2021_grads

[fervent berry]

They are very small

And only hire people with exp afaik

[chrome sage]

My amazon student portal is showing no longer under consideration. I didn't get the OA also. What should be done in such case?

[fallen iris]

Yeah that makes sense, would be nice to work for them though. I really like their product for note taking and such

[wind acorn]

@fervent berry woah did you get an interview with them?

[fervent berry]

I wish

[fallen iris]

My amazon student portal is showing no longer under consideration. I didn't get the OA also. What should be done in such case?
@chrome sage

Rip, some people suggest you make another email/account and apply but Idrk if that works

[chrome sage]

I am thinking the same but I don't know if that works

[lone gale]

Anyone knows what type of question do vangurad OA consist of?

[torn wadi]

LC easy @lone gale

[stark otter]

google sheets are goat

me and 4 of my friends have one sheet with multiple tabs

[lone gale]

LC easy @lone gale
@torn wadi Thanks

[stark otter]

we can see others appliactions etc

[languid plaza]

imagine having friends

[fallen iris]

I am thinking the same but I don't know if that works
@chrome sage I saw a post on reddit saying there's a risk of being fucked later if they realize its the same candidate they rejected so its not worth the risk but ymmv

[arctic drift]

I mean what are they going to do if they catch you

[languid plaza]

imo it's unlikely they will blacklist you

[arctic drift]

One time a recruiter was angry so they were like nah while looking at your resume

[stark otter]

lol

a senior of mine did that

[arctic drift]

another time they were in a good mood and swiped right on you

[stark otter]

he got the full time

and works at msft

[arctic drift]

Some guy on reddit did that for google

worked out fine form e

him*

[warm stone]

My amazon student portal is showing no longer under consideration. I didn't get the OA also. What should be done in such case?
@chrome sage that is a rejection signal, the same as me

[stark otter]

the worst thing they will do is reject again

nothing to loose

[fallen iris]

yeah i dont think they'd blacklist you but probably just reject again if they realize its the same person

[languid plaza]

I am not sure how realistic it is tho because they track your name, linkedin and so much more that just email is not enough to disguise yourself

[arctic drift]

are you guys visa students? @warm stone @chrome sage

[stark otter]

i heard there was a bug in amazon for people who were waitlisted last time

they got no longer under consideration this time

[fallen iris]

the bug was that they got the email not the portal

portal didnt show no longer under consideration

[stark otter]

you can always so oh i forgot i appliued to 100 companies

oh i see ucr

[arctic drift]

Amazon's also big enough to the point where you probably won't hit the same recruiter again

unless they pipe it based on where you live or somethign

and would a recruiter really remember one name when they go through hundreds/day

[fallen iris]

gotta be mad unlucky if it's the same recruiter and they remember you too

[stark otter]

my friend last time applied thru main jobs site, then 2 months later he used amazon university with diff email

he did fine

they did wait list him tho in the end

[arctic drift]

I'm surprised amazon is rejecting students though

I thought they usually pass almost everyone onto oa

[chrome sage]

@arctic drift yes

[stark otter]

resume bar is not that high

[arctic drift]

I still have to apply because I was getting an internal referral but I don't think it panned through 😆

Maybe amazon isn't trying to offer visas rn

because yeah idt they cared too much about resumes

it was kinda just an OA ratrace/grind

[gusty citrus]

Does anyone know how long bloomberg takes to get back to you after a phone interview? had mine on thursday

[wind acorn]

arghhh amazon is taking so long to get back to me regarding OAs

[languid plaza]

Anyone knows what palantir phone screen is like?

Is it behavioral or lc?

[mystic phoenix]

@gusty citrus some ppl said 1 day, but they are way busier now. I wouldn't worry too much.

[gusty citrus]

makes sense

ty ty

[mystic phoenix]

no worries i just had mine today

[gusty citrus]

gl!

[mystic phoenix]

ty you too

[worthy spear]

Still havne’t heard back from Amazon with referral, applied on August 3. I got offered an internship last summer but didn’t take it, maybe that’s why...?

[simple hazel]

anyone hear back from amazon after oa3?

[tired bay]

Nope not yet probs mass all sent out on Thursday

[simple hazel]

I want 1 interview 😛 idk when I get the email matters or not, for whether I get 1 interview

[mystic phoenix]

For ppl who did get a response from amazon, how long do you have to choose an interview time?

[tidal hazel]

id like to think they're not just waiting on rejecting us all on thursday

[tepid minnow]

I know people who have applied for amazon with more than 3 different emails and now work FT at Amazon

[orchid ibex]

You think you can just apply with like 10 different emails?

[tepid minnow]

Amazon is completely based on luck, more than 60% of my class is working Full Time in Amazon and more than 20% of them applied with atleast more than 2 email id's

[orchid ibex]

Good to know

[tepid minnow]

So I suggest that just create a new account and apply

They won't blacklist

[simple hazel]

id like to think they're not just waiting on rejecting us all on thursday
@tidal hazel id like to think everyone took a nice break over labor day weekend and havent got back to us cause of that

[tidal hazel]

^^^

[flint halo]

I took a really dank nap and woke up to two interviews 😯

one is from a company that I applied to in July so never give up hope friends!

[winter ice]

Hello, has anyone done the Microsoft codility interview yet?

[tepid minnow]

Hello, has anyone done the Microsoft codility interview yet?
@winter ice I have mine scheduled on 11th

[winter ice]

I have mine scheduled for tomorrow haha

[tepid minnow]

Haha all the best, please share your experience if you don't mind

[winter ice]

Yeah np

[sharp flame]

@winter ice I have mines on Thursday so good luck and lmk how yours goes

[kind bough]

for anyone that had a phone screen with Palantir, how long did it take to hear back after?

[worldly crest]

microsoft is doing codility now?

[runic kraken]

Anyone know what the hubspot final round like

[lone gale]

Anybody here has any idea about Vanguard coding challenge? Difficulty and number of questions?

[winter ice]

Anyone know where I can learn about system design? Not sure where to read up to be ready for intrview questions

[flint halo]

#system_design

[winter ice]

Ty!

[astral garnet]

redo's are allowed on a per company basis yeah

[loud anchor]

i did the robinhood codesignal recently, does anyone know what score cutoff they're looking for for the karat

darn

thanks

is there the karat + a final round for the rest of the timeline

thassa lotta steps

[modest needle]

How much time has it taken for yall to hear back from robinhood final round

[loud anchor]

wish i knew

talk about tesla options

[olive ridge]

Hi All, while applying for data bricks i saw this note below
Note: If you have 1 year or more of full-time software engineering work experience, please do not apply for a New Grad role. Please search for other roles on our jobs board not indicated as New Grad positions.

I have worked for 2+ years in India & but i don't have any experience here in USA.
Can i apply for this job or not bit confused please any can help me.
Thank in advance

[azure gull]

Anyone hear back from American express after final round of interview for the new grad software engineer role

[cunning forge]

@olive ridge if u worked fulltime for 1 yr+ no matter where, pretty sure you should apply to entry level roles rather than new grad

[tidal hazel]

@azure gull which role was this? couldn't find it on their careers page

[nova maple]

Anybody hear back from SAP after giving their oa?

[cunning forge]

i dont think sap has gotten back to anyone

[olive ridge]

@nova maple when did you submit application for SAP and got oa?

[elder bronze]

Do we have any resource for free ATS tools online?

[astral garnet]

Robinhood
"applied (03-08-2020)
got codesignal (05-08-2020)
completed codesignal (05-08-2020)
recruiter reach out setting up karat (07-08-2020)
karat 1 (08-08-2020)
karat 2 (09-08-2020)
recruiter reach out setting up recruiter call (11-08-2020)
recruiter call (13-08-2020)
recruiter reach out setting up superday (13-08-2020)
superday EZ (26-08-2020)
offer (around a week after onsite)"
bloomberg
"got 2020 phone interview (13-07-2020)
did first round phone (29-07-2020) 2 leetcode mediums: 45 mins
got final round interview (30-07-2020)
did final round techs ez (12-08-2020)
recruiter reach schedule final round HR (12-08-2020)
final HR interview, went ok (20-08-2020)
recruiter reach, setting up immigration call? (24-08-2020)
immigration call (28-08-2020)
got offer, sending numbers in 2 weeks (31-08-2020)"

both new grad

[patent surge]

Fish, please, stop flexing.

I can only take so much.

