2021_grads

[arctic drift]

@winged patio for roblox, i had two lc easy/medium! i would say it was pretty standard ds and not too algorithmic-heavy
@grizzled cargo was this per interview

or for both LMFAO

because if you had one for each

that's fucking nutty

[full shore]

@sinful meadow nah bro they just had 1 position open only and they're interviewing 2 people so they're good u know?

3 people would be kinda insane woo

[grave gull]

WET INBOX WEEK

or should i say

MOIST INBOX MONDAY

[tranquil relic]

man wtf is neeva's interview process theres no way im doing this

[lucid pagoda]

Lol

[grizzled cargo]

@grizzled cargo was this per interview
@arctic drift first round was one easy/med question (it seemed like there was only one q prepared for this round), second round had two qs (the second q was an extension of first q)

[frosty forum]

How long do people usually hear back from Amazon OA3?

[arctic drift]

@arctic drift first round was one easy/med question (it seemed like there was only one q prepared for this round), second round had two qs (the second q was an extension of first q)
@grizzled cargo LMFAO

that's stonks bro

[winged patio]

@tranquil relic same lol

[worthy spear]

Aight yall need some pros and cons Microsoft Seattle v Amazon NYC

[rigid elbow]

id take nyc over seattle anyday

[worthy spear]

anyone do SeatGeek initial interview?

[feral marten]

You can only use this command in 2021_grad_process or 2021_intern_process

[cerulean pivot]

yeah its just a recruiter screen then a take home assessment

then if you do well you move to the final rounds

[vagrant raft]

Aight yall need some pros and cons Microsoft Seattle v Amazon NYC
@worthy spear Microsoft > amazon but nyc > seattle

[arctic drift]

@wide solar can I ask how the DRW superday was

[wide solar]

I didn't have it yet

[arctic drift]

oh LMFAO

are you also tmrw

[stoic yoke]

Microsoft should open an office in NYC

[digital carbon]

Pretty sure all of big tech have NYC offices. They're just small and don't take much new grads.

[rigid elbow]

I wish i got nyc but chances are real slim

[digital carbon]

Aight yall need some pros and cons Microsoft Seattle v Amazon NYC
@worthy spear if you're fine with the possibility of suffering a couple years, I heard people learn a ton at Amazon. NYC is also more fun and diverse than seattle imo. You can't go wrong either way, congrats on the offers!!

[tiny oak]

west coast nyc r lame colorado and texas are the new wave

not like I care i would work in fucking wyoming if it meant i get a job

[cerulean mist]

same

[warm stone]

already afternoon, inbox is still dry

[ornate charm]

already afternoon, inbox is still dry
@warm stone whats ur email bro? ill blow it up

[warm stone]

email is ok😂

[willow birch]

Aight yall need some pros and cons Microsoft Seattle v Amazon NYC
@worthy spear Microsoft is separated from Seattle by a lake so if you enjoy living in a spacious suburb with a lot of great nearby hikes you might like Redmond

I hear Microsoft has a lot of older people with families so a new grad may have trouble finding peers. But I have a couple new grad friends who work there so might not be too bad

[old kestrel]

msft seattle should have much better wlb (see people having families above) and many more teams (main office)

amazon will pay more

[boreal sequoia]

already afternoon, inbox is still dry
@warm stone mines been dry for 6 days and 6 nights

[digital carbon]

@worthy spear anyways it's pretty difficult to compare the two without having a lot more context (which only you have) like what team you'd be working on. the difference between two teams at the same company can be night and day

you could work on interesting or boring stuff at both companies, and have great or shit wlb at either as well

[high thunder]

Amazon doesn’t pay more new grad

[worthy spear]

I would be working on Defender team for MS and its an return offer. Not sure about Amazon. Comp is about the same as MS bumps up their return offers a bit, but Amazons in NYC so higher COL (comparatively less)

[sharp flame]

IMO as a new grad you should be prioritizing learning and growth over TC

[high thunder]

Hmm interesting

@sharp flame I’d say they’re correlated

[unkempt echo]

has anyone ever had a behavioral phone interview round after a technical onsite round - not team matching, offer is still not guaranteed

wondering how many companies do this

[winter condor]

anduril does it @unkempt echo

[worthy spear]

it isnt unheard of @unkempt echo

[unkempt echo]

i see

this is going to be my 10th individual interview with nuro

getting kinda excessive

[spiral glade]

has anyone ever had a behavioral phone interview round after a technical onsite round - not team matching, offer is still not guaranteed
@unkempt echo Google, India
For googleyness

[old kestrel]

@sharp flame I’d say they’re correlated
@high thunder
saw the money & 🏃‍♂️

[spiral glade]

If I schedule my phone interview 10 days from now, is it considered too late?

[old kestrel]

@unkempt echo bb does it

[unkempt echo]

@unkempt echo bb does it
@old kestrel whats bb

[old kestrel]

bloomerbg

[unkempt echo]

oo

[spiral glade]

If I schedule my phone interview 10 days from now, is it considered too late?
@spiral glade
Just got an email today to share slots
Kinda wanna give myself more time to prepare

[copper fractal]

I scheduled earlier for bloomberg

because i thought spots would get filled up if i wait

[grave gull]

@unkempt echo nuro does it too

[high thunder]

@old kestrel 😳

[spiral glade]

Oh
Yeah, that does make sense

[unkempt echo]

yeah i have the nuro one in 10min lol

[spiral glade]

Thanks

[copper fractal]

Like they might reach headcount

if you wait

too long

[spiral glade]

Gotcha, thanks

[low verge]

this is going to be my 10th individual interview with nuro
... how did you have 10 interviews for a single company

now im kinda glad i got rejected after the first one

[unkempt echo]

individual interviews, so 5 for onsite lol

[low verge]

even then that's kind of a lot

5 for onsite, 2 phone interviews should be plenty

[unkempt echo]

i also had to do an extra phone interview cause i messed up lol

[low verge]

dang 3 phone interviews

[old kestrel]

theres HM after onsite for nuro

host matching (HM)

[unkempt echo]

i think i was just very on the fence throughout the entire process from their pov lol

[low verge]

ah if you count HM, it makes sense

[old kestrel]

i know two sigma has 8 rounds if u include the oa

usually its like 4 total for most companies

[unkempt echo]

miss my intern interviews

so much shorter

[old kestrel]

lol yea

[low verge]

^

nah 4 total seems kinda short for full-time

[old kestrel]

@low verge have u considered joining the farmer cult

no, 3 onsite, 1 phone

[low verge]

no, but enlighten me

[void bobcat]

@worthy spear I was at amazon nyc this summer and although it was remote my team and everyone i interacted seemed to be pretty cool. I think the majority of amazon nyc is a part of the advertising team or something like that but I was in prime video

[old kestrel]

u should join

by changing ur name

to farmer optoutside

🧑‍🌾

[low verge]

done

[old kestrel]

woah

[low verge]

wait what company has only three rounds of onsite

only one that did that was RH

at least for me

everyone else was >= 4

what are those companies?

i've been applying to the wrong ones this entire time

they told me 3-4

LOL

[tired bay]

I might as well join the farmers 😎

[old kestrel]

we are farmers

[wraith basin]

What's the salary at doordash like?

[daring bough]

we are farmers

[old kestrel]

✊

[low verge]

What's the salary at doordash like?
won't be as good as faang

though hopefully not as bad as nuro

[wraith basin]

So not worth considering it over amazon?

[low verge]

i mean, i've heard awful things about amazon's culture

[wraith basin]

Lol. Me too

But my te was fine

Team

[low verge]

if you liked your team, i'd personally stick to amazon

unless you want to work at a startup

[wraith basin]

Although I did not really enjoy the work as much. Essentially full stack in archaic tech stack. The team members were p chill. 6 hour per day max

I'd love to work at an interesting startup. Any recommendations?

