canada

[lofty sapphire]

first by the simple fact that internships aren’t mandatory at udem and uqam

how do you want to get an interview in 2024 for new grad without at least one professional experience

[vernal sigil]

No u just need to pass resume screens (going to a better uni helps) and solve leetcodes

If u go to a shit uni you’re not gonna get to the solve leetcodes part

[lofty sapphire]

yes yes I meant for the onsite

[lofty sapphire]

went to a less prestigious uni but i can solve most of lc problems

bc when i had my google interview i was studying for like 10h a day + a dozen mocks

it's up to the person not the uni lol

however yes we can say it is "easier" overall

[vernal sigil]

Im saying its harder to get interviews with a mid uni

[lofty sapphire]

mb mb misunderstood

[balmy stump]

fyi, mcgill cs program is shit compared to concordia or ETS, so expect to work hard outside class

you will not get any support from the school as there’s no coop

but the name is smt important too so u choose

[vernal sigil]

Concordia coop doesnt help much tbh

The portal is like 50% postings from the same company and the rest are external postings

[balmy stump]

true but the coop program is not just for the portal but for coop government monetary support

i got my offer rescinded in my first year because i was not in coop even tho it was never mentioned that coop was a requirement and a confirmation by my interviewer that it was not required

[lofty sapphire]

ive never said that

wtf

pls just stop @ me

[quartz ridge]

🙏

[quartz ridge]

😆

[lofty sapphire]

I pointed out the fact that going to whatever uni is not going to save you at the final step

and from my experience going to uni X or Y did not played against me for having interviews at any company

be good at networking and gg

[vernal sigil]

Ahh that sucks

[quartz ridge]

That’s obvious?

And it helps. A good uni has more driven Cs students and you’re likely to become better as a result. Better Cs curriculum, more networking opportunities, referrals etc

[vernal sigil]

All my internships outside of mtl, we’re max 2-3ppl from concordia and the rest are all waterloo, uoft, ubc

[lofty sapphire]

I understand you're right

[quartz ridge]

You’re cherry picking a couple outliers that went to Concordia or some low tier school that “made it”

It can happen but saying Concordia is some magic pill that gets you into Netflix or Google is complete cope

[lofty sapphire]

I had an intership and all others were from poly mcgill and concordia, was the only one from udem, but the reason is simple those are the uni with mandatory internships not because of “prestige”

[quartz ridge]

If you’re good then you’re good

[lofty sapphire]

I get what you mean

[quartz ridge]

You can make it to G or whatever big N regardless if you’re from Seneca or Waterloo

Like no hate. In fact if you made it to big N from a non target school you should have the LEAST imposter syndrome

Because you actually deserve that role beyond all odds / statistics

[lofty sapphire]

tbf less prestigious unis dont have mandatory internships so it plays

[quartz ridge]

Imagine taking the chance on a Seneca college kid with a TODO list app made using React versus a 5 coop SWE Waterloo kid who build a compiler from scratch and placed top 0.1% in AIME, started coding at 11 and interned at Snowflake in 1b term

[lofty sapphire]

I see I see

[quartz ridge]

Sure you’re not discriminated based on your uni at the onsite stage- everything is supposed to be blank slate by then. But still. What impetus does the HM have to go with some guy from a low grade college compared to tier 1 top 3 Canadian uni with multiple coops

[ivory pond]

I’m at Apple

[lofty sapphire]

that's what i was trying to say more or less

[ivory pond]

Apple TV

I’m mostly doing DevOps

I’m getting great at using Istio for a service mesh

[lofty sapphire]

if you work hard enough and have a bit of luck you'll make it

and these are the most importnt things to get hired

tbf everyone gets Amazon interviews

[rustic spire]

who here interviewed for bitgo new grad

[devout nacelle]

i agree

cuz at waterloo ngl that’s the average

like the average person makes it to big tech and faang

most of my friends are already in cali by second or third year i’m just ass lol

[broken whale]

U from loo?

[rustic spire]

yes

damn that sounds scary

@unreal field elaborate pls

[devout nacelle]

u from loo as well?