[astral garnet]

nah mediums throughout

for both phone screen + tech portion of final

[warm stone]

only algorithm question?

[astral garnet]

just algo + resume talk throughat the eng call stage

no sys design

[warm stone]

fantastic

[urban hemlock]

Anyone know if it is more beneficial to schedule interviews earlier or later? I have to schedule an onsite but want more time to practice but also don't want them to fill all their spots before I even get the chance to interview

I am only debating about around a 4 day difference so I am probably just paranoid but its hard not to be about these things

[languid plaza]

nice job @astral garnet

[astral garnet]

do codeforces kids

[languid plaza]

How many problems did you solve on karats?

[astral garnet]

2

[languid plaza]

Ohh dam

Ig it makes sense why I got rejected after phone

2 each sesh or altogether?

[astral garnet]

2 each

[urban hemlock]

how is doing codeforces different from LC in your experience? @astral garnet

[astral garnet]

more formal solutions, higher emphasis on speed

Top people can solve leetcode mediums in like < 10 minutes from reading to writing out all the code

[vernal crystal]

Any advice for the Bloomberg Phone Screen?

[eager root]

make sure do first question pretty quick

if interviewer have second question in mind, you don't want to spend lot of time in first question

[mint swan]

Do you guys submit cover letter to every application? Can this make a difference?

[old kestrel]

I don’t

[winter ice]

I don't either, I don't think it makes that much of a difference

[mint skiff]

I've never made a cover letter

[old kestrel]

I don’t think it makes much difference and if it’s personalized it’ll take a huge amount of time

[mint skiff]

But then again, I haven't had much success lol

[winter ice]

^same lol

[old kestrel]

If you submit a generic one it probably won’t hurt and won’t require much extra effort besides an initial draft

[steel drum]

Can we apply to Databricks NewGrad role again? Got rejected in the previous application for CodeSignal ( in the priority period) 😅

[languid plaza]

Does databrick use codesignal?

also if it does, can I reuse my RH score?

[last linden]

why can't all companies do this

[gusty citrus]

anyone have their nuro final round yet

[worthy spear]

How hard is robinhood final round?

[royal abyss]

why can't all companies do this
@last linden which one is this?

[flint halo]

looks like databricks

[worthy spear]

Anyone else had a school info event thing from Akuna for live trading game, recruiting event

[wind acorn]

what to expect from hubspot phone screen following OA?

[visual beacon]

Was just a casual recruiter chat for me, letting me know that they would be doing onsites in a few weeks

A few behavioral questions about my experiences

[fallen burrow]

guys, do u think the recruitment season reached its peak? what was the trend last year? and how will this year be any idea?

[grave gull]

no one knows

[fallen burrow]

@astral garnet congrats fish. do u require sponsorship?

ok what was the trend last year? when was the recruiting active?

[astral garnet]

yes I do

[warm stone]

feels like the recruitment season is coming to an end.

[fallen burrow]

whaaaat? omg. but many companies havent even opened full time roles afaik!

[tidal hazel]

the current peak is passing, but there will be more companies hiring after october, thru february even

^contingent on covid being taken care of

[fallen burrow]

oh.

[safe veldt]

That vaccine better come out ASAP

[warm stone]

70% company has already opened, many like google, Uber, Airbnb, Linkedin probably will not open this year

[tired bay]

If google opened APM I just don’t see them not opening SWE at some point

[worthy spear]

Uber also had one too

and lyft

[warm stone]

yeah, hopefully

[wind acorn]

@visual beacon thanks

this year's recruiting seems so so so much harder 😦 some 20s and most 21s got really unlucky this time around

[low verge]

Uber and lyft are hiring apm's

I'd be shocked however if they will be hiring swe's

Fb is hiring very, very few SWE's this time around. I don't really have much faith in google either tbh

[main chasm]

I'd be shocked however if they will be hiring swe's
@low verge Why? Wouldn't they need more SWE for each PM/Project?

[severe oasis]

Uber & Lyft lost a major legal fight in California that affects income heavily

and COVID

theyll prolly only do conversions and call it a day

[fleet vapor]

yes I do
@astral garnet Mind sharing which country do you belong to? I am from India and was wondering if companies are hiring international students or not due to covid?

[winged patio]

Tbh for any small companies that have the budget this would be the year to hire because there’s the same amount of talent and less openings at companies like google/uber/Airbnb etc

[old kestrel]

You also have to remember that most of these companies were spamming applications to aren’t gonna hire more than 20-30 new grads total

[patent surge]

Yea, and they get a couple thousand applicants.

[vagrant raft]

Way more

Robinhood got 35k applications in 2 weeks for its intern spots (60 total)

[old kestrel]

0.17%

[high thunder]

nice

[winged patio]

Where do you find those statistics @vagrant raft?

Also yea seems like a tough year. Was hoping to hear back from amazon because they should be hiring like crazy but I don’t know anyone they have reached out to after the OA

[vagrant raft]

Where do you find those statistics @vagrant raft?
@winged patio someone in this discord got this information from a recruiter

[tidal hazel]

amazon has reached out to a few people, but yeah majority should hopefully hear back tomorrow

[worthy spear]

amazon has reached out to a few people, but yeah majority should hopefully hear back tomorrow
@tidal hazel who aced all the OAs?

[tidal hazel]

i think so, or at least close to, its hard to tell

[worthy spear]

Ok 👍🏽

[tidal hazel]

n people have been reached out to with both the 1-interview and 3-interview final rounds, so take that as you will

[wind acorn]

oof looking forward to taking this big fat L for amazon tomo

[iron gate]

@severe mirage where'd you hear about that?

oh shit i don't think i ever got an email about that

when was the email sent out

[wind acorn]

i think it was the "Amazon next steps!" email

[tidal hazel]

like their v first email saying the OAs are coming

[wind acorn]

^

[worthy spear]

should be an email with the subject "Amazon Next Steps!" @iron gate

[simple hazel]

Man I had perfect OA1 and 2 now im wondering how badly I screwed up 3

[pale anchor]

Anyone have recruiter email for Amazon New Grad role? I can exchange with recruiter from Palantir, Stripe, BlackRock, Citadel

[simple hazel]

some people got onsite today btw, for amazon

mostly 3 interviews, cant know for sure tho :?

[tidal hazel]

ugh, lol, i swear if theyre just gonna hand out L's tom

https://tenor.com/view/cat-angry-tableflip-gif-3465051

[simple hazel]

@pale anchor there isnt specifically a recruiter for new grad. only for sde1 (not thru amazon student programs)

[pale anchor]

@pale anchor there isnt specifically a recruiter for new grad. only for sde1 (not thru amazon student programs)
@simple hazel Ah I see! I applied on Aug 15th but haven't heard back so I wanna follow up with a human

[iron gate]

i applied on 8/20 for amazon

when did they send that email out?

[simple hazel]

uh you wouldnt have got that email if you havent got oa yet

[tidal hazel]

^

[iron gate]

oh gotcha

was confused i thought this was for sending the OAs

[winged patio]

tbh I wouldn't be surprised if amazon just said there was a delay. My interviews in Spring 2019 were delayed 4 times

[tidal hazel]

they did push the OA deadline by a week o.O

[simple hazel]

That was cause OA 3 was failing to load for some people. Idk man, I can't think about it anymore. I aced 1,2 and had a great feeling about 3

[worthy spear]

so i got a L60 offer from Microsoft ~180k TC and have until end of Oct to sign. can any companies beat that for negotiations?

[coral coral]

Yes

[flint halo]

congrats!! and maybe FB + some unicorns + quant firms

[coral coral]

Probably not quant firms tbh, tech usually ignores your bonus from what I've heard

[worthy spear]

yeah i heard MS only cares about competitors so like Amazon/Google/FB/some unicorns

[high thunder]

yeah probably

[flint halo]

idk if amazon will get back before october tho, since they're doing batch OAs (google hasn't opened yet, and idk anyone with a fb interview yet)

[sleek coyote]

I'm trying with Bloomberg to increase my TC for Microsoft, that could also work

[high thunder]

mind the geographic differences.

[worthy spear]

I am in the amazon batch coming out tomm so the loop should be done by my deadline

[simple hazel]

yeah dont count on amazon tc being higher than 180k, cause amazon has a first year stock cliff

[main chasm]

what's stock cliff>?