[daring bough]

wow

TOXIC

rad

breadboard banning rad for toxic behvaior

colorized

2020

@sinful meadow nooooo come back

[wraith basin]

I don't even know if startups would be good in this economy and if they'll pay as much as amzn

[daring bough]

i was just kidding 🥺

[grave gull]

any recs for companies with 2-3 round final rounds

[old kestrel]

bloomberg

google return offer is 0

apple return offer is 0

ez

just get return offer

[grave gull]

sweet lemme hit up my bb recruiter

xf

[old kestrel]

(╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻

[empty palm]

Do you guys send cover letters with every single application?

[old kestrel]

No

[lime bear]

No

[empty palm]

Sick. I've wasted so much time 😌

[stoic yoke]

Google return offer can be 4

[unkempt echo]

recruiting is just scale - maximize your applications/hr

[sly chasm]

it takes so long to write a cover letter and 99% of them won't read it

[mystic mica]

it takes so long to write a cover letter and 99% of them won't read it
@sly chasm why don't you just do a template then

[sly chasm]

because a template is as useless as not writing one

everyone can tell when you've written a template

[mystic mica]

um not really

If you personalize your cover letter to each company, I doubt >50% of it changes

the only difference is why you want to work for that company and how your skills are relevant to the position

If you write it correctly, you just need to change the company name, why you want to work there, and maybe half a paragraph about how your skills fit, that's not too much to change

[sly chasm]

you write your coverletters, I'm just offering my opinion

[quick panther]

lol i use a latex template and don't write cover letters

[mystic mica]

if it came down to two equal candidates, and one wrote a cover letter with a template (it's not that easy to tell if you write it well enough), and one didn't have a cover letter, guess which one might move forward

[sly chasm]

sure

[mystic mica]

i'm not saying 'you' as in you personally

[sly chasm]

it's a numbers game in my opinion. Just applying to as many as possible, writing a cover letter slows me down, so I don't

[golden glade]

I can't imagine a cover letter being worth any amount of time as a new grad. Anything you could put in a cover letter gets brought up like 5 minutes into a phone interview most of the time.

[wide solar]

Anyone got Roblox 2 45-minute interviews after OA?

[thorny creek]

How did you do on the OA, did you get all three fully?

[wide solar]

For some reason, the title of the email says "Roblox Virtual Onsite".

It is only the first round after OA I am very confused

[cunning forge]

yea that's the only technical interview

after that there's a behavioral onsite i think

[wide solar]

Nah did not get the last one completely

for OA

[thorny creek]

Interesting. When did you take it?

I took mine on 10/1 got the first two and not the last one fully either

Nothing yet on my end

Good luck with the last round

[wide solar]

I did about 2-3 weeks ago

Thanks!

@cunning forge do you mind sharing experience on the interviews?

[cunning forge]

uh i havent had mine it's tomorrow

[wide solar]

Oh

Good luck!

[thorny creek]

I feel like I am able to get pretty far with the big name tech companies (Amazon, SpaceX etc.) but I hear nothing back or get auto rejected from my "safer" applications (non tech fields or medium ish companies). Anyone else in the same boat?

I have been telling myself that it is because COVID has caused hiring freezes across the board and only some of the bigger tech companies are still hiring but maybe I am completely wrong

[real root]

bruh i haven't gotten anywhere with any so your boat is more intact than mine lol

but yes I've noticed some smaller/med companies have put a pause on hiring new talent

[thorny creek]

To clarify: I haven't gotten an offer from any top companies, though I have gotten as far as the final round before a few times. I feel like I am in a weird nowhere zone where I am not good enough for the top companies but the lower companies aren't biting either so idk?

[arctic drift]

there's a point you're missing where smaller companies "need" someone that can basically hit the ground running with their tech stack

[astral garnet]

Its easier to get interviews for larger companies then smaller

Google can afford to interview tons of people, some startup can't

[arctic drift]

they have less time to bring new grads up to speed and actually work on production code

[real root]

you are good enough man, just didnt work out with the num of applicants they deal with

[thorny creek]

you are good enough man, just didnt work out with the num of applicants they deal with
@real root

Whoops didnt mean to send. Meant to add: Thanks for the comment. I need to put myself into perspective. Best of luck with your job search too

[real root]

dont be too hard on yoself

good luck to you too

[dark jewel]

@slim lake how long ago did you do your twilio OA?

[hybrid plover]

Any experience with TruthMD interview?

[dark jewel]

or i guess anyone who was rejected with the email saying no interview slots

[slim lake]

Few weeks ago

Probably 3 weeks now

[dark jewel]

interesting. they sent me an OA on saturday

didn't get one first round i guess

dunno why they'd do that if they aren't interviewing anymore

[warm jolt]

Anyone have experience with T Rowe Price technical + behavioral interview?

[viscid zenith]

Can anyone share their experience of Amazon Virtual Onsite??

[smoky quiver]

anyone who got to bloomberg final - how long did it take to hear back after the phone interview?

[pseudo wigeon]

@smoky quiver 1 week for me but i saw a lot of people heard back much faster

[devout bobcat]

@smoky quiver 30 minutes for me

[pseudo wigeon]

lmao

[devout bobcat]

@warm jolt I took it

[smoky quiver]

@smoky quiver 30 minutes for me
@devout bobcat oh wow

i ah don't feel like i did too well, only got through the first question

but i have a deadline on nov 1st, so i'm thinking about emailing the recruiter

[tired bay]

@viscid zenith 1 or 3 hour version?

[viscid zenith]

@viscid zenith 1 or 3 hour version?
@tired bay 3 hour?

[tired bay]

@viscid zenith 15 minutes behavioral 30 minutes coding I got 3 mediums

[dry epoch]

@pseudo wigeon what was the bloomberg final like?

[pseudo wigeon]

i haven't done it yet

[dry epoch]

oh I misread that

[fleet niche]

Has anyone done the technical rounds for SAP SVNT?

[rose rivet]

@fleet niche I did, waiting to hear back

[worthy spear]

anyone do Databricks final round?

[peak dirge]

Is SAP SVNT application closed? @fleet niche

[acoustic mural]

i haven't done it yet
@pseudo wigeon what was the phone interview like?

[rose rivet]

one coding question and some behavioral questions

[low verge]

@worthy spear yup

[worthy spear]

@worthy spear yup
@low verge thoughts? difficulty/

[low verge]

Wasn't too hard except for one round which I tanked

[worthy spear]

How many hours? 5 hours?

And it's like 1 systems, 1 LeetCode, 1 coding, and 1 behavioral?

[low verge]

Mine was split across 2 days, 3 hours each with plenty of breaks

Yup, the 4 rounds are correct

[worthy spear]

Wait how was your interview 6 hours then?

Is each round 1.5 hours?

[low verge]

They should give you a schedule

But yeah one round is 1.5 hrs

[worthy spear]

Fucking hell

[low verge]

And I had breaks after each round

[worthy spear]

was the coding and LeetCode round hard?

like LC hard?

[low verge]

I wasn't asked an lc question at all

Other people did

[worthy spear]

ah ok ok which round did u tank in lol

[grave gull]

i have db final round next friday gimme tips 👀

[low verge]

I tanked the algo round

Cool question, but tricky and wasn't really something that could be prepped by doing lc imo

[worthy spear]

rip

[grave gull]

rip indeed

[worthy spear]

Assuming you didn't get an offeR?

[low verge]

Yeah got rejected the next day lmfao

[worthy spear]

thats tuff lol

you really have to perfect huh

[grave gull]

opts how were your non algo rounds though

[grave dawn]

Has anyone interviewed with Bank of America for FT? I've got a 30 min interview with them, not sure what to expect

[low verge]

I didn't think the other rounds were very hard tbh

[worthy spear]

how was the systems question

[low verge]

Not hard

[grave gull]

do you mind ranking difficulty vs nuro/rh?

iirc you interviewed with those too

[low verge]

Yeah, but idk how hard nuro on-sites are

Didn't get to onsite

I'd say db was harder than rh

At least rh asked me an lc-esque question for my algo round

[grave gull]

makes sense - any other companies you can rank difficulty against? :p

[twilit fiber]

Did Robinhood ask system design ?

[low verge]

Yeah

Wasn't really too hard

[grave gull]

i thought my sys design round for rh was hard

or at least harder than other sys designs ive done

[low verge]

it might be subjective

[twilit fiber]

What was it about?

