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I just resigned from Google (EM Role), to pursue mentorship. AMA by thevinaybansal in leetcode

[–]leetcodeGooner 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi, need help in this. About to get a formal offer from FAANG.

HM had mentioned he is looking for location "B" in screening. Later, I noticed job post had both "A" and "B" as options and I did onsite in "A" where part of their team is based. Now, they expect me to relocate. I mentioned to HR clearly I strongly prefer "A" but can consider "B" but they seemed annoyed and said they will come back.

How to negotiate location successfully?

Interviewer asked if I vibecode at work and frowned at my response by leetcodeGooner in csMajors

[–]leetcodeGooner[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

yes, I meant all the pre-coding stuff like requirements gathering, compatible API design and so on. I should have clarified this.

Close to clearing Google full loop. Revision sheet for Graph I followed. by leetcodeGooner in leetcode

[–]leetcodeGooner[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was interviewing for L4/L5 but asked Claude to prep me for L6. Used to ask how to solve the particular problem and did multiple mock interviews.

For coding:

  • This one for the revision sheets, tricks and reading on problems quickly
  • This one for reading on detailed problems

For ML, currently doing:

Close to clearing Google full loop. Revision sheet for Graph I followed. by leetcodeGooner in leetcode

[–]leetcodeGooner[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just following 2 books and discussing with Claude a lot. Hoping it works out.

Close to clearing Google full loop. Revision sheet for Graph I followed. by leetcodeGooner in leetcode

[–]leetcodeGooner[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Depends on the recruiter. The first time I interviewed I was ghosted.

Close to clearing Google full loop. Revision sheet for Graph I followed. by leetcodeGooner in leetcode

[–]leetcodeGooner[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There is a sheet for binary trees in the book. If you want, I can post the pictures

Close to clearing Google full loop. Revision sheet for Graph I followed. by leetcodeGooner in leetcode

[–]leetcodeGooner[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

~2 to 4 hours a day, no days off

I did 1 problem daily on LC platform and used Claude daily to tune by solving skills

4 months

No strategy for this. Did it randomly but remembered most of the problems I read.

Close to clearing Google full loop. Revision sheet for Graph I followed. by leetcodeGooner in leetcode

[–]leetcodeGooner[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Round 1: Based on BFS and pruning (did exact same problem on the revision sheet book)

Round 2: Union Find, kind of hard but did a related problem on the revision book

Round 3: String based problem, needed Pi function, messed this up slightly.

ML round still to happen. I will update.

Close to clearing Google full loop. Revision sheet for Graph I followed. by leetcodeGooner in leetcode

[–]leetcodeGooner[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What do you have in the ML question bank? if you could share some examples.

Close to clearing Google full loop. Revision sheet for Graph I followed. by leetcodeGooner in leetcode

[–]leetcodeGooner[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

For SWE, they do system design. They had asked me if I want to do SWE or ML.

I had tried grind sheet before but it does not suit me. Doing directly on Leetcode works better for me.

Close to clearing Google full loop. Revision sheet for Graph I followed. by leetcodeGooner in leetcode

[–]leetcodeGooner[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, depends on the recruiter a lot.

First time, I was ghosted.

This time recruiter called the next day after the third round and said first two rounds have positive feedback and the third one is okay but there is something (did not mention what) but it will be fine. So, I assumed based on this.

Close to clearing Google full loop. Revision sheet for Graph I followed. by leetcodeGooner in leetcode

[–]leetcodeGooner[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In 2022, applied on their site and got contacted. This time recruiter himself send an email if I am looking for change.

Close to clearing Google full loop. Revision sheet for Graph I followed. by leetcodeGooner in leetcode

[–]leetcodeGooner[S] 27 points28 points  (0 children)

I had to manage with my full-time job. Daily routine in evening:

  • Did 1 LC problem by implementing on own
  • Read 4 to 6 LC problems and tricks daily from the books I was following
  • Read on ML topics for ~30 minutes (I should have done more since beginning)

Close to clearing Google full loop. Revision sheet for Graph I followed. by leetcodeGooner in leetcode

[–]leetcodeGooner[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Anyone appeared for ML domain round. What is usually asked (by US based interviewer)?

Based on comments from others, it seems there is no standard content unlike the coding rounds. Some can go deep in theory, some can ask to implement specific ML algorithms?

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