[flint halo]

stock cliff means that your stock (or most of it) vests after the cliff date

[thick portal]

5,15,40,40

[main chasm]

Sorry, not familiar with how the companies works in USA. So it's 5% on 1st year, 15 on 2nd, and so on?

[thick portal]

yes

just amazon

[main chasm]

Ahh, I see thanks

So what's other companies vest looks like?

[grave gull]

25/25/25/25

[simple hazel]

a lot less greedy

[main chasm]

I see, thanks!

[plain spade]

Amazon had a cliff for your 401k match too 💀

[grave gull]

yo wtf

what does that look like

[simple hazel]

they dont match till after 1 year or something

[plain spade]

Like your Rsu vesting, if you leave early you lose most of your 401k match

Bezos por que

[sleek coyote]

According to someone I know this is Amazon's New Grad TC: 112k base, 26k signing, 7k relocation and 80k RSUs vested over 4 years at 5/15/40/40

[simple hazel]

Yep sounds about right. signon might vary depending on other offers

[thick portal]

this year it should be 116k base, 27k signing first year, 23 k second year, 7k relocation and 86k RSUs vested over 4 years at 5/15/40/40

[sleek coyote]

Not counting relo, that is 142k first year

[worthy spear]

so I capped out my L60 comp without any competing offers: 119k base, 130k stock over 3.5 years, 50k bonus. 2x returning intern bachelors

[grave gull]

oh wow how are they competing with msft for talent lol

[sleek coyote]

You only increased bonus?

[grave gull]

L59 offers are poppin this year

[sleek coyote]

Or did your stock increase 10k?

[simple hazel]

are u a masters grad zugruth?

[worthy spear]

nope bachelors, my team strongly recommended up to managers skip level

[sleek coyote]

Link the sheet

[worthy spear]

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rD9sKjUpgwmiUKmQZJBFjoZZdwnRw2qHlj57FHtXnIc/htmlview#gid=911885906

[simple hazel]

thats a pretty solid offer dude. id take it over amazon 100%

[worthy spear]

usually new grads come in at level 59

@simple hazel for sure i am taking it. Just trying to squeeze out more in negotiation to help my folks out yknow

[sleek coyote]

@worthy spear Apart from F and G, there are only unicorns and quants who have higher TC

Who are you interviewing with?

[worthy spear]

rn Robinhood, Citadel, Akuna, Duolingo. Amazon gets back tomm after OA3

[plain spade]

Most quants won't have higher "TC" because tech doesn't count perf bonus in TC and like 40% of your comp as a Quant is perf bonus

[worthy spear]

yeah i figured

[sleek coyote]

Not like I can pass quant interviews either way

[simple hazel]

you can negotiate signon if you get quant offer. base is maxed out for sure

[worthy spear]

they have insanely high signing bonuses sometimes which helps nudge the signing for MS

@grave gull its a l60 offer

Lol i didn’t pass databricks first time they opened and now i got the codesignal again for the second time lol

[sleek coyote]

How long do you need to wait for a Codesignal retake?

[simple hazel]

every 14 days

[tired bay]

14 days

[sleek coyote]

Nice

[flint halo]

usually 14 days if a company requests it

[sleek coyote]

I messed up my RH one

[flint halo]

apparently it gets weird if you’re outside the US tho

[grave gull]

yeah @worthy spear but even L59 heavily beats out amzn

[sleek coyote]

Im inside, so its good

[simple hazel]

can i take the codesignal and then choose the best one to submit to a company?

i have my RH one thats not so good

[sleek coyote]

Damn, Databricks sent it out at the same time

[worldly crest]

Pls say it’s not gonna be 4 questions

[sleek coyote]

Its going to be 4 questions

[simple hazel]

4 questions 70 mins. with my luck ill get 2 hard again :))

[sleek coyote]

Ill just overthink and not finish the last one

[worthy spear]

@grave gull Whats amazon returning intern offer? because MS pays returning interns a lot more than standard new grad

[grave gull]

According to someone I know this is Amazon's New Grad TC: 112k base, 26k signing, 7k relocation and 80k RSUs vested over 4 years at 5/15/40/40
@sleek coyote

[sleek coyote]

That is new grad

not return

[grave gull]

ah sry

[sleek coyote]

New Grad vs Return in Microsoft is like 30 -40 k difference

[severe oasis]

Return is basically the same as new grad. Maybe a 5-10k difference iirc

[simple hazel]

i heard different. cause return you know what team ur joining. new grad you get assigned a team. so depending on how badly the team u interned on wants u, u get pretty good offer

[sleek coyote]

Headcount can change in one year, do they just assign you a team so early on?

[worthy spear]

when they plan for interns they predict headcount for the next year/two

obviously covid threw a wrench in it

but 80% of the time you go back to your team

[winter ice]

did anyone get the databricks codesignal?

[sleek coyote]

A lot of people just got the email

[worldly crest]

If it’s anything like Robinhood Ima just go ahead and take this L

[fleet niche]

Got a citadel rejection that referred to me as a different name before I even submitted the oa

[worthy spear]

aa ;-; haven't heard back from msft oh well, even with 2 internships and lots of experiences, projects. Hopefully it's easier to hear back after a year or so out of school

[sleek coyote]

@fleet niche Same, I guess I'm Anish now

[mint skiff]

Yo anyone do the palantir recruiter call for SWE? I’m guessing all behavioral?

I saw someone mention not to talk about other pending offers/interviews, so do I just act like I’m only focused on palantir lol

[urban hemlock]

@eager glacier It feels like they are always hiring new grads, I wouldnt worry

[azure gull]

Been a week since my final round interview with American Express and haven’t heard back, I probably didn’t get selected huh

Pain

[cerulean pivot]

msft phone round is same difficulty as last year

[tired bay]

True hopefully I don’t get ghosted @cerulean pivot 😬

[cerulean pivot]

i got ghosted for 3 weeks last year l0l

[mild pelican]

Codesignal website down for anyone else?

[cerulean pivot]

yeah

[mild pelican]

cant wait to tank RH and Databricks OA's all in one go

[cerulean pivot]

were u taking it??

and the site went down lmao

[mild pelican]

nah

just saying

[cerulean pivot]

oh yea

i would space out the two

u can retake codesignal

and then just reuse it

[mild pelican]

i thought you can only retake after 14 dYS

days

[cerulean pivot]

yeah

how long they giving u to complete the oas

[mild pelican]

mine are both due within the next 14

[cerulean pivot]

LOL

Lag

idk

i hope u do well :)

[mild pelican]

rip haha. but thanks sm

[cerulean pivot]

it was leetcode and behavorial

its only 30 mins tho so lol

was easy medium

[tidal hazel]

codesignal takes ur best score right?

[devout bobcat]

Quick question. If I took a code signal general coding test on Aug 22 am I allowed to retake it now for other companies?

[dawn vapor]

Could anyone tell me about audible interviews? What to expect and all

[fervent berry]

How should you reply to “are you interviewing with other companies?”

[last linden]

honestly

[steel drum]

@devout bobcat yes, u can retake CodeSignal after 14 days period, I believe

[high thunder]

@fervent berry at least say not yet

[fervent berry]

So is the correct answer along the lines of “no”?

Cuz afaik they are asking it to lowball your offer as much as they can

[grave gull]

oh I always say yes

it speeds things up

[fervent berry]

I keep trying to understand what wen wrong with RH screen to avoid doing it in the future

[coral coral]

Recruiter call?

[fervent berry]

And for RH I said I do interview with 2 more so ig it shouldn’t have been a harm

Recruiter call?
@coral coral yeah

[old kestrel]

I told them about my interviews and they were cool with it and immediately sent me scheduling for on-site

[fervent berry]

If it was the karat performance I wouldn’t get the phone in the first place right?

[runic kraken]

I feel like if they think you only are interviewing with them the company will just lowball you

[tranquil pebble]

For people who have taken databricks' codesignal. How hard was it?

[old kestrel]

Maybe it was a resume thing

[coral coral]

Did they ask what you were looking for out of your next job?

[fervent berry]

Yeah I said impact bla bla bla

[coral coral]

How did you answer?

[high thunder]

ask if they have a beer fridge

[old kestrel]

Maybe you didn’t align with the role they selected

[tidal hazel]

@tranquil pebble it’s different for everyone, but first two questions should be p easy, and third should be medium and fourth is usually hard

[fervent berry]

How did you answer?
@coral coral I said I am looking to make an impact and seeing how much people love using RH I think it’s a perfect fit for a person who aspire to make others live better

[tranquil pebble]

@tranquil pebble it’s different for everyone, but first two questions should be p easy, and third should be medium and fourth is usually hard
@tidal hazel so 4 questions in 70 mins? Dayum.