[devout nacelle]

does bitgo only interview new grads who had an internship there before

[broken whale]

Seneca

[rustic spire]

i didnt have internship there before

[devout nacelle]

ah i see

[quartz ridge]

I think this is outlier. But yeah average person seems to make it to at least Amazon by their last couple

[devout nacelle]

o dayumn

[quartz ridge]

I think these years are a bit off though. Market isn’t as booming as 2021

[vernal sigil]

i interviewed with bitgo and it was wild. they asked me to design a van emde boas tree optimized for modern hardware caching, which is already insane. then there was a dp problem with superincreasing knapsacks and modular constraints. they also hit me with a graph theory question about finding the minimum feedback arc set in a weighted digraph. oh, and some cryptography stuff about implementing a lattice-based key exchange efficiently. easily the hardest interview i’ve ever done.

[quartz ridge]

So if you are getting worse results that could be why

i interviewed with bitgo and it was wild. they asked me to design a van emde boas tree optimized for modern hardware caching, which is already insane. then there was a dp problem with superincreasing knapsacks and modular constraints. they also hit me with a graph theory question about finding the minimum feedback arc set in a weighted digraph. oh, and some cryptography stuff about implementing a lattice-based key exchange efficiently. easily the hardest interview i’ve ever done.

[rustic spire]

is this troll or fr

[quartz ridge]

Use your brain

[vernal sigil]

Hes trolling that was my interview and then he turned it into a copypasta

Look up who sent it first

[quartz ridge]

If they ask me to design a tree named after a wild boar from South Africa I’m opening o1 during the screen share

[rustic spire]

ok who actually interviewed at bitgo 😭

no troll pls

[devout nacelle]

wild

[weak gazelle]

Yo have u cracked Faang yet

[vernal sigil]

No i only got bitgo and telus

[quartz ridge]

😭

[quartz ridge]

Mozilla < Coursera my boy

[weak gazelle]

Fax

Mozilla gapped asf

[quartz ridge]

You’re out of the gutters?

Where are u now

Finally moved onto better things init

[weak gazelle]

Mozilla still mogs every company you’ve been at

that should show u how gapped u are (cuz Mozilla gapped asf)

[quartz ridge]

Have u even been to coursera onsite?

[alpine shadow]

for those that did amazon oa, can you do it in any order, or do you have to do the hacker rank questions first

[quartz ridge]

One of the worst. Similar to Dropbox office.

[umbral ore]

anyone got email from bell?

[broken whale]

Brampton

[umbral ore]

was it auto for everyone?

[deft rain]

I got a due to high volume interviews will start January email

That's definitely auto

[umbral ore]

for which role?

[deft rain]

Operations strategy design grad program.
I applied to all the grad programs lol

[umbral ore]

same

[brazen marlin]

I did but they ghosted me after finding out i live in brampton???

[rustic spire]

are u trolling

[brazen marlin]

No troll

[rustic spire]

did you do the technical round

[brazen marlin]

No got filtered after recruiter call thats when they asked me

Like the 15 min chat

[rustic spire]

damn

[azure junco]

Wtf that's crazy

Where is their office

The only possible explanation is that they think it's too far of a commute to the office and they have some minimum RTO

[deft basin]

Shopify oa is easies?

Or did they make it harder this term

[turbid island]

i think this coderpads harder than the last one

at least no public github repo lol

[viscid escarp]

Did anyone do Amazon SDE interview

[vernal sigil]

@mystic gull is an amazon interviewer

[fierce lotus]

is intact auto oa

got it for data science

[odd saddle]

wdym

I think I provided brute force and it passed lol

[fierce lotus]

just wondering if its auto or not, coz i applied like 2 weeks ago

[limpid wolf]

i just got it too i think its auto and they just do that delay for 2 weeks

[fierce lotus]

oh f

coz ppl ik havent got it

[limpid wolf]

acc maybe it might be passed resume screen

cuz usually companies that do auto oa just do resume screen after

so if its not auto it just means resume screen before

[fierce lotus]

ye i was guessing its not auto coz 2 week gap

[limpid wolf]

have u done it yet?

questions seem kind hard ngl

[fierce lotus]

no just got it

oh u did it?

already?

damn

[limpid wolf]

nah just like the thing in hackerrank

[fierce lotus]

Oh damn

[viscid escarp]

really?

[vernal sigil]

No

[fierce lotus]

how do u know bruh

[real island]

Ye feel free to dm him for advice

[viscid escarp]

imma get to spamming then, thanks!

[swift kernel]

yes

[zenith star]

All this for intact lmao

[mighty fjord]

is TN visa an application you do beforehand? Or something you do at the border?

or is it your choice of which method?

