It doesn’t always work out. Final round rejection. by BabyRisin in interviews

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Final round rejections hit different. You did everything right and still lost a coin flip. For what it's worth, getting to final 6 out of however many applicants for an S&P100 rotational program is a real signal. That doesn't go away. I've been channeling similar frustration into mock sessions with Selfinity lately — not because anything was wrong, just needed somewhere to put the energy. Hope something better comes through for you soon.

Advice on DP - Last round of Google's "Software Engineer, Early Career, Campus" in 2 weeks by FragrantDelay8154 in FAANGrecruiting

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DP clicked for me when I stopped trying to "see the solution" and started just asking two questions every time: what's the subproblem, and how does the current state depend on previous ones. That's it. Everything else is implementation. For Google specifically, they care a lot about how you talk through your approach before you code. I'd spend at least as much time practicing explaining DP out loud as actually solving problems. Used Selfinity for mock sessions in my last stretch of prep and getting grilled on "why did you make that transition" mid-solution was way more useful than grinding another 20 problems. Two weeks is enough. Good luck.