[low verge]

My interviewer was p happy with what I talked about

[idle basin]

what are algorithm rounds even like? Is it just like whiteboarding a leetcode question?

[worthy spear]

I thought RH wasn't too bad, but I tanked the algo question cuz my interviewer asked me some weird Trie question which didn't make too much sense to me lol

[elfin rivet]

Does anybody have any idea what the location switching negotiation process is like for amazon new grad hires?

[tired bay]

I would probs just email and inquire tbh probs only way u find out for sure @elfin rivet

[worthy spear]

wtf does farmer mean here lol

[idle basin]

idk but i might join the trend

farmer harmless

harmless farmer?

[low verge]

Harmless farmer has a good ring to it

[elfin rivet]

@tired bay you right

[sly nebula]

still offerless

[grave gull]

why are companies giving out so many LC hards for OAs this year

istg it wasn't this bad last year

[stoic yoke]

It's an employer's market compared to prior years. If the economy doesnt improve it might get worse

[shadow cedar]

Inbox dry afff

[viscid zenith]

Is amazon asking system design questions during virtual onsites?

[autumn lynx]

I'm taking an OA rn and i got 0.254 as an answer but theres only 0.25 and NOTA. doesn't tell me to round or not. what do u guys think i should do

[shadow cedar]

If youre sure about your calculation, 0.25 should be good

[normal tide]

I'm taking an OA rn and i got 0.254 as an answer but theres only 0.25 and NOTA. doesn't tell me to round or not. what do u guys think i should do
@autumn lynx Matlab?

[icy hare]

bloomberg first phone scheduled for more than a month from now

[cerulean pivot]

oof

[worthy spear]

@viscid zenith yea, i had to design and discuss an api

[digital carbon]

bloomberg first phone scheduled for more than a month from now
@icy hare wow. I feel like they'll run out of headcount by then

[worthy spear]

What are some good questions you would ask a recruiter during a phone screen

Do any companies have confidential offer letters?

@worthy spear how does the company support new graduates learning and development as an engineer

[elder nimbus]

I don't think thats even allowed?

Having confidential offer letters*

[autumn lynx]

anyone took the General Motors HireVue OA?

is it just straight behaviorals

[icy hare]

@digital carbon yeah thats what im afraid of, but i guess i cant do much about it

[tiny oak]

can i maybe get a job please

[pseudo wigeon]

@acoustic mural i did 1 oop question with a few follow ups talking about pointers in-depth. however from what i've heard the typical phone is 1-2 lc meds

[dry mural]

deadass

[dark frigate]

Has anyone finished the first technical interview for Two Sigma?

[dark jewel]

jesus

doordash OA4 had a LC hard as the second

[cunning forge]

why is water wet LMFAO

does a straw have one hole or two?

[sly nebula]

just got a 43 multiple choice question hackerrank...

[cunning forge]

wtf did they ask

[sly nebula]

i havent done it yet LOL

idk what to expect

[autumn lynx]

what company?

[sly nebula]

seven eight capital

[mystic mica]

a few more years we'll be grinding codeforces 😎
@sinful meadow don't forget mandarin

[wide solar]

Has anyone finished the first technical interview for Two Sigma?
@dark frigate what role, location?

[mellow vault]

Has anyone given the SAP OA? (SVNT)

[ornate charm]

Yes several of us in here ^

Dm if need specific info

[viscid zenith]

Is amazon asking system design questions during virtual onsites?
@viscid zenith any ideas on this? or anyone who has been to virtual onsite Amazon - new grad?

[chilly nexus]

Hi! Has anyone back from Twilio after the first round of OA/Hackerrank?

[cunning forge]

amazon is unbelievably variable to the point that if you get a 3 round final you could get two lc easies and a simple medium or two lc hards and sys design

it’s unpredictable and luck plays a significant role imo

[worthy spear]

it’s unpredictable and luck plays a significant role imo
@cunning forge you just described every interview ever

Have citadel final rounds today anyone have tips before I get shafted

[cunning forge]

well some companies are a bit more consistent

[radiant shore]

How common is a probation period after getting a new grad role

[old kestrel]

Probation?

Like ability terminate at any point

Probably not too common

[dark frigate]

@wide solar New Grad SWE

@worthy spear how was the OA for citadel? Also how many rounds?

[worthy spear]

OA -> Phone -> "Onsite"

Not 100% sure about the OA it was a while ago

[dark frigate]

Thank you!!!

[high thunder]

I’d say it’s probation if you risk losing your signing bonus for not staying at the company long enough

[tidal hazel]

@dark frigate first round technical for 2sig was p straightforward, but it's very fast paced, they ask u a behavioral, and then jump into a two part programming question, they expect u to at least start the second part, but you;d have to be extremely fast to finish it all in 30 mins lol

look on glassdoor for types/styles of questions they might ask

[tiny oak]

please no dry inbox today mr job application person

[cursive loom]

anyone got tips to prepare for nuro systems round?

[dark frigate]

@dark frigate first round technical for 2sig was p straightforward, but it's very fast paced, they ask u a behavioral, and then jump into a two part programming question, they expect u to at least start the second part, but you;d have to be extremely fast to finish it all in 30 mins lol
@tidal hazel
I finished my first round but the interviewer spent an hour with me and he didn't ask any behavioral :o do you know how many rounds there are after the first technical round?

[tidal hazel]

p sure its just final

[dark frigate]

So just 1 more?

[tidal hazel]

and thats strange, mine hard cut off at 30 min..

i also interviewed like a month ago if that means anything, n yeah for me it was just phone then final

[dark frigate]

Yeah the recruiter scheduled it for 30 minutes but the interview went for an hour. She also said there's a "full slate of interviews" which made me nervous 😅

[rocky spoke]

Anyone ever worked at Verily before? would like to know about the culture there

[inland aurora]

anyone know what DSA topics I should focus on for bloomberg phone?

[tiny oak]

all of them

[tidal hazel]

@dark frigate final rounds are two days yeah, they're kinda long

[old kestrel]

2S final rounds are two days, 3 interviews each

[dark frigate]

Omg seriously? So 8 interviews counting OA?! Did anyone end up getting through these interviews?

[wheat flicker]

does anyone have any insight on Roblox virtual onsite interviews?

[cursive loom]

did u hear back from roblox @wheat flicker

?

if so, when did u finish OA and did you have a referral?

[wheat flicker]

yeah, i completed OA on 9/18, got a next steps email from no-reply on 10/1, and heard from a recruiter on 10/2 for scheduling 2 interviews tomorrow

no referral

[cursive loom]

hmm rip me i guess

did oa around that time and didnt get a next steps

was next steps about the form?

the google form?

[wheat flicker]

the behavioral google form was sent when i received the OA, next steps included an availability google form for interview times

give it some time, I attended a sus recruiter event by them last week through jumpstart but there were 200+ attendees and had no impact on my process, so they're still pooling from applicants/OAs because my invite said "I saw you applied for a position, attend our event"

[cursive loom]

Gotcha

Thanks for the info

And gl on your next interviews

[wheat flicker]

thanks

[worthy spear]

Citadel final rounds rn

First interviewer asked me some riddles and to approximate pi with code. Internet allowed

Second interviewer asked to serialize a binary tree 😭 lucky got a breath first implementation

Third interview coming soon

[dark frigate]

Good luck!!!

[peak dirge]

Wow they asked you a LeetCode hard in the final

[cunning forge]

my friend got 3 lc hards over the course of all the cit final rounds, they do ask lc hards

regularly too

[rocky hull]

Anyone have an Appian final round tmrw?

[calm flare]

Estimate pi with random numbers?

[unkempt echo]

🏜️

[wind acorn]

First interviewer asked me some riddles and to approximate pi with code. Internet allowed
@worthy spear oh bruh

http://blog.recursiveprocess.com/2013/03/14/calculate-pi-with-python/

[calm flare]

It's approximate pi

[wind acorn]

@calm flare how would you do it? it couldn't just be 22/7 right?