[real island]

At the border, you can get pre approval if your company is willing to do so (costs them money)

[wanton pendant]

i did

anyone else got 0minutes on 30minutes for shopify coderpad email? idk why

[ivory pond]

Is intact OA auto

[mighty fjord]

Any math majors get a tn visa here?

[limpid wolf]

Yea I got that too hopefully it’s a bug

[wanton pendant]

we still have access to that?

like the one w the ‘opt out’ page n whatnot?

[heady ravine]

Anyone got the fungible sde1 intern OA?

[wanton pendant]

ya

beginning sept

for winter n ya auto

Thats weird

[heady ravine]

Hey can you check your DMs

[wanton pendant]

maybe theyll give int without oa

[quartz ridge]

<@&868936794601828492>s

[vivid fiber]

Ty

[wanton pendant]

why tagging the mods😟

[quartz ridge]

Hiya

Unwrap my gift

My mom got me a unit testing for dummies book. It’s one of the newest releases. The subtitle says “how QA at the Big Four is revolutionizing the SDLC lifecycle”.

[quartz ridge]

Sigma boy sigma boy

[tough knot]

im telling them you applied

ggs

[wide prairie]

i didnt get auto shopify oa, did i respond wrong or something?

ytd

[viscid escarp]

guys do the leetcode questions in #leetcode-bot for amazon usually show up in their interviews?

or is it random

[broken whale]

Joever for u

If no oa in < 1 hr

Reject

Reach markham

[real island]

Rng but you can be asked tagged or dp hard

[real island]

Best bet is if your company will do premium processing

[silk torrent]

Have a interesting life apparently

[regal lotus]

merry christmas @wet rapids thank you for jane street referral

[wet rapids]

np

[quartz ridge]

U ok?

Why you punitive.

[azure junco]

Merry christmas @mystic gull thanks for all the help with zon and getting me the interview

[wide prairie]

nah

[silk torrent]

They sent it in waves

[coral mantle]

thank u for soti qa

[mystic horizon]

Did anyone do Intact OA for that ^

[compact zodiac]

I got the email saying that I would get the link for the hackerrank but I still don’t see it?

[fluid harness]

Can you just reapply to get a new shopify oa?

[mystic horizon]

Actually realized a few minutes later that I also did not get it

Assuming it's a Soon TM moment

[compact zodiac]

Ahh so they’ll prolly send it after Christmas

[mystic horizon]

Yeah yeah

Have till Jan 5 to do it so it's OK

[tough knot]

its hard as shit

[mystic horizon]

[junior hazel]

bro what does "life story round" even mean

[alpine wadi]

its where they see if you have a good personality, they care alot about it

[dreamy patio]

anyone here who gave zon OA before 11 dec and still waiting for reply?

[dreamy patio]

any hope for guys like us?

or zon dream over?

[hushed umbra]

I honestly don’t know, but thinking that the dream is over might help you feel better later (for whatever outcome). Time to move on.

[hushed umbra]

Lol sorry I miss read, thought you were waiting loop result. I would still prepare for loop

[weak gazelle]

i for one would like him to steal even more “Canadian” jobs

[marsh thorn]

how do you even know he's not a domestic student?

Harman could be an Arabic name

first off

[weak gazelle]

Get good bitch boy

or ur getting replaced!

U prob already were

[marsh thorn]

anyone fluent in English could've wrote what he wrote

What @dreamy patio wrote doesn't look like anything out of the ordinary

[weak gazelle]

Don’t need PR to replace you tho

[marsh thorn]

I'm not saying you can't say that

but don't be surprised by the next election result

no

that's not true

Indigenous people get billions from the federal government

[weak gazelle]

I’m not tryna immigrate to Canada

Also surely they’re not going to be strict with highly skilled immigration

Canada already has a lack of highly skilled immigrants

[marsh thorn]

then why are you on the canadian channel?

???

[weak gazelle]

Cuz I’m in Canada

[marsh thorn]

then are you an international student?