Are the Databricks tagged questions on leetcode a good indication of what to expect? 😅

[old kestrel]

I mean if I’m nit picking that’s a little high level @fervent berry

[fervent berry]

I welcome the critique

[mild pelican]

what are you supposed to say when they ask that question then

[old kestrel]

Specific to the company

I could say impact for any company

[flint halo]

talk about why you’re interested in the product

[old kestrel]

Yeah or the product itself

[flint halo]

robinhood in particular has a lot of fanatics

[old kestrel]

R/wsb

[high thunder]

you have to hit them with the

_ is why i started coding

[fervent berry]

Also, our call got interrupted 4 times because his phone was shitty maybe that’s just set him in the bad mood

[old kestrel]

Maybe

[orchid ibex]

Nah you need to hit them with your passion and who you are

recruiters see right through the bs

[high thunder]

what if it's not bs

[orchid ibex]

They interview people daily

[high thunder]

🤔

[orchid ibex]

Like don't say something like " I want to make impact"

[fervent berry]

That’s the truth tho

[orchid ibex]

Like what does that even mean

[mild pelican]

"I want to get paid a lot" how about that

[orchid ibex]

You need to go into specifics

[fervent berry]

It means when you’re a small gear in a big N you don’t really make an impact

[orchid ibex]

My go to is mentorship opportunities

[fervent berry]

Bunch of swe in larger companies work on internal tools that <100 people use

[orchid ibex]

as an intern

Then tell them what you watch to do in the long run

They know you arent going to be working for robinhood forever

No one expects you to

[sharp quail]

I didn't really talk about robinhood itself and recruiter gave me the final interviews in the middle of our convo

so Im unsure if the screen is just a formality or smth

[fervent berry]

Yeah idk it might have been so many things

[flint halo]

cheat mode for questions like this is to find an interesting post on their engineering blog and then talk about why problems like that appeal to you

[fervent berry]

@flint halo that’s smart

[spiral lantern]

You guys recommend for the 14 days window to pass before I take the Databricks codesignal?

[orchid ibex]

For example, my end goal is to eventually create my own non-profit startup. I always relate to how the internship will help me achieve that goal for the long run.

[grave gull]

yeah sencho ngl I think your answer to the screen is pretty high level

i went pretty into detail about the eng work that goes on at robinhood, and how it lines up with what I want in a job

[fervent berry]

@grave gull how do you find info about the eng at a company?

The above mentioned blog way?

[grave gull]

yeah and i have friends who work there

but blog gets you 99% of the way there

[fervent berry]

Ok lesson learned: read the company blog before screen

[old kestrel]

or just at least be super familiar with the product/role

like i did ios at robinhood

and i have years of ios exp and have used robinhood for a while so i was really able to talk about the fit

[fervent berry]

Ok in that case even I would agree I was not a good fit cuz I have never even used RH ngl

too broke for that

[grave gull]

ive never used rh either

[high thunder]

shouldnt have to be "super familiar" as new-grad but :((

[fervent berry]

And telling it to the recruiter doesn't help it (I know I did a dumb thing and idk why I said it)

Yeah but overall I now see where I might have done a poor job

[grave gull]

i think you can also avoid the question

for me i gave like a 7 minute answer to Why Robinhood so we didn't have much time after that lmao

[worthy spear]

You can kind of just go off from what it is and what the purpose of it is

[arctic drift]

Viasat opened up job apps

but there's like 200 to apply to

https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/search/?currentJobId=2148007876&keywords=software engineer new grad

[rich fulcrum]

@worthy spear Apart from F and G, there are only unicorns and quants who have higher TC
@sleek coyote which unicorns specifically?

[worthy spear]

lol asking the real questions

[high thunder]

stripe ?

[arctic drift]

Salesforce isn't? a unicorn but pays more i think

[flint halo]

Pinterest, whenever they open apps (although idk if they got hit hard by covid)

[fervent berry]

RH, databricks, stripe, datadog, snap, slack, Nuro

[rich fulcrum]

These guys all pay more than fb?

[arctic drift]

do you have a rockstar offer from fb

bc almost nothing is going to beat rockstar lol

[rich fulcrum]

I've got a return internship offer

[vagrant raft]

Stripe and rh are close to rockstar

[rich fulcrum]

So I'm trying to plan ahead for new grad

[arctic drift]

wow wtf rh is rockstar

bro if you just kill it at your return internship

at FB

and you get rockstar

you're big chilling

/almost/ nothing is better lmfao

[rich fulcrum]

yeah, but its pretty hard to kill it

[fervent berry]

So I'm trying to plan ahead for new grad
@rich fulcrum bruh just take your return offer, the new grad this year is a shitshow

[vagrant raft]

I don't think any tech company can strictly beat fb rockstar

[low verge]

Ehhh Rockstar is pretty subjective on the manager. I wouldn't bank on it too much

[arctic drift]

I don't think New Grad's been this bad in a while

[vagrant raft]

Some can match though

[arctic drift]

feelsbadbro

[vagrant raft]

Only a few quant firms can beat fb rockstar

[low verge]

Google can beat FB's rockstar

Unicorns too if you don't mind having paper money

[vagrant raft]

Google will about match

Slightly higher recurring

Though

The sweet spot thing would be a unicorn comparable (or slightly less) than fb with better culture
@rich fulcrum stripe

[low verge]

lmao I'd take a lower TC in exchange for better culture

[vagrant raft]

Yea same

[low verge]

I didn't like my time at fb tbh

[rich fulcrum]

I don't know anything about frontend, isn't that a big deal for stripe?

[vagrant raft]

Fb seems stressful

[arctic drift]

I feel like it's mostly team-dependent though

[plain spade]

Stripe is an API company

[low verge]

I feel like it's mostly team-dependent though
yeah that's true. My team was in infra and their wlb was ... questionable

[leaden venture]

Has anyone done the OA for Uber APM?

[patent surge]

Yea, it's a neat API used for credit card payments and stuff.

I've had to use it a bit, very neat.

[pseudo wigeon]

anyone applied to bloomberg/msft w referral? is it like fb/google where they email you or should I still apply normally and just list my referrer?

[grave gull]

unicorn stock is paper money, I wouldn't count it into your comp offer at a 1:1 ratio

[exotic shale]

anyone applied to bloomberg/msft w referral? is it like fb/google where they email you or should I still apply normally and just list my referrer?
@pseudo wigeon msft will email you

[misty gale]

@pseudo wigeon msft sends you an email, bloomberg you list the referrer

[vagrant raft]

unicorn stock is paper money, I wouldn't count it into your comp offer at a 1:1 ratio
@grave gull yea I wouldnt either, also considering almost all tech IPOs in the recent past have been underwhelming

[plain spade]

That's why I'd recommend interning at unicorns, you can see their financials before deciding

[orchid ibex]

I think Unicorns are high risk high return. People recommend it early in your career

• more growth

[vapid river]

got another invite for codesignal, do i have to share my previous score or can I take it again?

[arctic drift]

You can do either

[vapid river]

do i just click reject then?

[simple hazel]

No go to the testing center section and take the test when you want to. then itll ask u if u want to share the test ur about to take with whoever

dont reject in main page.

[worthy spear]

does anyone know what difficulty to expect on citrix hackerrank

[radiant glen]

I just did it, it was easy-medium @worthy spear

[worthy spear]

@radiant glen awesome, thanks!

[old kestrel]

is palantir virtual onsite after the karat?

[coral coral]

Yea

Though they also say there's possibly additional rounds after the virtual onsite lol

[old kestrel]

lol okay

that would suck

[willow glacier]

Has anyone done the OA for SAP SVNT?

[tidal hazel]

yeah @willow glacier which position?

[willow glacier]

Data science or backend?

[olive ridge]

@willow glacier I too got the OA today

How difficult it would be for backend?