[unkempt echo]

u can also throw darts into a square board with a circle

[calm flare]

Pick random numbers between 0-1

The ratio is pi

[unkempt echo]

https://www.pythonlikeyoumeanit.com/Module3_IntroducingNumpy/Problems/Approximating_pi.html
this how we did it in school at least

[wind acorn]

O.o thanks y'all TIL

[worthy spear]

Third interview was systems design

Think I did alright. No expectations rn

[old kestrel]

please dont share specific questions from onsites

[worthy spear]

🤐

[fleet niche]

Uh is it normal for an interviewer to reach out and ask you to complete a task beforehand

In this case writing a web app

[digital carbon]

is it walmart? didn't someone else here have the same experience

[fleet niche]

Nah its SAP

And its to use Flask, which is I dont even have on my resume, though he said I should have no problems with it based on my resume lol

[lucid pagoda]

Flask is somewhat simple but I guess it depends on what they're asking you to do

[fleet niche]

The task doesnt sound too hard if you know Flask ig but I dont :((

Also the interview is tomorrow, this is some short timing

[digital carbon]

if you have some exp with rest apis then flask is easy, but if the interview is tomorrow then that's a yikes

[lucid pagoda]

@fleet niche If you need help dm me

I've written a handful of flask apps

[young silo]

u can probably follow walkthroughs online

its pretty simple to get started

[fleet niche]

Yeah, thats the plan, just a bit concerned bc it came out of nowhere and I got other work planned

And thanks @lucid pagoda I'll DM some questions

[lucid pagoda]

Fa sho

[digital carbon]

yea that's a dick move, they only gave you one evening

[fleet niche]

Tbf I dont think its hard at all for people who have worked with Flask

Not sure why he gave me the task when its not on resume tho

[digital carbon]

But still. Their engineers probably don't work past 5, why should they expect someone interviewing them to waste a few hours on such short notice? It's disrespectful imo

Anyways sorry I shouldn't rant lmao

[fleet niche]

Yeah I'm kinda annoyed but I think its just my interviewer

Someone else here just did one LC q + behavioral

[digital carbon]

gotcha

[deft iris]

Yeah I'm kinda annoyed but I think its just my interviewer
@fleet niche yeah, i guess it varies from interviewer to interviewer, but that sucks that you are given a task to complete in such short notice. you could have a midterm exam tonight for all they know.

[sharp quail]

Bloomberg has me doing a final round with an "experienced engineer" to discuss my resume/background and then with HR, is it normal to have 2 behavorial rounds as the final?

[dry mural]

anyone here

do pendo OA?

[twilit fiber]

Any have experience with NVidia interviews ?

*anyone

Especially deep learning roles

[feral marten]

You can only use this command in 2021_grad_process or 2021_intern_process

[autumn lynx]

has anyone actually done Neeva's OA lmao

[bronze canopy]

Anybody have experience with Capco

[tired crescent]

i think my brain is broken. I have so much homework and interview prep to do and instead im frantically checking facebook groups and this server about job statuses, and looking for even more jobs I can apply to

[supple fjord]

hey dude, i feel you but I decided to limit myself to 1-2 hours a day doing that or not checking 3 hours before bed. Opportunities will come, maybe slower than other people but that's okay, take time to take care of yourself and prepare for when those opportunities trickle in. We got this ❤️

[digital carbon]

@sharp quail yea completely normal

[cursive loom]

what is fy20 for msft?

is that 2021 grad?

[elder quartz]

Anyone done Amex codility? Hows it?

[low obsidian]

@autumn lynx is that the choose an assignment one? I got that as like my first OA in august and was like f this lmao

[edgy spoke]

Took a databricks OA but got an email saying my deadline had passed. However, I took the test and got a score. Anyone knows what email I could shoot?

[ornate charm]

anyone get reject after SAP SVNT behavioral call?

[compact hazel]

i think my brain is broken. I have so much homework and interview prep to do and instead im frantically checking facebook groups and this server about job statuses, and looking for even more jobs I can apply to
@tired crescent Just focus on school. In the end your gpa will probably matter a lot if in the worst case you can't find what you are looking for this year. It is a tough market, and don't let it get in your head. Just do your best in school, contact recruiters on linkedin. opportunities will come

[tiny oak]

need some moisturizer for this dryness im experiencing in my inbox

[warm stone]

need an ocean for my inbox

[autumn lynx]

@autumn lynx is that the choose an assignment one? I got that as like my first OA in august and was like f this lmao
@low obsidian yea idk if ima actually do it.

[spice belfry]

what's after bloomberg phone? it says "virtual interview" but also "please allow 2-3 hours". this isn't the final round is it?

[digital carbon]

what's after bloomberg phone? it says "virtual interview" but also "please allow 2-3 hours". this isn't the final round is it?
@spice belfry if it's 2-3 hours then that's the onsite

[grizzled flame]

it is the final round

[spice belfry]

sweet! has anyone here done it? i've never actually done a legit onsite before lol

[smoky jungle]

bruh i think i got accidently cc'd to someone elses roblox phone interview email 😭

[cursive loom]

damn everyone getting roblox rn

except me

😦

[rancid otter]

has anyone actually done Neeva's OA lmao
@autumn lynx ya me i did the search one. got rejected after onsite though

[alpine hill]

the ml one?

or frontend side?

[rancid otter]

frontend yeah sorry*

[alpine hill]

oh oof I saw that one, looked tuff

[rancid otter]

lol i put in so much effort

[alpine hill]

how was the onsite? like review of the product you made?

ig they just have insanely high standards :/

[rancid otter]

ya you can DM me about it

[alpine hill]

kk thanks 🙂

[flint halo]

anyone ever gotten an offer by mistake

asking for a friend

[wild otter]

I’ve seen some jobs posted on linkedin/Glassdoor/google that aren’t on the company’s website. Ex. PayPal in Denver and Google new grad.
Am I right to skip those until I see it on their actual website?

[devout bobcat]

anyone know what to expect on publicis sapient onsite round?

[near comet]

would anyone who's done jane st phone interview be willing to DM?

[digital carbon]

anyone ever gotten an offer by mistake
@flint halo I've seen recruiters make mistakes in the offer email/letter (like using the wrong name...), but I think it would astonishingly rare for them to send offers to the wrong person

[autumn lynx]

is there any way to get back short answer responses you put on an application through jobs.lever.co? I submitted but I wanna apply to other roles that have the same questions (forgot to copy them down).

[magic sable]

Has anyone given Doordash phone?

[simple hazel]

hows codility different from other platforms?

[cerulean pivot]

their vim plugin sucks

[ornate charm]

Has anyone given Doordash phone?
@magic sable how long did it take to hear back after OA

[royal abyss]

Did anyone get amazon OA recently?

[unkempt echo]

@near comet can dm me

[midnight harbor]

did anyone do the Hubspot final interview yet?

[dark jewel]

doordash doesn't have a phone

it's OA -> final

[warm stone]

👀

[meager garnet]

do you guys know the new eo of Trump admin? it seems that trump is going to raise the base salary requirement of h1b visa

[proven badger]

i think it's team specific

at least that's what my recruiter said

not sure from what i've read it seems like format is pretty consistent

like 5 interviews in 1 day

[tired bay]

Yeah Microsoft typically has quite long final rounds with a bunch of different teams

[proven badger]

but what u get in interviews depend on interviewers

@eager glacier how was the codility round? i have mine on thurs and i'm so stressed out about it

[wind acorn]

for people that got Doordash OA, when did you apply?

[proven badger]

did they tell u which team you would be interviewing for?

for final round?

or which office?

from what I've heard I think it's mostly behavioural + lc medium/hard qs

they rarely ask system design for new grads

but maybe prep a little bit for that too cause u might get unlucky

tbh only for phone screens LOL like "hurhur what is recursion"

[tired bay]

Maybe some OOP stuff but yeah mostly just gonna be LC and behavioral with a different engineers and teams

[solid moth]

uhh is it normal for recruiters to ghost you after requesting your availability for a phone interview lmao

[cursive loom]

give it a week or so

but no, they should get back to you soon

mine got back within a day

[proven badger]

@uneven isle can you dm me the link too pleasee

[solid moth]

@cursive loom gotcha thanks! one recruiter hasn't gotten back to me in a week so imma follow up

[cursive loom]

u def should

[grave gull]

tell that to my IMC recruiter who's ghosted me for a month after telling me that she'd reach out with details about final round

also, looks like apple isn't opening up headcount for new grads - they have an event at my school and are explicitly only looking for interns D:

[mystic mica]

also, looks like apple isn't opening up headcount for new grads - they have an event at my school and are explicitly only looking for interns D:
@grave gull A recruiter said/told you this directly?