[weak gazelle]

Maybe

[marsh thorn]

it's okay

it will be solved

once the tech market improves

whenever that will be

honestly

if I was a hiring manager

I'd intentionally give a really hard OA to people

in an impossible amount of time

and just cut out anyone who completed it

because they probably cheated

because at this point everyone is using chatgpt to solve it

[frosty grail]

Helloo

Anyone did an interview recently with zon? I did mine on Dec 10 for SDE 1 2024, still waitin for my result

[weak gazelle]

💀bro unironically claiming he has it worse than the indigenous people did

[marsh thorn]

bruh

I can pull up the 2023 budget to show you how much indigenous government agencies and communities have been funded by the federal government

it's literally in the tens of billions

[weak gazelle]

Yea but how is that relevant to what the other guy said

he jsut said he knows how the indigenous people felt

[marsh thorn]

my entire point is that it's not the same

[weak gazelle]

which I disagree with but for another legitimate reason

[marsh thorn]

no but like

[weak gazelle]

not cuz they get billions from the government 💀

[marsh thorn]

you're getting tens of billions of dollars

how can you say that's bad?

[weak gazelle]

He meant the original indigenous population

[marsh thorn]

I thought he meant the ones of today

[weak gazelle]

Who were invaded

he’s tryna say there’s a legal invasion today which is partially true but that doesn’t mean completely shutting down immigration lol

Canada would be a further dead economy with no highly skilled immigration

It’s already quite dead

[marsh thorn]

honestly

immigration

[weak gazelle]

[marsh thorn]

by both Conservatives and Liberals

has become a lazy solution by politicians

to address symptoms without addressing the cause

"we have a doctors shortage!"

"let's just bring new immigrants as doctors!"

but that doesn't address the cause

[weak gazelle]

what is the cause

[marsh thorn]

the cause is our med schools

and residency programs

[weak gazelle]

bro

[marsh thorn]

aren't training enough new doctors

[weak gazelle]

If u need expert doctors today

[marsh thorn]

not the lack of immigration

[weak gazelle]

Where tf are u getting them from

U want to expedite medical school process?

And get untrained doctors?

[marsh thorn]

first off

[weak gazelle]

Just cuz they’re not foreigners

[marsh thorn]

a more robust medical school and residency system

is the only long-term and self-sufficient solution to our doctors shortage

what happens when the immigrant doctors retire?

[weak gazelle]

You need the short term solution too

[marsh thorn]

sure immigration solves it short term

[weak gazelle]

They stay in the country wdym

[marsh thorn]

but you can't kick the can down the road

you can't gaurantee an infinite supply of doctors from abroad

[weak gazelle]

they’ve served the country for so long and def way more than 95 percent of Canadians

They’re more Canadian then the average Canadian

[marsh thorn]

I'm saying we need a new generation of doctors

that we didn't build

through expanding med schools

in fact

I think this is the first time in decades we're building new med schools

the one in Simon Fraser University

and by Ryerson

[weak gazelle]

Yea so criticizing immigration of doctors makes no sense

You said we need long term solution

Yea

We also need the short term solution

[marsh thorn]

I'm saying it's not the only solution

[weak gazelle]

Why can’t both be worked on simultaneously

[weak gazelle]

No it’s not

How will the demand for doctors today be met?

[marsh thorn]

okay

but how many are the "immigrants will be our doctors" are actually getting the qualification to practice?

I have zero blame for genuine international students

who actually study

[dreamy patio]

I understand your frustration. But it’s not international students fault … its politicians fault who let immigration go out of control… we are also facing issues because of that

[weak gazelle]

💀

[marsh thorn]

okay off topic

but shocking news

UofT's med school accepted less students than UBC

[weak gazelle]

Yes cuz UofT mogs UBC by a HUGE margin

@marsh thorn

[marsh thorn]

Hey wait a minute

UBC has a slightly larger student population than UofT

wtf

I hardly heard of UBC

[silk torrent]

UBC filters ngmi students out in first year

[alpine wadi]

holy crazy cope💀

this what no internships does to a man

just becomes racist😂

[vivid fiber]

Ty for pinging

Next time just ping all mods plz

I was touching grass 4 once

[swift kernel]

congrats on zon!

[tough knot]

shopify consistently makes the most dumbass oas

boycott shopify

short

short

[ebon canyon]

shopify oa was wild

did it, but timed out because me stupid

[marsh thorn]

what was i?

[ebon canyon]

one question (roughly lc easy/medium), some iq test and a survey

not super bad, just a massive skill issue on my end

[ebon canyon]

day after it came out

exact time idk

[hot rapids]

I thought the shopify was pretty fair this time around, last time they made you basically do a CS class assignment and push it to their repo

but I think the LC question was much easier last time

[compact zodiac]

Anyone still hasn’t received the hackerrank link for intact oa?