[pure marsh]

My Backend OA had 2 LC types extremely easy questions and one SQL query that was so convoluted that I could not even understand what they wanted the answer to be

There's also some multiple choice questions and one debugging

[cerulean pivot]

qualtrics leetcode medium friendly interviewer :^)

[limpid shard]

did anyone get ghosted by msft and amazon

applied in mid august

[cerulean pivot]

yh

[tidal hazel]

@willow glacier @olive ridge backend one wasnt bad, two lc easy/med, couple open ended questions, and a SQl

[old kestrel]

qualtrics always has nice people working there

[languid solstice]

has anyone had a phone interview with datadog/knows what level questions they ask?

[frozen oyster]

Is anyone gonna attend GHC2020?

@limpid shard me. I applied for both in Mid-August.

[torn ivy]

What is Rockstar

[olive ridge]

My Backend OA had 2 LC types extremely easy questions and one SQL query that was so convoluted that I could not even understand what they wanted the answer to be
@pure marsh Thanks for the info. Did you move to next stage?

@willow glacier @olive ridge backend one wasnt bad, two lc easy/med, couple open ended questions, and a SQl
@tidal hazel thank you.

[pure marsh]

@olive ridge No response yet

[winged patio]

Does anyone have experience negotiating L59 to L60 with a masters at msft? Like is it pretty common or rare.

[arctic drift]

What is Rockstar
@torn ivy top x% of facebook interns get like a 200k+ TC package basically

[torn ivy]

That’s lit

[arctic drift]

oh jk I googled I think signing bonus is just 100

after that base pay is same lol

but that's still good

[cerulean pivot]

default sign on for returning fb interns is 70k

depending if u include sign on 1st year comp theyre all over 200k

[astral garnet]

70k what the fuck

[hasty tree]

RH, databricks, stripe, datadog, snap, slack, Nuro
@fervent berry whats RH?

[cerulean pivot]

default package is 118k/70k/160k over 4 years

[hasty tree]

also it seems like a lot of the big companies arent recruiting this year

google isnt

from what ive seen

unless their apps r just gonna b out late?

[astral garnet]

oh after first year its not

great

i think google is better after first year no?

[cerulean pivot]

its google lol

it sounds dog shit

for getting noticed

for pormos

promos

[hasty tree]

o rlly

[cerulean pivot]

get teh chance to work on something meaningful for perf review? great ull get GE on review

otherwise nope

enjoy l3 for 3 years

fb u have to hit l4 2 years

l5 in 2 years or something

[astral garnet]

i think they cut you if ur l3 for 2 years at google

[cerulean pivot]

doubt

but not sure

[astral garnet]

wut i worked there

[simple hazel]

thats pretty much every company imo. u cant be l3 for more than 2 years

[hasty tree]

o rlly
my mentor told me google was more chill

[cerulean pivot]

it didnt involve u

so how would u kno

[astral garnet]

nah google is chill for l4 - l5 they're "terminal"

[vagrant raft]

It seems like most at google make l5 whitin 5 years

[astral garnet]

cuz i talked with google employees

cuz I worked there

[vagrant raft]

My friend sleep walked to l5

[cerulean pivot]

fk that

[hasty tree]

lmao
maybe he just a god

[vagrant raft]

Where at fb you have to work hard

[hasty tree]

fb is rlly hard

[cerulean pivot]

that means u will grow

[hasty tree]

i got beat up during the internship

LOL

[torn ivy]

Googles app is just coming later this year

[hasty tree]

o rlly

[torn ivy]

Probably within the next couple weeks

[hasty tree]

thats good

[tired bay]

Yeah they opened APM I expect SWE soon

[worthy spear]

facebook turnover is insane. you can be a manager in 2 years

[cerulean pivot]

bro i saw 1 yoe robinhood manager

imagine being like 40, an industry veteran, and ur manager is practically a new grad

[worthy spear]

big r/wallstreetbets YOLO energy

[royal abyss]

what is msft's "Routed to recruiter"? What is after that?

*what will be

[cerulean pivot]

a recruiter will reach out to u and ask for availibility

[hasty tree]

how long did it take for them to reach out to u after applying?

[young silo]

Not necessarily

I got that last year and noone rang my phone

[worthy spear]

Soo, what should we do about Microsoft. Just take it as a rejection?

[winter ice]

@tepid minnow my microsoft interview asked behavioral question, design patterns, and lc easy

[young silo]

Assume nothing happened and keep going with life @worthy spear. That way ur not let down if nothing happens lol

[hasty tree]

@winter ice did u aapply new grad? how long did it take to get the first interview after u applied?

[pale escarp]

amazon fulltime interview HAAAAAAAANN

catch yall @ the top

[worthy spear]

@young silo that’s a good way to think about it. I was hoping for Microsoft the most tho, already got auto rejected by fb and amzn

[winter ice]

I applied new grad aug 23

[pale escarp]

i cheated like fuck on the assessment bro

[frozen oyster]

I've heard that a lot of May 2020 grads got rejected by Amazon.

[winter ice]

invited me for oa aug 31

[pale escarp]

ran that bitch through a vm and shit tell me thats not engineering prowess right there

[winter ice]

i signed up for mine sep 3, and it’s 3-5 weeks witb results

[hasty tree]

o wow

[pale escarp]

companies buggin tf out if they think they gonna get me to do 6 hours of interviewing HA

[frozen oyster]

@winter ice I'm a lil scared about the design patterns part. Dunno where to study that from 😦

[worthy spear]

Well, I applied on August 19 so that’s an L i guess

[winter ice]

for what it’s worth some others here have theirs scheduled way after the window was for mine, so they might do batches

[hasty tree]

i applied last week

[winter ice]

look up design patterns singleton and factory house code

you should receive it soon then

[pale escarp]

when I fight bezos to the death and take over amazon this whole discord getting jobs 💯

[worthy spear]

bud you dont have the job yet😆

[winged patio]

Has anyone heard back from the Amazon batch that is supposed to hear back by tomorrow?

[pale escarp]

we gonna take down bapitalism from within comerades

[royal abyss]

Has anyone heard back from the Amazon batch that is supposed to hear back by tomorrow?
@winged patio not yet

[tired bay]

Nope not yet

[pale escarp]

bud you dont have the job yet😆
@worthy spear yo dont disrespect me like that dawg

[tidal hazel]

@winged patio not yet :/

[winged patio]

hopefully tomorrow

[pale escarp]

also started working as a full time swe at the startup im at rn

so thats prob why

even tho still in sk00L

basically luck

so yall got this dw i cant leetcode for shit

[frozen oyster]

Are there any tech conferences like GHC, where guys can attend it?

[snow kayak]

Tapia

[worthy spear]

you can attend GHC lmao @frozen oyster

[winged patio]

Can you though lol

[snow kayak]

if you want to learn from the sessions but not for recruiting

[worthy spear]

MS sponsored me last year

[old kestrel]

tapia costs money tho

[worthy spear]

i got a couple interviews idk...

[pale escarp]

shpe society of hispanic engineers has some virtual thing going this year

dont have to be hispanic

lotta friends of mine got fulltimes from there

[frozen oyster]

So does GHC. Only issue is that I'd feel guilty for joining as a dude, @worthy spear

[worthy spear]

thats fair

[snow kayak]

why would you go to a conf for recruitment if you aren’t the target demographic

[pale escarp]

idek i didnt go

[worthy spear]

because i want a job lmao

[winged patio]

cause the rest of us want jobs too 😦

[snow kayak]

lol

[pale escarp]

lmao i lied to a quant fund here in nyc and told em im gay idgaf

[worthy spear]

like GHC is absolutely great! Completely agree with it but if they dont let guys recruit thats straight up discrimination

[cerulean pivot]

lol

[pale escarp]

na chil

[old kestrel]

is there a way to see who is going to tapia?

[cerulean pivot]

lets not walk down this path

[tidal hazel]

lmao

[pale escarp]

u bugging tf out

[old kestrel]

what companies

[languid plaza]

bruh the companies are pushing so hard to know the other companies you're interviewing with

[cerulean pivot]

really?

[pale escarp]

theres like no girls in this field lmao

[worthy spear]

i mean they need timelines @languid plaza

[cerulean pivot]

i tell them timelines but i never say names

[worthy spear]

^^^

[tired bay]

@old kestrel Asking same question maybe sponsors on website

[languid plaza]

like I am nicely saying I am not sure if its in their policy to share the names (which I am bs ing just cuz I don't want to say name) and they are still like yeah it's fine just say it

i mean they need timelines @languid plaza
@worthy spear I do tell them any deadlines coming up tho

[winged patio]

Wouldn't it be good to say names so they know you are a good candidate

[frozen oyster]

if you want to learn from the sessions but not for recruiting
@snow kayak are there any career fairs for recruiting, but as successful as GHC, but guys can also join it? I feel like I'm adding too many constraints here :/

[simple hazel]

@frozen oyster bout them may grads getting rejected, did they get OA then get rejected or no OA?