[grave gull]

recruiter sent out email saying they're only recruiting for internships

[mystic mica]

hmm, I see

[grave gull]

i didn't explicitly ask about new grad

[mystic mica]

I guess the only way for new grads for apple would be if a hiring manager directly wanted one

[fleet niche]

My friend who interned for Apple 2x got his return taken away bc no headcount

So they’re prob not hiring much if at all

[last linden]

recruiters are wild a roblox recruiter messaged me personally on jumpstart and won't even respond to my message

SMH

[trail cloak]

Anyone hear anything from Grubhub

[stiff mango]

anyone do the doordash OA?

[winged patio]

Heard its 2 meds

[thorny creek]

I just got an offer to work for the airforce (civilian position) as a test engineer for the aircraft. I am thinking about taking it because I am not having any luck with my COVID job search. Anyone have any opinions about whether this would be a bad idea? I want to keep trying for software eng FAANG jobs and hope this won’t look bad on a resume

It seems like the position will be 20-40% coding

[ornate charm]

doordash final round

bout to get railed

[sick hazel]

yo guys any tips for hackerrank OA ?

[tranquil relic]

kinda depends on company

[ornate charm]

yo guys any tips for hackerrank OA ?
@sick hazel which company

[solid moth]

@sick hazel do u mean OAs done on hackerrank or the OA for a hackerrank position lol

[low verge]

@thorny creek if it's primarily coding it'll be ok

But if your primary job is something else, you should try to get something more coding focused

[neat willow]

how are full day interviews usually? is it all just technical or what

[nova gyro]

usually a mix

1 lc, 1 design, 1 behavioral, 1 manager

but depends on the company

[neat willow]

whats lc?

[nova gyro]

leetcode

[neat willow]

ah lame, i went through 2 live coding interviews already i was hoping i was free 😫

[nova gyro]

yeah super days are brutal man

[wind summit]

Has anyone talked to anyone from human capital? Wanted to know how legit it is

[grave gull]

it's legit

[wind summit]

Its tough to believe that when it says its coming from a bot👀

[sly nebula]

^ i just started with them this semester, but i have friends who have gotten interviews/jobs through them

[wind summit]

Oh nice, thanks a lot!

[grave gull]

I AM NOT A BOT

WHY DO PEOPLE THINK IM A BOT

[sly nebula]

LOL

[grave gull]

try me

ill bite

[sly nebula]

hey btw @grave gull can i ask who your recruiter for imc was?

[grave gull]

it's in my name "manual bot"

[wind summit]

It was a joke man

[grave gull]

dm me

😦

[sly nebula]

kk

will i get an auotmated response

[tawdry herald]

Anyone know anything about expanse? Not sure if it’s worth doing the OA lol

[ornate charm]

Y’all know wtf REX real estate is?

[vernal crystal]

Anyone here tried Pathrise?

How good are they and are they really worth it?

I’ve got a few interviews lined up but I’m thinking of considering them if I don’t get anything solid by December

[low obsidian]

Anyone know anything about expanse? Not sure if it’s worth doing the OA lol
@tawdry herald I was thinking about it but same 2 hrs is a lot and I feel like it is the type of OA where you'd actually use all that time. solid maybe if I get more desparate in the next coming days

[rapid jackal]

Honestly very stressed about how dry my inbox is rn. Do yall think companies are still sending out OA's/processing OA's we already took or should we be freaking out?

Not sure what else to do except start applying to random non new-grad postings

[smoky jungle]

has anyone ever had success moving their app along by messing a recruiter on linked in

[neat willow]

i got my publicis oa like this week which is a whole month after a lot of ppl on here got it so im sure some companies r just lagging a lil/ waiting

Honestly very stressed about how dry my inbox is rn. Do yall think companies are still sending out OA's/processing OA's we already took or should we be freaking out?
@rapid jackal

[tiny oak]

ive been looking at linkedin this entire time but do jobs get posted on like just indeed or if its on one will it usually be on all job boards

[royal abyss]

Did anyone get OA recently from amazon?

[wind acorn]

I’ve got a few interviews lined up but I’m thinking of considering them if I don’t get anything solid by December
@vernal crystal Ooh I looked into this a while back too. I found this post on Reddit. https://www.reddit.com/r/cscareerquestions/comments/ak8y1s/opinion_on_pathrise_worth_it/

Some highlights from this thread/other things I've found:
It's worth it to consider that since they take a % of your income first year, that percentage is calculated pre-tax for some of these types of companies (I would double check w/ Pathrise). So let's take a salary of $120k in the Bay Area, that's $12k for 10% of your salary. Post-tax in the Bay, let's just estimate that your take-home post-tax is $84k. $12k/$84k ends up being more like 15% of your post-tax income.

Let's also take into account that some of these companies want that $12k paid after only the first six months. $84k post-tax / 12 months = $7k post-tax. Since it's $12k in 6 months, that'd be $2k a month post-tax that they'd be taking from wages leaving you with ~$5k/mo when everything's said and done (which works out to >25% of your salary post-tax)

Hope this helps.

[autumn lynx]

Did anyone get OA recently from amazon?
@royal abyss nah I applied 1.5 weeks ago still waiting

[digital carbon]

I heard pathrise is like a less scammy scam

As in it's not all that useful

[tepid minnow]

No one keeps track of your expenditure. I am sure you can do whatever you want with it.

[digital carbon]

If we’re given money for relocation, do we have to spend it all or can we keep the left over amount? Especially for Bloomberg if anyone knows.
@eager glacier they'll pay you the whole thing and don't care if you spend all of it

At least for bloomberg, though I'm pretty sure that's how other companies do it too

[mellow vault]

I think where you spend it is only looked at during taxes

[digital carbon]

I think they meant that in the sense of having to show the company that relo costs were incurred, and only then the company pays out the relo benefit

Or something to that extent

Which is not the case

Or having to return unused money that was provided as part of that benefit

[mellow vault]

Oh yeah
But isn’t there something like the part you spend on relo isn’t taxed

[digital carbon]

Hmm idk, at least for bloomberg the relocation bonus was treated as any other taxable income

Regardless of whether you use all of it

[mellow vault]

Ohhh

[shadow cedar]

Did anyone get OA recently from amazon?
@royal abyss applied in August, still no OA

[raw belfry]

Depends on the position I guess...OA for new grad/SDE1 wont come until Jan

I am guessing

[tired bay]

Amazon OAs been coming in waves since mid August but they continue to hire for a while usually

[mystic mica]

Depends on the position I guess...OA for new grad/SDE1 wont come until Jan
@raw belfry First wave of new grad OAs went out on around 8/12

[autumn lynx]

Hm you guys think they will send more out?

[shadow cedar]

Should i be worried about my application status shown as "draft" in amazon.jobs, but "submitted" in amazonuniversity.jobs?

[vernal crystal]

@shadow cedar Nah I got my OA despite that. However, my status recently changed to Under Review in amazonuniversity.jobs

[shadow cedar]

Ohh, that's great then!

[edgy spoke]

Took a databricks OA but got an email saying my deadline had passed. However, I took the test and got a score. Anyone knows what email I could shoot?
@edgy spoke Got it resolved.

[copper fractal]

Would you rather get an offer from Amz or Bloomberg?

[tiny oak]

bb

[tiny oak]

"junior software engineer"

requires 3+ years exp

???

[lucid pagoda]

Yeah dawg, you didn't start writing prod level code as a freshman?