[little apex]

Same, is it a bug?

[compact zodiac]

No idea should we email them?

[merry glen]

i got it today

[alpine wadi]

What’s the format for Amazon OA?

[compact zodiac]

I’m cooked

[little apex]

Good question, does your deadline say 5th Jan as well?

[compact zodiac]

Yep

[wide prairie]

no shopify?

[little apex]

I will probably email them next week

[bold sierra]

Any1 joining Amazon early next year as a new grad?

[dreamy patio]

Anyone still waiting after giving Amazon OA??

[lunar sandal]

yes lol, did OA dec 6th still waiting

[outer mortar]

Anyone interview for Wanderlog?

[green cobalt]

I did the OA but haven't heard back yet.

[dreamy patio]

Any idea whats the average gap between OA and any reply?? Like do people get it after a month or so??

[hushed umbra]

I got loop invite 2 weeks after oa

[dreamy patio]

Two weeks is average time i guess.

So less chances now

[lunar sandal]

its christmas holidays, amazon rejects pretty fast if u fuck up at any stage. Just wait it out

[dreamy patio]

Do they confirm via email if they reject??

[wheat comet]

anyone get the criteria corp for shopify

?

[wheat comet]

the day after it came out

i got coding assessment, did that, but didnt get criteria

[lunar sandal]

yes

[dapper niche]

Anyone interview for mark43?

[limpid raft]

When did you apply? I applied back in October still no OA ☠️ I think it’s gg for me

For zon

[marsh thorn]

Like 48 hours after it was up

[limpid raft]

Fr we need support group here for those who didn’t get zon oa

[limpid raft]

And still nothing?? 😭 yeah rip us

I wish I had smth to cope with tho

[marsh thorn]

Yup

[limpid raft]

Sokay bro worst case we still got Wendy’s

I’ve been practicing putting fries in the bag. Time complexity O(1)

[marsh thorn]

I've got news for you...

Just look at youth unemployment

[limpid raft]

CAP. You telling me I can’t get Wendy’s?

[marsh thorn]

No seriously

Apply to one yourself

And see what happens

[real island]

It’s rng

[dreamy patio]

Rng means??

[marsh thorn]

rng means random number generator

[marsh thorn]

he means its random

[signal meadow]

For Canadian Amazon application, what did y’all select for when it asked “do you have a bachelors, masters, phd in computer science, engineering, etc.?”

I selected yes at first and then resubmitted with no because I’m still in uni….. rejected next day lmao

[quartz ridge]

Hi all

Would u take

A Us internship

After u have full time experience in Canada

Just to experience what it’s like

To be paid like a normal human being instead of a Wendy’s baconator creator

[fickle juniper]

💀

Do it

[polar dune]

Is it not auto 😭

[brazen marlin]

myth

[signal meadow]

What did everyone select here

[orchid crag]

i believe so💀

[silk torrent]

They heavily discriminate, my friends interviewer spoke extremely broken English

[marsh thorn]

my friend interviewed there

and says the hm spoked Chinese

with him

[fickle juniper]

Great we gotta learn Chinese too now

[heady ravine]

Has anyone here given Workday’s HackerRank? What is the difficulty level?

[viscid escarp]

for amazon interview prep, will doing all the tagged lc qs and doing the star method for behavioural prep me well?

or is there smth im missing

[broken whale]

https://tenor.com/view/brain-dog-brian-dog-cooked-wallahi-im-finished-cooked-dog-gif-1849480349705279416

[dreamy patio]

how many tagged lc are there for Amazon? for 6 month and 1 year?

[gentle drift]

931 for 6 months

[real island]

No, you need to learn Amazon leadership principals + star for behavioural

[dreamy patio]

You jking right??

[gentle drift]

I’m deadass

[fickle juniper]

https://guides.techcareernorth.ca/early-career-swe/resume

[viscid escarp]

theres like 20 in this server

in #leetcode-bot

[dreamy patio]

Yeahh thats why i think it shouldn’t be that much if we look upto 1 year

[azure junco]

My amazon OA asked very similar questions to the top 20

[alpine wadi]

Top 20 of how long?

[strange trail]

Anyone have experience living in Vancouver on internship? Any advice for housing?

