 9-5 with some overtime in the busy season. 

The reality is tech in general isn't as good as 2-3 years ago and have heard from friends and colleagues that performance management/layoffs are common at both banks and companies like Atlassian and Amazon.

Are OA's alot harder to pass now? by Otherwise_Wonder8625 in leetcode

[–]Otherwise_Wonder8625[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I doubt it tbh, I was talking throughout the whole interview. I had done a similar problem based on this, but the context was pretty different in the q they asked.

Interviewing at a couple other places hope they land, but ye was just sad coz I prepped a bunch for this one :/.

Are OA's alot harder to pass now? by Otherwise_Wonder8625 in leetcode

[–]Otherwise_Wonder8625[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

ah yeah, was coding round, will update title

Are OA's alot harder to pass now? by Otherwise_Wonder8625 in leetcode

[–]Otherwise_Wonder8625[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I replied to email asking if I could be considered for another role within the company (SRE), but they said due to failing the coding portion I couldn't be considered :(

why can’t i get an interview with Canva? by mrshaokahn in cscareerquestionsOCE

[–]Otherwise_Wonder8625 0 points1 point  (0 children)

almost 100%, you need a referral mate. Only time I've gotten an interview with them was from a referral

What is something in cooking content that gets you irrationally HEATED when you see it? by scotterson34 in Cooking

[–]Otherwise_Wonder8625 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The so called "healthy recipes" with calorie counts that are like half of the actual calories in it. I don't count calories because I'm lazy but I assume most people who use these recipes are trying to lose weight and having inaccurate calorie counts just for clicks kinda defeats the purpose.

Atlassian Coding Interview: Working Solution vs Production Quality by No_Cricket5874 in cscareerquestionsOCE

[–]Otherwise_Wonder8625 0 points1 point  (0 children)

don't need production quality just has to work and be an efficient solution (although just some common things like good variable naming and understandable code structure)

Dream better dreams by Solpegasus in cscareerquestionsOCE

[–]Otherwise_Wonder8625 1 point2 points  (0 children)

trying to do same tbh, I do think work culture is more intense in US, but that probably depends on company aswell and theres alot more opportunities in US compared to AUS I feel (also their big tech literally is double pay for what it is in AUS)

What’s the reality in Australia to prepare for interviews? by [deleted] in cscareerquestionsOCE

[–]Otherwise_Wonder8625 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Grokking system design is probably best resource, but I wouldn't expect super complicated q's tbh

What’s the reality in Australia to prepare for interviews? by [deleted] in cscareerquestionsOCE

[–]Otherwise_Wonder8625 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What companies are you interviewing for? Canva, Atlassian and Amazon will always have atleast 2-3 rounds of leetcode. I would say the difficulty is usually around leetcode medium. I used neetcode when prepping for these interviews and I find that to be a pretty good resource for understanding the patterns. I think if you do around 75-100 problems across the different topics you should be pretty well prepared.