[tiny oak]

I didn't save it but I saw one job posting require 3+ yrs experience of Flutter

flutter came out in 2017

[simple hazel]

yeah thats why unless it says staff or senior let those apps fly. those requirements are more like wishlist for unrealistic managers who think good devs grow on trees

[wind acorn]

F on Stripe

As you may know, we are lucky enough to have many of our previous interns join us full time upon graduation. While they make their final decisions, we do our best to strategically pace our recruiting efforts based on the needs of the business.
Given the current number of outstanding offers and pipeline of candidates, we will be holding on any next steps in your interview process until we have a clearer picture of offer acceptances.

[high thunder]

f

[thorny mango]

😦 sorry @wind acorn

[midnight harbor]

Do y'all cold email recruiters? If I want them to look at my application but have nothing specific to say in my email other than the fact that I'm interested in their company am I likely to be ignored?

[old kestrel]

yes

and thats exactly what i say

[empty crane]

anyone taken bloomberg system design round???

[uncut zenith]

guys will we have a second waves of job posting on the spring 2021? like new positions and new OAs?

or the fall is the only season for new grad applications?

[rapid jackal]

@simple hazel Have you been getting oa's and responses from the non-new-grad jobs you're applying to? Worried that since I only have 1 internship I won't be seriously considered for positions asking for people with experience

[dark frigate]

@rapid jackal make sure your resume can be parsed easily

[ornate charm]

Would you rather get an offer from Amz or Bloomberg?
@copper fractal BB

[thorny mango]

@dark frigate is there a way to test your parse-ability of your own resume?

[dark frigate]

You can try sites like resumeworded.com

I found it pretty helpful

[azure gull]

Anyone interviewed for Expedia group new grad product management role?

[daring bough]

@thorny mango you can also try https://itsjafer.com/#/parser

its based directly on lever's resume parsing api

[high thunder]

hmm

seems like yall try really hard

[tiny oak]

@high thunder not every1 can be as cool as u

[high thunder]

no h8 im just saying i dont see how it helps to optimise your resume for parsing

[tiny oak]

I never optimized mine but i just checked and it parses

just made in word xd

[shadow cedar]

guys will we have a second waves of job posting on the spring 2021? like new positions and new OAs?
@uncut zenith worried about the same

[old kestrel]

corgo just passed one resume screen and dipped

[high thunder]

👀

[old kestrel]

all his advice is sample size n=1

[high thunder]

🧙‍♂️

[daring bough]

exposed

[high thunder]

all-time, im 3/3 interviews

[daring bough]

feels bad

[old kestrel]

wow 3 interviews

[high thunder]

well processes

[old kestrel]

more like 2/2

[high thunder]

i make directed efforts

nah 3/3

i got fb

[old kestrel]

directed luck

fb bad

[tiny oak]

100% win rate

only big interview I had was w/ amzn im trying to show interest and stuff post-interview when he says do u have any questions so im like "tell me about the company perks like the gym how is it" and he goes "what gym"

[old kestrel]

lol

[flint halo]

amazon and perks

[high thunder]

they dont even get free prime

[flint halo]

name a more nonexistent combo

[high thunder]

smh

[tiny oak]

they get into the uh

amazon spheres

[daring bough]

intern pay is so phat this year tho

[high thunder]

*bezos balls

[tiny oak]

the greenhouses things

[old kestrel]

yes intern pay phat all that matters

[tiny oak]

le epic

[high thunder]

wdym intern pay

conversion offer?

or just the actual intern pay

[old kestrel]

actual amzn intern pay

[high thunder]

what was it

[old kestrel]

check intern salary channel

theres a few offers

[daring bough]

used to be a lot lower

like i had a fall offer

in seattle that was like 7.5k/month

but i think someone said

seattle was now 9k or something

[tired bay]

I thought it was more like 7k in past

[high thunder]

lol

"you will not be entitled to medical care"

[rigid elbow]

instead of paying seattle interns 9k they should spend that cash to hire more new grads 😤

[tired bay]

I mean they most popular new grad offer it seems like

[rigid elbow]

i mean 1k less to each intern altogether prolly can hire at least 1 or mor ft

no i know lol i wasnt bwing serious about that

ordering uber eats to assert dominance 100%

[tiny oak]

i shall become a monk

👨‍🦲

already did babyyyy

change da world

[high thunder]

did someone @ me

[tiny oak]

I @'d u way up

[high thunder]

monk =/= farmer

gtfo

😉

[tiny oak]

bruh this is like

whats the word

monk persecution

idk

not an english major

[high thunder]

im just saying

no monky business here

[tiny oak]

monks r dope bro

no not monke

monk

they meditate

and live in the mountains

well monkeys do too

but im not a monky

[ornate charm]

Doordash or postmates which one y’all prefer 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[cerulean pivot]

doordash has 45% market share

postmastes has 8%

[flint halo]

I’m out of the loop, does it seem like prop 22 will pass?

[cerulean pivot]

not yet rad

soon

[old kestrel]

does uber die

[high thunder]

yeah they die in season 3

[tiny oak]

who kills them

[wind acorn]

wait no more spoilers pls

[old kestrel]

the taxi cab kills them

it comes back

good arc tbh

[high thunder]

agree

tho the live action is better than the anime

[tiny oak]

wym bro they cut so much from the manga

[tawdry herald]

Is the Bloomberg phone just 1 leetcode question? Or behavioral too

[sharp quail]

I think most people went through 2 LC's and some behavioral @tawdry herald , but oddly enough I only did 1LC for all my rounds and only did 1 technical round after the phone...

[magic sable]

Did anyone hear back from Asana after the phone screen?

[sharp quail]

Friday @eager glacier but I already did a systems design interview so I'm unsure of what this EM round consists of

I did phone (1LC) -> technical (1LC) -> systems design -> HR + EM

[winged patio]

anyone get clear street OA?

[terse umbra]

I had my technical after the phone screen for Bloomberg last tuesday and I still haven’t heard back

It was 2 LCs

Should I reach out to the recruiter I feel like I’ve prob been rejected already but might be worth it to send an email idk

[dark frigate]

Did Bloomberg ask LC medium for the first phone interview?

[rancid otter]

anyone get clear street OA?
@winged patio wait i got the OA email but didn't get request on codesignal for GCA?

[tiny oak]

ye i think they're gonna send it later on

i think email that just got sent out was just like a "hey look out for the first code signal" thing

[crimson shale]

@winged patio got an interview process outline but no code signal link yet

3hr project after the code signal.. sigh

[tiny oak]

pain

[copper fractal]

Did Bloomberg ask LC medium for the first phone interview?
@dark frigate yes

[digital crystal]

If I have a verbal return offer from my internship, should I tell the company I'm interviewing with? They said "If you have an approaching deadline, are you able to request an extension to accommodate the interview process with us?"

[slate kindle]

#new_grad_salary_sharing message -> this cant be real

[autumn lynx]

no way lmao

unless hes doing some ML type shit

[digital carbon]

it can be. I just asked my recruiter today if they'd be able to do 190k to compete with palantir offer, let's see what happens lolol

granted I interned at bloomberg twice

[autumn lynx]

you got a 190k offer?

[digital carbon]

no like I am trying to negotiate up to that

[autumn lynx]

190k base?

[digital carbon]

base + bonus

[autumn lynx]

whatd they offer you

if you dont mind

[digital carbon]

fairly standard offer, 150k base + 20k bonus

no signing bonus

[autumn lynx]

holy shit

thats high af

[drowsy kindle]

anyone with leetcode premium mind sharing the capital one leetcode tagged questions?

[autumn lynx]

what are they doing at bloomberg that they're paying that high lol?

[digital carbon]

what do you think they are doing

they're like the de facto financial data company

[autumn lynx]

i thought they just did finance

nah yeah but what would you be working on lol

like basic SWE no way

[digital carbon]

oh my specific work was data infrastructure

[autumn lynx]

gotta be doing some big data shit

ah

makes sense

[digital carbon]

nah but that doesn't really matter

my first internship I basically made a crud app

[autumn lynx]

why would they pay some 150k to work on some REST Api

have to be doing some more advanced shit

[digital carbon]

lmaoo

[autumn lynx]

nah but i see some FANG offers for like 120k

[digital carbon]

yea I mean I guess most engineers work on pretty difficult problems which either require lot of domain knowledge or technical depth. but overall I'd say it's more just that bloomberg is a very stable company

[slate kindle]

it can be. I just asked my recruiter today if they'd be able to do 190k to compete with palantir offer, let's see what happens lolol
@digital carbon was ur Palantir offer 190k?