[broken whale]

East Hastings >>

@mystic gull lived there had good exp

[strange trail]

I am considering a company called GEC living they have a place in downtown called GEC viva for 1850 for a private bedroom with all amenities (wifi, gym, utilities, furnished) and they accommodate 90 day leases but I was wondering if anyone has heard if this is expensive relatively

[marsh thorn]

downtown Toronto?

holy shit $1.8k for a room in a house

that's insane

hold on

1.8K might be expensive

but if it's 90 days

a landlord would naturally ask for more money if it's not a full year

[strange trail]

Downtown Vancouver

[slim turtle]

Does it include a private bed and bath? If so then 1.8k on 3 month contracts isn’t far fetched unfortunately especially since it is furnished. I recommend you look at other options too though.

[strange trail]

15 minute walk from where I’ll be working

[slim turtle]

oh vancouver

[strange trail]

but it’s a shared common space with 2-7 other people

[slim turtle]

im from toronto but that seems overpriced

[strange trail]

could be I’ll definitely have to look into it more

all from Toronto but I know Vancouver can get more pricey

[slim turtle]

yea but if it is a company leasing then it might be a safe option

[broken whale]

Live in surrey! Based af

[real island]

That’s cooked ngl

Better to find other Amazon interns and room with them

[strange trail]

Hmm ok yeah makes sense

hopefully I can find other fall interns soon

[supple quiver]

Are all amazon canada offers in van

[lament sable]

is amazon fungible sdei OA auto?

[supple quiver]

<@&868936794601828492> scam

[fallen mason]

Yo is there any app that emails u when a job opens applications

not a couple days after

on the day of

[slim raptor]

!ban @autumn schooner scam

[bright field]

Banned hari_js

[slim raptor]

ty

[raw ocean]

swelist.com

sweintern.com

[limpid raft]

No

[brave scroll]

No it’s very cheap

[slim turtle]

pocket change for you

[fickle juniper]

did someone

ping?

[real island]

No my friend got Toronto, but it’s rare

Most get Vancouver

[alpine compass]

I know most people here are interns but I'm curious if there are people here who graduated in 2024 or even before and still looking for a swe job

[brave scroll]

It’s in my basement

[broken whale]

Is @glad echo the friend u talking about?

[quartz ridge]

Yo what are some companies that are as good as if not better than Facebook?

Like companies that are the same level or higher? Anyone have recommendations. I can think of Netflix, Google. Any others apart from quant firms?

Companies like Coinbase seem to be a bit lower. Or places like ScaleAI and Dropbox are lower. Maybe Airbnb is up there as well or Uber?

Not sure…: can someone provide some intelligent insights here?

[broken whale]

Amazon

[strange trail]

I would think some unicorns like openai

[alpine wadi]

Just got the OA

Isn’t it auto? I assumed they stopped sending it during the holiday break but would start again this week

[mellow anvil]

yea i just got it too applied before holidays

[ivory pond]

Is intact oa auto

[minor spruce]

Anyone have any clue of stripe housing stipend?

[vital fossil]

Anyone know if the oa is hard

[alpine wadi]

Decently difficult I’ve heard

Maybe cuz it’s only 30 minutes

[quartz ridge]

Any others do we have a list?

[brazen marlin]

<@&868936794601828492>

[vivid fiber]

Ty

[polar dune]

Wait how do u see this page?

i dont think anyones gotten interview yet

ohh so only for people who got to life story

[fierce lotus]

Has anyone gotten an interview for amd pm before?

just got an email rn

idk if its an interview or wht

15 min call

[orchid crag]

i think its standard some recruiters do a call first then decide if they push you to the team round

[viscid escarp]

how much are the private apartments without shared common spaces

[fierce lotus]

Ah what do they normally ask?

[orchid crag]

I think they kinda just check your resume confirm a few things, and ask you if you have any exp working with X

[fierce lotus]

Product

[sand kestrel]

I got an Shopify OA and Criteria Corp Assessment? What should I be expecting?

Is it like leetcode mediums/easy? Some what similar to Amazons?

Ohh nice nice. Not too crazy then

I heard that they aren't expecting you to answer every question tho

Did you manage to?

[misty cloak]

Anyone get that life story thing for shopify - did oa on 12/23

[broken whale]

Spotify or shopify?

[sand kestrel]

Sorry shopify*

Autocorrect 💀😭

[ivory pond]

OA score?

[strange trail]

3 grand lol

[limpid raft]

Isn’t life story after technical interview?

[misty cloak]

400/400

Yeah tbh idk how this stuff works

[limpid raft]

Ya I think life story is last after technical

[misty cloak]

There is still hope then lol

[limpid raft]

Anyone received zon oa this week?