[pale escarp]

bro its capitalism if u wanna go to a girls conference so bad shave ur legs and whip out that dress

idk why u complaining

[frozen oyster]

@simple hazel They didn't get an OA. They got a direct reject.

[worthy spear]

@frozen oyster if you want to do GHC do GHC lmao its virtual this year dont turn on camera ez

[simple hazel]

LOL

[winged patio]

Why would you not share deadlines / other companies you are interviewing for?

[simple hazel]

duct tape that webcam ur good 🙂

[pale escarp]

i have a full grown beard no shot id be able to turn the webcam on and im not desperate lmao

[worthy spear]

@winged patio sometimes companies wont bother interviewing if they think youll just use their offer to negotiate

[unkempt echo]

on the flip side i'd say throwing out companies names in the past has helped me expedite even without a deadline

[worthy spear]

^^^

[winged patio]

Hmm I guess but it seems like the most qualified people would also be interviewing with the most places

[worthy spear]

yeah its a weird game

[languid plaza]

@winged patio if you're qualified, you're qualified

there are tons of interview steps to show it

[worthy spear]

sometimes recruiters just dont want to waste their time @winged patio

[languid plaza]

@winged patio sometimes companies wont bother interviewing if they think youll just use their offer to negotiate
@worthy spear ^ this is why I don't want to say anything specific

[winged patio]

Good point I guess the way I saw it was if I was interviewing at a company and had an offer already its because I would still want to work there lol, over the company I had an offer at

[languid plaza]

like you don't know how everything is gonna turn out so it's better to play it safe

[simple hazel]

Yeah but u can't tell. I was so stupid for my intern app I told Google I had an offer at a startup they were like cool no problem we'll just stop this here

Still regret this :))

[winged patio]

lmao I guess no longer sharing my offer deadlines haha

[grave gull]

o wtf

my experience has been the same as hiru

i told companies i was having final round with msft and everyone expedited me

[languid plaza]

I already said I have a return offer and they see the company I interned for so that should be good enough for them

[winged patio]

Maybe just say interviewing instead of an offer then @grave gull

[grave gull]

nah i got expedited even more after i told them i had an offer

[languid plaza]

ight I am hitting up the recruiter rn

[winged patio]

True but new companies might not want to go through the whole process then? honestly idk I have just been sharing my deadlines

[languid plaza]

like you know what I changed my mind, here are the company names and the deadlines hurry up bitchez

[grave gull]

legit right after I got an offer from a "big" company i emailed all my recruiters and most if not all of them were happy to expedite

[languid plaza]

Alright I will see what dates they give me for the rest of the process

if it's too far stretched I will talk to the recruiter

In that case, what would you say is a safe date to tell the recruiter?

Like I have a deadline withing next 3 weeks or month?

[winged patio]

Most places I know have Nov 1st from college requirements

[worthy spear]

MS does 2 weeks or college deadline

[runic kraken]

Idk I have a nov 1st but my friend only got an oct 1st from a diff company

[flint halo]

I have oct 1 and it’s mad stressful

had two technical screens and an on-site loop this week, and the same next week (+ another pending onsite, msft PLS come thru)

but I’m also tryharding because I don’t really want to take my return offer

[mild pelican]

Oct 1 is super early

[iron gate]

When did you guys apply to MS?

[worthy spear]

Early August

[winter ice]

I applied aug 23

[hard pebble]

Has anyone gotten the OA yet for Amazon Canada?

[daring bough]

Doordash new grad also open

Don’t gotta link cuz I’m on mobile

But should be open

[wind acorn]

I can't find it on their site yet :/

anyone have a link?

[last linden]

ㅣ무혐ㅎㄷ 앧눗 ㅡㅁㅆㄷㄱ

oop

language doesn't matter

[old kestrel]

i agree

ㅣ무혐ㅎㄷ 앧눗 ㅡㅁㅆㄷㄱ

[last linden]

pls

[old kestrel]

language wont matter if your solution is actually optimal

[daring bough]

Doordash new grad link

https://boards.greenhouse.io/dduniversity/jobs/1864538

[old kestrel]

pog

thanks 🍞

[fleet niche]

how do people find these links, theyre not on the actual career pages

[old kestrel]

anyone know if palantir onsite is data questions or just generic leetcode?

[magic sable]

Has anyone taken Coinbase Hackerrank ?

[tired bay]

Lol medium at best more towards easy side

[last linden]

https://app.codesignal.com/companies/doordash

doordash has a registered page on codesignal

wonder if that means they use it for their oas too

probably do

[cunning forge]

Does the jp morgan codevue really have med/hard dp? lol
@eager glacier medium, def not hard

[tired bay]

@last linden Damn CodeSignal yet again 🤦‍♂️

[tender dune]

@winter ice , are you saying you got lc easy for microsoft final round?

[winter ice]

no for the oa

final round im told is with people in a specific team, 4 back to back and the engineers make their own questions

[mild pelican]

@eager glacier I got 12/12 for one and 3/12 for the other for IMC and still got the next round video interview

[vagrant raft]

@eager glacier I got 12/12 for one and 3/12 for the other for IMC and still got the next round video interview
@mild pelican how long did it take?

[mild pelican]

Like a day i think

[fleet niche]

@mild pelican have you gotte any response since the video interview?

[mild pelican]

@fleet niche Nah, I took it on Sunday and haven't heard back yet. Think I did okay though

[arctic drift]

lmfao I got the video interview and got rejected after that

but I thought I did well on it too

[mild pelican]

how long did it take to find out

[arctic drift]

video->rejection?

[mild pelican]

yeah

[arctic drift]

8/19 -> 9/1

[mild pelican]

oh damn okay, thanks

[languid solstice]

has anyone done this year's msft onsite?

just got an invitation, there were 2 date options

[meager garnet]

I applied for msft but didn't hear back

[sharp flame]

@languid solstice did you already do your phone screen?

[misty gale]

I haven't heard for phone screen either. applied in mid Aug

[pale anchor]

Anyone done a phone interview before the onsite with Amazon?

[languid solstice]

so, i heard nothing from them but i actually got directly invited to onsite out of the blue i think bc i interviewed with them last year

to clarify last year i passed the inital round but chose not to go to the onsite, so i guess they "saved" my progress

[misty gale]

oh I see

[iron gate]

interesting, i wonder what this means for peeps who made it to onsite but got rejected

[languid solstice]

wdym by that? @iron gate

oh you mean if they got rejected last year

[iron gate]

people who made it to the onsite last year but didn’t get an offer

ye

[languid solstice]

haha not to call you out or anything but was that you? im j wondering what the onsite was like if anyone went last yr

[iron gate]

yeah that was me lol

it was for intern, they changed the process midway through the application season so i only had two rounds

but new grad had 4 rounds

[languid solstice]

yeah we do rip

do they ask systems qs?

[iron gate]

not for me

but they did for some friends of mine that interviewed

don’t remember the specifics but it was literally a problem that the team was running into a month before the interview date

[languid solstice]

okay

also i guess i'd be optimistic if i were u bc i can't imagine that me declining to go on the onsite is that different from not passing the onsite on their end, ig it's possible but that seems like a lot of effort

[iron gate]

yeah theoretically it should assume we're both qualified enough to make it pass the first round

i haven't heard anything so far and my recruiter last year hasn't responded to any of my messages, plus i don't think they're coming back to my campus to recruit so i've been in the dust rn

the real perk of the onsite honestly was just being in seattle and having MS pay for hotel/food/travel/tourism. Was definitely one of the best interview experiences even if I didn't get the offer. Kind of disappointing they won't be able to provide the same this year around but ya know pandemic and all

[patent surge]

Anyone do the IBM back-end OA?

[winter ice]

Has anyone done Robinhood OA?

[wind acorn]

@winter ice yeah it's codesignal 😦

[simple hazel]

@patent surge IBM OAs are very easy in general. I'd be surprised if get LC med

[patent surge]

Wondering what the optimal solution to a specific problem is

I had a 2 line solution that did 9/13 test cases, lmao.

Actually, never mind that, I just brained it.