[autumn lynx]

howd you end up getting started with Bloomberg.

did they just send u an OA

[digital carbon]

@digital carbon was ur Palantir offer 190k?
@slate kindle it is 185k with 20% bonus, but the bonus can vary based on company performance

[coral coral]

Curious how did Palantir's IPO affect your offer?

[digital carbon]

I don't think it did

btw palantir pays bonuses in equity too

[slate kindle]

So really 185 times 1.2?

[tiny oak]

can i have whatever one u don't choose @digital carbon

[digital carbon]

howd you end up getting started with Bloomberg.
@autumn lynx I met them at school career fair. I go to a meh state school

[tiny oak]

🥺

[digital carbon]

can i have whatever one u don't choose @digital carbon
@tiny oak I wish I could do that honestly :/

[autumn lynx]

online career fair right

[digital carbon]

no like 2 years ago when the world was still doing things in person

[slate kindle]

@digital carbon so 154 base plus equity?

[digital carbon]

So really 185 times 1.2?
@slate kindle not clear, the exact breakdown is 125k base, 140k RSU / 4 years, 15-20% of base as bonus paid in equity (my recruiter said this is a conservative estimate on bonus)

so 125 * 1.2 + 140 / 4

[slate kindle]

Oh ok

otherwise that would’ve been insane

[digital carbon]

oh yea lol

[slate kindle]

fde or swe?

[digital carbon]

but yea idt the IPO affected the offer. SWE

[slate kindle]

nice

[digital carbon]

I wouldn't work there as an FDE, I don't have the right skillset for it

[autumn lynx]

whats FDE

[digital carbon]

forward deployed engineer, just a fancy way of saying consultant

FDEs customize palantir's platform or build integrations for their customers

[lyric nest]

@digital carbon any sign on?

[autumn lynx]

oh so they still code but more customer facing

[digital carbon]

yea kinda, but less code than swe from what I understand

@digital carbon any sign on?
@lyric nest which company?

[autumn lynx]

hmm sounds kinda interesting

[lyric nest]

@lyric nest which company?
@digital carbon Palantir

[digital carbon]

oh, 30k signing bonus. but the way I see it, the signing bonus just cushions income for the first year because none of the RSUs vest until the 1 year anniversary

[lyric nest]

Oh yeah

[digital carbon]

why would it be bad

[tiny oak]

saving best for last bro

[digital carbon]

I don't think it's good or bad, they might've just been curious

[dreamy charm]

I would be happy to get a more personalized rejection letter that has actual feedback

[tranquil relic]

roblox onsite in an hour feeling unprepared

[winged patio]

@tranquil relic I wouldn't worry too much mine were pretty chill

[tranquil relic]

@winged patio i think im just a little psyched cause my interviews are both top cs schools w good internships and im just very average 😬 just want it over w so i can play genshin

[winged patio]

You looked up your interviewers? Yea I wouldn’t worry mine were super chill

[fleet niche]

Clear Street actually asking for 3hr project? How many people actually end up doing those insane screening processes

Especially Neeva, that stuff is wack for a first round

[cunning forge]

it's def an interest filter lol

[winged patio]

Yea those are two projects that I'm pretty meh about doing lmao

[golden glade]

I would be much happier to do them if I didn't have school homework to do already. There are much better ways to gauge interest than assigning a take-home project

[cerulean pivot]

Clear Street actually asking for 3hr project? How many people actually end up doing those insane screening processes
@fleet niche LOL yeah i got that email

[devout bobcat]

PS final was just systems design

[cerulean pivot]

im not doing that hsit

the only case where i woudl do something like that is if it was my only opportunity

[tiny oak]

@cerulean pivot me

[cerulean pivot]

hell yea

just dump time into it

[tiny oak]

"systems design is my passion"

do u guys think uber cares i applied to like 4 different swe jobs

[cerulean pivot]

no

they get routed to diff recruiters

[tiny oak]

epic

[cerulean pivot]

they rnt hiring new grads tho

they usually only hire se2's

[tiny oak]

they have some 1+yr exp postings

[cerulean pivot]

yea apply to those

[tiny oak]

can you submit referrals yet @cerulean pivot

[cerulean pivot]

na need acess to some employee portal thing they have

[grand zealot]

guys, I got amazon new grad offer and oracle(OCI) offer, from your perspective, which one is better? (career growth and stability)

[tired bay]

Stability Oracle probs Amazon for growth

[solid moth]

def amazon

[digital carbon]

I've heard OCI specifically is good, no clue about oracle in general though

[grand zealot]

Thanks! Is the OCI layoffs serious? I know original oracle layoff people frequently, but how about OCI?

[solid moth]

i heard this from people who were not on OCI so can't speak for that team. but in general, oracle has a lot of outdated tech but it seems like they don't give a f

[grand zealot]

The first is hr call, then a round of video interview（one hour）, if passed, three or more back-to-back final video interviews.

@uneven isle

[wheat flicker]

my roblox interviewer said they're interviewing probably 300-500 new grads across the entire company

he also felt the need to give me future interview tips "have you heard of leetcode? try practicing more leetcode"

[autumn lynx]

“Have you ever heard of leetcode” 🤯🤯🤯

[tranquil relic]

my interview is in 3 minutes oh boy

[torn wadi]

You got this @tranquil relic !

[tranquil relic]

how many grads are they even hiring

[wheat flicker]

good luck @tranquil relic!

[gleaming sigil]

@grand zealot package for oci and amazon??

Is oci new grad?

[warm stone]

another dry inbox day

[granite river]

Does anyone know what the comp package for a Software Engineer is like at DE Shaw?

new grad ofc!

[stray condor]

Any idea what can I expect from Bloomberg final round with recruiter and manager?

[raw belfry]

Ever heard of leetcode was the best for me

[winged patio]

Just lost power during coding challenge lmao

[simple hazel]

email the recruiter, ask for a new one

[devout bobcat]

anyone know if its worth to email a company after onsite for a quicker process since I have a deadline

[tired bay]

Definitely

[nova gyro]

yeah all my recruiters want to help to meet deadlines

[torn wadi]

@devout bobcat Totally worth it. I just got done writing emails for exactly that lol

[tranquil relic]

that roblox interview was uhhhhh not what i expected lol

[torn wadi]

Better? Worse?

[devout bobcat]

Aight will do!

[raw belfry]

What were the qs you got? @tranquil relic

[tranquil relic]

def worse 😅 was expected leetcode ds/algo stuff but my interviewer was front end dev so i did class design for something web related

obv wont say the full details of what but yea 🥴

also have 0 frontend exp myself

[nova gyro]

wow thats really unlucky

did you say you like frontend in the survey?

[winged patio]

thats much different then mine 😛

Also @simple hazel just using hotspot

[tranquil relic]

i did no lolt @nova gyro

[raw belfry]

doing frontend is a nightmare. I really have great deal of respect for them. The amount of patience it needs is superb

[nova gyro]

lmao

[last linden]

how to center div horizontally and veriycally

[wheat flicker]

my interviews with roblox seemed very random and very unrelated to each other

[tranquil relic]

no preference for it and no experience on my resume so i was pretty shocked to be asked about it 😬

my next one is in 10 minutes if its more front end stuff im cry

[real prism]

Was it all technical? Or did u have behavior as well

[tranquil relic]

roblox does 2 techinical then they evaluate and you do 2(?) behavioral after

[wheat flicker]

i had 5 minutes for behavior, 35 for technical question, and 5 to ask my interviewer questions--for both interviews

[real prism]

Are any of ur interviewers Shweta Sharma and Hao-En Sung by chance...

[wheat flicker]

no

[real prism]

Ah ok thanks jw to see if it would be a similar experience

[tranquil relic]

oh yeeah i had same thing @wheat flicker , but my interviewer mentioned specifically that if we pass these we'd move on to like pure behaviorals/resume with higher ups

and no @real prism

[real prism]

Think it’s just london and NYC if i@ not mistaken

[mellow vault]

Ohh are all the Roblox interviews random like that?

[tranquil relic]

seems to be just interviewer based @mellow vault

[mellow vault]

I gave the OA today and did all 3, they worked out w bruteforce so I’d say they were easy?
Idk if I should expect / what to prep for the technical

Ahh

[autumn lynx]

i did the OA 2 weeks ago and got all test cases and still haven't heard back

[magic sable]

One of my interviewers posed the question and the answer (deleted in 10 sec) and when I told her the optimal solution without looking at the ans, she said thats bcz I posted the answer by mistake WTF

[mellow vault]

Posted as in?

[magic sable]

Like on the coding platform they copy paste the question

[mellow vault]

Oh right right

[digital carbon]

does bloomberg have offices in LA
@warm locust there is one in SF but I heard it's tiny compared to the NYC presence

bb has 3 offices in NY

SF office would probably be nearly impossible to get as a new grad

[grizzled cargo]

my roblox interviewer said they're interviewing probably 300-500 new grads across the entire company
@wheat flicker o wow do you have any idea of how many new grads are being hired?

[copper fractal]

How is roblox such a big company wth XD

[magic sable]

Does clear street sponsor though ?

[wheat flicker]

no clue, i just asked how long the process would take for next steps and he said that + it would take weeks to hear back

[magic sable]

Oh you sent them ur codesignal ?

[golden glade]

Has anyone done the HireVue for Roivant yet? There sure are a lot of bad reviews on Glassdoor for Roivant lol

[wheat flicker]

that was in response to @grizzled cargo

[bold gull]

@golden glade i have you can DM me

@grizzled cargo no idea how much but they are planning to double the amount of engineers next year, so a lot

[azure gull]

Anyone interviewed for Expedia group new grad product management role?

[digital carbon]

is the plan of going -> bloomberg -> some company in LA a bad idea?
@warm locust why would that be a bad idea?

you can probably get interviews from anywhere with bloomberg on your resume

[unkempt echo]

more pay more prestige

is for me

prestige is subjective

[simple hazel]

tbf once u have 2yoe recruiters will want to set up interviews with you, regardless of company.

just be visible on LI if ur looking for switch

6months can be a red flag for some people. are u sure u dont wnana just work at the LA company? youll have to give back signing bonus etc.

[tranquil relic]

well second roblox interview was much more doable hopefully the first one didnt mess me up too bad

[autumn lynx]

then work for 6 moths and reapply while you're working, then quit

why are you so bent on living in LA lmao

[digital carbon]

prestige is dumb

the only people who care about prestige are college students

[unkempt echo]

and asian parents

[digital carbon]

plenty of people do interesting work at no name companies and then go on to faang, it's more about your skills rather than where you've worked in the past

[dapper dock]

I dont care about prestige. I just need a job lol. Once I have enough exp, then maybe jump to faang/quant

[grave gull]

lmao i told my azn parents i was going to this small well known startup within the industry over a big name and got yeeted

[simple hazel]

XD

[real prism]

well second roblox interview was much more doable hopefully the first one didnt mess me up too bad
@tranquil relic what was the format of the second interview? Was it leetcode style

[digital carbon]

lmao i told my azn parents i was going to this small well known startup within the industry over a big name and got yeeted
@grave gull yea I am running into the same problem trying to convince my parents that palantir is a legit company. Just once I made the mistake of saying they're operating on net loss and now they're on my ass about why I want to work at a company that's operating on a loss

[tranquil relic]

@real prism yea both interviews are on coderpad, first was class design second was lc easy

[dapper dock]

@digital carbon never again lol

[grave gull]

@digital carbon tell them 99% of pre-ipo companies in the bay are operating on a net loss

[digital carbon]

yea I gotta do that research 🧐

[autumn lynx]

and asian parents
@unkempt echo ur 20 + who cares what your parents think

[unkempt echo]

damn found the rebel

[digital carbon]

please don't assume, you don't know other people's financial/family situation

[autumn lynx]

not a rebel just an adult lmao

[unkempt echo]

it was just a joke lol

[digital carbon]

yea I'm just saying lol not attacking

[simple hazel]

just show them paper stock and pre-IPO numbers, instant boner

[digital carbon]

everyone's situation is different

[unkempt echo]

oh not you

[digital carbon]

just show them paper stock and pre-IPO numbers, instant boner
@simple hazel wdym, how does that help

what are the pre-IPO numbers actually? the reference price it was listed at was 7.25 right

[autumn lynx]

please don't assume, you don't know other people's financial/family situation
@digital carbon if youre making good money why would it matter

[digital carbon]

well having ~40% of income be in equity when your family is gonna depend on that income could be a big deal

probably doesn't matter for majority of new grads though

[autumn lynx]

ah im not talking about financials just the name of the company

[digital carbon]

huh?

wait you just said if you're making good money why does it matter, I'm confused lol

[autumn lynx]

yea why would what your parents think about the "prestige" of the company matter if you're making good money

[simple hazel]

if the stock vests for u pre-IPO, then its RSU that matters, not its worth (cause pre-IPO). RSU * pre-IPO numbers gives u the approx worth of ur stock package post vesting

[digital carbon]

ooh I see, no for mine it's the other way around. they don't care about prestige but don't feel comfortable with the fact that the company is not profitable yet

sorry if I wasn't clear, my bad

[autumn lynx]

oh, i see. yea that makes sense then.

but its palantir lol

[digital carbon]

if the stock vests for u pre-IPO, then its RSU that matters, not its worth (cause pre-IPO). RSU * pre-IPO numbers gives u the approx worth of ur stock package post vesting
@simple hazel uh right. maybe I misunderstand the situation, but since they did the direct listing last week, would the company still IPO?

but its palantir lol
@autumn lynx yea but that means nothing to my parents lmao

[unkempt echo]

@simple hazel uh right. maybe I misunderstand the situation, but since they did the direct listing last week, would the company still IPO?
@digital carbon they did ipo, the direct listing is their ipo

[digital carbon]

doesn't IPO usually mean money is raised

I guess it doesn't have to be

[unkempt echo]

not necessarily, its just "initial public offering" right

[simple hazel]

palantir is a bad example for this

i meant like RH

[unkempt echo]

they are still raising money though, they're selling shares to the public

[digital carbon]

hmm I see

[unkempt echo]

direct listing just means they didnt do their offering through an investment bank

[thorny creek]

@warm locust I really want to get a software job in LA too. I have been applying since May with no luck, honestly not a large market

Anyone have any insight as to how shitty it is to accept a job offer and then change your mind if you get a better offer?

I don't know that I have the heart to do it

[echo cedar]

@thorny creek it's p shitty but you gotta look out for yourself

I only reneg'd on companies I did not see myself going back to in the future

[rigid elbow]

^ same

[thorny creek]

@echo cedar thanks, does that answer change if my potential employer is the US Airforce

[echo cedar]

ooo

that's p spicy LOL

[thorny creek]

lmao

[echo cedar]

you gon be doing your nation a dis-service😤

[unkempt echo]

whats so nice about LA compared to other places

[thorny creek]

@echo cedar they only offered 80k which is doing me a disservice 😤

[digital carbon]

way to be out of touch with reality lmfao

[thorny creek]

I don't know how well it would go over if I punched a high level airforce employee tbh

Probably not well

[rocky tulip]

80k is for pussies

[unkempt echo]

how dare they offer me 130% the us median household income

[digital carbon]

for wasting my time
@warm locust no because 60-80k is what the majority of tech jobs pay

[simple hazel]

depends on COL in the area

[digital carbon]

Outside of big N of faang

[rocky tulip]

🤣

<100k means you can't code

[thorny creek]

I don't want to say the area because they really don't hire many people, but its low COL

Alright thanks for all the kind words lol this is making me feel so much better!

[wind acorn]

i can get a job right now that pays 70k in LA
@warm locust to be fair $70k in LA is a total lowball

[simple hazel]

ur not considering COL at all LOL

[digital carbon]

Maybe in high CoL areas, but if you look around medium or low CoL areas then you'd be surprised

[wind acorn]

but $70k in Kentucky is living the dream