Doing OAs before bed is never smart, kids.

[winter ice]

@wind acorn how difficult was it?

[patent surge]

codesignal is hit or miss

could be 1 easy 1 med 2 hards

or you could get 2 easies 2 meds

[winter ice]

ive never had a codesignal one. Pretty nervous about it lol

[simple hazel]

i think there is a practice one u can do. but its not the same thing

[arctic drift]

honestly you'll never know if you're ready bc it's kinda varied

it's just do you feel prepared or not

the format is always the same

[eager root]

does anyone know what is the compensation for bloomberg new grad

[exotic shale]

a friend was offered 150k base salary

dunno about other comps

[eager root]

was he offered recently

[wind acorn]

was he a return intern?

[tired bay]

Based on levels 150k is pretty common

[exotic shale]

@eager root she graduated May 2020, received offer early March

and no she's not a return intern

[tired bay]

140-150k with 20k signing bonus seems like the going rate based on levels

[exotic shale]

yeah i heard that's quite standard for bloomberg

I heard it depends on when you will graduate

if you graduate before 2021 they can get you on board anytime you want

not too sure about this tho

[worthy spear]

Anyone know how hard Robinhood code signal is?

[patent surge]

Varies heavily

could be 2 easies and 2 mediums or 1 easy 1 med and 2 hards

[fallen iris]

^^

[rigid elbow]

How long does robinood take to contact back after the codesignal?

[worthy spear]

aa k

[old kestrel]

Anyone know how hard citadel final round is

[daring bough]

U can find out brettany

[old kestrel]

Breh

I find out soon

Hopefully not impossibly hard oa was easy iirc

[worthy spear]

Anyone done vmware final round yet?

[tired bay]

First batch is next week

I’m on Thursday

@worthy spear

[proper rover]

gl

[worthy spear]

I’m on Friday

Heard it was tough lol

[flint halo]

were there onsite dates before this week? or are you talking about experiences from last year? @worthy spear

[tired bay]

Pretty sure next week is first ones

[magic sable]

Has anyone taken the code signal for Scale AI ?

[worthy spear]

Maybe experience from last year as well

[whole plover]

got an email asking if i was interested in google cloud technical residency and said no because it wasnt software did i fuck up?

[patent surge]

Yes.

[whole plover]

[patent surge]

Probably would have been worth your time to at least see what they were offering

Google is Google, still has room for growth and movement within the company.

[whole plover]

right but i heard its pretty much a year long internship

[patent surge]

Paid?

[whole plover]

yeah average $80k though

[patent surge]

In Cali?

[whole plover]

austin

[patent surge]

Oh, that's pr competitive there

[whole plover]

thats about average for software

[patent surge]

So you get 80k and a free year of training

and Google on your resume

[whole plover]

you move around 3 different areas in cloud and then you get placed in one

not just tech based

[patent surge]

Still pretty good, tbh.

[tired bay]

I’m going to event to learn about it

[whole plover]

What event?

[tired bay]

https://careersonair.withgoogle.com/events/ctr

[pulsar portal]

I think u become a cloud support engineer and not an SWE after this program?

Can anyone shed light/ have talked to people gone through this

[whole plover]

Yeah the person who contacted me explicitly said it's not software engineering

[pulsar portal]

Yeah the person who contacted me explicitly said it's not software engineering
@whole plover i think it was good you denied. No name is big enough to give up your worth 🙂

[tired bay]

Damn 🤣

[worthy spear]

lol

[fleet niche]

Anyone taken Codility for DRW?

[visual lagoon]

🖐️

[astral pagoda]

Did other people who took robinhood or databricks Code Signal have to share webcam&screen while showing the government ID?

[nova gyro]

yeah i think codesignal is always like that

[runic kraken]

I didn’t have to do that for robinhood codesignal

[astral pagoda]

@nova gyro hmm cuz neither of them did that for my OA, so I was wondering if that was technical issue on my own

[nova gyro]

https://support.codesignal.com/hc/en-us/articles/360039872174-What-is-proctoring-and-how-does-it-work-

[astral pagoda]

@runic kraken i see! thanks for letting me know i feel a little relieved

[nova gyro]

oh weird that you didn't have to

🤷‍♂️

[astral pagoda]

@nova gyro https://www.reddit.com/r/csMajors/comments/ij630c/codesignal_general_coding_assessment_without/ I also found this where someone says that not every company requires proctoring? not sure if that's official or not

[runic kraken]

A lot of people I know didn’t have to but some people did

[nova gyro]

ah k

[tribal timber]

Has anyone heard of CodeBreakers?

[whole plover]

Yeah I got a LinkedIn request from one of the guys behind it. If you get a job with $140k + salary they want 20% for 18 months or something like that

[tribal timber]

What do you guys feel about that?

Did any of y'all sign up for CodeBreakers?

Sounds like I have nothing to lose if I don't get a job over $100k

[low verge]

what's their success rate?

it depends on what options you have right now

i don't think using their services is unethical or anything

[nova gyro]

What do they do in return?

[worthy spear]

I mean I'm sure it's still you have to do what you'd anyways have to do without them

it's still prepping problems,..ds, algs,

[nova gyro]

Yeah and youd still have to apply online like everyone else

[tribal timber]

I just had a call with them and they say that their success rate is 93% and they aim to get recent grads jobs averaging 130k, if you get anything less than 100k you don't have to pay anything, but for anything over 100k you pay 15% of your income for 18 months.

They also said they have an internal network with FAANG companies, and right now they are mostly aiming to get you jobs in Amazon since Amazon is hiring extensively right now.

perks include: helping you connect and talk to recruiters, help you connect with recruiters because their CEO works at Google and they have a team of 20 coaches all of which who work at top tech companies

Their CEO (Darek Johnson) messaged me on LinkedIn.

[flint halo]

https://www.reddit.com/r/cscareerquestions/comments/fwxv7k/reflection_on_pathrise_still_not_worth_it/ review of a similar program

[nova gyro]

you don't need to talk to recruiters for amazon

can apply and do the OA

[flint halo]

let's take Amazon's new grad base salary, which is apparently 112k. WA state does not have income tax, so assuming you pay 15% of your income for 18 months, that's $1,400 per month for $25,200 total. that's like paying rent for a whole second apartment

[tribal timber]

But think about how hard it is to get a job at Amazon, and they told me they have a 93% success rate for their program and claim that their program can help you get in better shape to land interviews and pass interviews at Amazon.

https://www.reddit.com/r/cscareerquestions/comments/fwxv7k/reflection_on_pathrise_still_not_worth_it/ review of a similar program
@flint halo what do you think about this review? https://www.reddit.com/r/cscareerquestions/comments/b36gqq/pathrise_a_review_from_the_perspective_of_a/

[worthy spear]

Also gotta keep in mind that salaries in those geographic locations are higher also as it's more expensive to live there

[languid plaza]

If smth looks too good to be true, most likely it is

93% success rate sounds to sketchy

[rose zodiac]

Sounds like I have nothing to lose if I don't get a job over $100k
@tribal timber beware I also got his message.

Think about it you have to pay him some money even if you get job with the salary of 70k

And charging 10k for just teaching DS, Algo is stupid.

And asked him to show me the agreement which i have to sign but he refused.

And this guy specifically targets international students because he knows in the case of any dispute student on visa will not fight.

And again 10k for just ds algo is bullshit!

[flint halo]

From the company FAQs:

Do I still need to pay for jobs CodeBreakers does not refer me to?
Yes. Any job you accept with salary above our Income Share Agreement minimum regardless of who introduces you to the position.

If you get a job paying at least $140,000, you would pay CodeBreakers 20% of your total salary for 18 months after you start working.

[worthy spear]

lol essentially freeriders/scammers

[languid plaza]

they even have progressive tax lmao

[rose zodiac]

But think about how hard it is to get a job at Amazon, and they told me they have a 93% success rate for their program and claim that their program can help you get in better shape to land interviews and pass interviews at Amazon.
@tribal timber getting into amazon is not hard man. If you have dedication and if you work smart you can get in.

There is a reason this guy specifically targets amazon.

Tell him that i will pay 40% if you get me into facebook and he will back out

[flint halo]

@tribal timber what happens if you get PIPed at Amazon after one year? how would you continue to pay codebreakers back?

[languid plaza]

Message 1000 kids, make 20 of them sign, 5 of them find a job and there you have 6 figs of income

Rinse and repeat

[rose zodiac]

Co> Rinse and repeat
@languid plaza exactly

[flint halo]

also they say "paying at least"...which sounds vague enough to include total TC. elsewhere in the faq they mention repaying based on your "Earned Income" which legally includes salary, bonus, and vested stock

so that monthly payment is going to be even more than $1,400

[rose zodiac]

And what if amazon offers 80k stock and the vesting schedule is 5, 15, 40,40

Do i also have to pay 20 % on that amout ?

[worthy spear]

Pretty much it's just this guy's way to make huge passive income from doing nothing

[rose zodiac]

@tribal timber if you want something to learn DS, algo i will say do udemy, leetcode and if you think that's not enough check out thesuper30.com.

That guy charges like 1000 dollars. I don't think you need this, but if you make up your mind 1000 dollars <<<<< 25k lmao

[worthy spear]

Could just get leetcode premium

Do problems poof get in

[tribal timber]

@rose zodiac funny you mentioned about international students because I am one and right now I'm desperate in need of a job because if I don't get one within three months of my graduation I get kicked out of the country. Considering this, do you guys have the same opinion about CodeBreakers? Do you think CodeBreakers could be beneficial for me even if it comes with that big 25-40k price?

I really appreciate all your guys' opinions about this and helping me out. It means a lot!

[rose zodiac]

@tribal timber i am also an international student.

That's the point this guys are taking advantage of our weakness. Make sure to not fall for it.

[vernal crystal]

Anybody know what to expect from DRW Codility?

[rose zodiac]

Anybody know what to expect from DRW Codility?
@vernal crystal leetcode medium

[vernal crystal]

@rose zodiac All 3 questions?

[rose zodiac]

Yes, medium but on the easy side. You can easily solve all 3 in 1 hour.

[vernal crystal]

@rose zodiac Thanks! Appreciate it

[hollow carbon]

Hi, is google new grad applications deadline over? Is there another role for New grad ?

[tall mist]

I dont think Google US new grad open yet

[hollow carbon]

https://careers.google.com/jobs/results/75841506784486086/

It's showing applications for this role are now closed

[tall mist]

Its 2020

Not 2021

[hollow carbon]

oh shit my bad

[tall mist]

haha no issue

[vernal crystal]

Anyone know what platform the SAP labs SVNT test is on?

[fallen iris]

@tribal timber honestly there’s so many programs and websites like CodeBreakers out there. FAANG bootcamps, S30 for Indian students, InterviewCake, Algoexpert, and so on.

Do what you think works best for you, but in the end it’s you that has to put in the work to understand these ds&A problems, big O, etc and answer the questions. Just because you finish a program doesn’t mean you’re guaranteed a job. I’d say just stick to one and keep at it!

But I see the stress you’re feeling where you have to secure a job or you get kicked out, good luck man you got this! Feel free to dm anytime 🍀

[hoary pewter]

@tribal timber I think you are over estimating how hard it is to get a job at a place like Amazon, presuming you have a CS degree and can do leetcode Mediums. You're very likely to get an OA from them if you apply to a new grad software engineering role with a reasonable resume. Then if you pass the OA, which will probably be a leetcode medium, you're probably going to get invited to the next round, which will likely just be more leetcode medium.

My buddy even got asked some leetcode easy by amazon, it was not a hard process for him.

[winged patio]

@old kestrel last year palantir on-site was system design, finding bugs and leetcode med

[old kestrel]

Thx

[tired bay]

Anyone do Chicago Trading Company?

[cerulean pivot]

yh

hards/mediums

mfers rly be asking greedy algos

[cold coyote]

Happy Amazon final round announcements day folks, may the odds be ever in your favor

[buoyant grove]

is there any confirmation mail when someone refers you to amazon?

[static rune]

@buoyant grove You need to get referred before applying I believe. I got an email with a link to apply after a referral

[buoyant grove]

i was referred yesterday , but did not get any confirmation till now , but the job shows as draft in my amazon jobs account is this fine?

[simple hazel]

i dont think they will get back to everyone today from amazon.

[radiant shore]

Any dudes know goldman superday acceptance rate?

Think i bombed my behavioural. Fuuuarrrrk

[frosty forum]

I hate behaviorals. The times i got an offer were because I didn't have a behavioral lmao

[static rune]

After Coinbase OA, is it a phone interview with the recruiter?

[cerulean pivot]

ye

[sinful hawk]

How does Bloomberg phone interview work? Do they link you an editor and talk over the phone? Or do you just explain you code and not type anything?

[radiant shore]

I hate behaviorals. The times i got an offer were because I didn't have a behavioral lmao
@frosty forum facts man. Stop asking me when i had a time where i .....

[tidal hazel]

i dont think they will get back to everyone today from amazon.
yeah i dont think so either, it's probs pushed back a week to account for the extended OA3 deadline

[patent cloak]

@sinful hawk I just scheduled mine, and they added a hackerrank link in their online portal (basically a codePad)

[fleet niche]

How high have companies been having their codesignal cutoffs? Ran out of time to fix a null pointer on my last question and the score took a heavy hit :((

[frosty forum]

@eager glacier Did vmware oa, i think it was 2 lc easies and then a medium

oh shit i forgot about those lol. yeah about DS/Aglo and maybe some syntax

[earnest mist]

Did amazon stop giving OAs?

[rocky spoke]

has anyone done karat before? just wondering what the format is like?

[winged patio]

I've done it last year for palantir. It's just like a typical technical interview but you can book pretty much whenever you want.

[runic kraken]

Anyone know what the cutoff range for the databricks codesignal is?

Idk if I should do a new one or just send my robinhood one

[winged patio]

Same I just got it haha and I'm debating waiting

It's 2 week deadline and I took rh like 2 days ago though so idk if I want to wait that long

What are yall's coding scores on codesignal

[loud anchor]

I think I'll just send my robinhood one in

I got 833

lost a lot of points to time

I didn't know time was a factor rip

[winged patio]

Yea I got just under that, I'll probably do the same

[runic kraken]

Honestly I’m probably gonna retake it

[loud anchor]

if I take it again will it overwrite my old score?

or can I choose which one to send

[runic kraken]

You can choose which one to send

[loud anchor]

o

I doubt I can do better than 833 so

w/e

probably better for my heart anyways

[runic kraken]

I saw somewhere on codesignal that you can edit ur code report and chose which is visible

But idk if that’s what gets sent

[wind acorn]

asdfas codesignal marks https://leetcode.com/problems/valid-sudoku/ as an easy question

what do their hard questions look like

[runic kraken]

It says ur coding score is generated from ur best test result

On codesignal for me

[cerulean pivot]

i think they review resume after codesignal

so ur codesignal score doesn’t matter as much as u think it does

mine was low compared to others on this server and i still got an interview

others had much higher than mine and got rejected

[worthy spear]

Anyone hear from Amazon yet?

[royal abyss]

Not yet

[cold coyote]

Others mentioned that because of the OA3 delay there might be a delay hearing back about final interviews

[past sable]

Amazon is delaying new OAs also

[worthy spear]

Does anyone know what is Verizon’s on demand interview like?

[azure ember]

Anyone finished with Citrix's OA yet?

[visual lagoon]

Anyone applied Mastercard here? I applied for 2021 and they sent me pymetrics for 2019 yesterday and another pymetrics for 2020 this morning...

At this rate I might want to wait for 2021 one tomorrow /s

[patent cloak]

@azure ember Citrix OA is basically three easies

[naive current]

Does anyone have a template for reaching out to recruiters you interviewed with last year?

[simple hazel]

I just hit mine up and told him everything I have done so far - how I've improved, projects/internships ive done and feel confident about interviewing again (if u got rejected last time). also linked the job i want to apply to. thats pretty much it.

[candid garnet]

Anyone got longest trip question in akuna oa?

How did you solve it?

[astral garnet]

oh thats a cool question

there is a very fast solution

[old kestrel]

Don’t discuss specific interview questions here

It’s cheating

[candid garnet]

Is that from lc?

[astral garnet]

yeah @candid garnet DM me if you wanna talk

[runic kraken]

Holy fuck the thoughtspot final round sounds aids. It’s 5.5-6 hours

[winged patio]

I miss onsites

[high thunder]

I had a 7h final round virtual onsite

[wind acorn]

^ omg lol i could never

[runic kraken]

This looks so aids though