Think they reached hc already?

[silver stream]

p sure ppl did

[celest granite]

this was my shopify question:
https://brainly.com/question/49229340
is there a similar one on leetcode?

[dreamy patio]

is shopify hiring for NG roles? or it is general?

[heady ravine]

Does anyone here has experience working with BDO?

What is the pay like? For intern/co op

[fluid harness]

did u get oa? when did u apply

[high path]

did my oa on the 22nd with 300/300

heard nothing back, probably rejected

[lucid prawn]

same, but idt any1 has got past oa yet so just wait

yeah it's not, had the same question

[junior hazel]

i did oa 12/23 and didnt get anything

[marsh thorn]

Damn

That shopify oa was hard

Guys

Be honest with me

Given a list of points

A list of pairs of x and y coordinates

I have to find the shortest Euclidean distance

Between any two points

And brute forcing doesn't work

Is it possible to solve this problem in 30min

[junior hazel]

i got 2 lc easies on shopify oa

[marsh thorn]

If you've never solved a question like this before?

What the fuck

I got one 30min problem

No

I think it's nlogn

N squared is too slow

Chatgpt says the best answer

Is in nlogn

Bruh

But like

Some leetcode problems are good

Because you don't need to see other similar problems prior

To solving it

And you can come up with a solution yourself

Can you come up with a solution fron scratch

In 30min

If you've never seen it before?

I mean the idea

all these peole are lying

saying that they're leetcode easies

one?

in 30min?

what was it?

yo what the fuck

no like be honest

is it actually easy

or are you just bragging?

because my one is a hard problem if you've never seen it before

[misty cloak]

I had your question - def very hard if you haven’t done k closest points on leetcode

[marsh thorn]

and I assume you aced it 😮‍💨

[limpid raft]

yeah mine wasnt this crazy lmao

woulda been rip otherwise

did you manage to pass a few tests at least?

[marsh thorn]

I had no choice bit do the n^2 one

Which did work for the smaller amounts

But when it gets larger...

[junior hazel]

this was one of my questions lol https://leetcode.com/problems/find-closest-number-to-zero/description/

[marsh thorn]

this is literally finding the maximum value of a list

but with a different if condition

why am I so cursed

[sand kestrel]

Bruh you got unlucky. That's messed up

😭

[alpine wadi]

Where did you hear this lmao

[limpid raft]

Just dooming

[alpine wadi]

Nah you’re good bro zon always has headcount until like april with reneges and all that

[limpid raft]

Needa manifest zon oa with this optimism 🙏

[alpine wadi]

Frfr

We gmi

[limpid raft]

You got offer?

[alpine wadi]

Nah I wish😭

Just did oa

[limpid raft]

Oh actually? When did you apply

[alpine wadi]

Like a week after it came out

I think oct 18 or sum

[limpid raft]

All the way back in Oct? 😭

wtf

[alpine wadi]

Yeah they do it in waves

[limpid raft]

You received oa when?

[alpine wadi]

Last week

[limpid raft]

😭

Was hard?

Wait lemme cope but like they send out OAs every 2 weeks right?

[alpine wadi]

Not too bad like one easy one medium

Idk about wave frequency

[limpid raft]

☠️

You telling me I gotta wait till end of Jan?

Assuming I’ll even get oa at all

[alpine wadi]

Prolly not since I assume they gonna ramp up hiring now thays it’s officially summer hiring season

[limpid raft]

Suppose so

[icy cave]

Zon close to hc

For Vancouver office

[limpid raft]

Gg

[little apex]

How you know they close to hc for van?

[lunar sandal]

k closest to one fixed point is a completely different problem than shortest distance between any two given points

the latter's optimal sol involves divide n conquer not a heap

[icy cave]

I took the last spot

[junior hazel]

yeah for summer

[orchid crag]

do u know if they send OAs for fall with the summer people

[frosty grail]

u mean for summer?

anyone did sde 1 ng 2024 interview with zon and still havent heard their results yet?

i did mine on dec 10, still waiting

[proven stone]

May I ask if someone knows the difference between internship offer & normal job offer? Recently I got an offer from a small tech company, but they would like to give me a 2-month internship offer as trial first. (But in fact I am not a student, and I have 3yrs experience as developer). Does internship offer differ from perm offer in terms of labour law, benefits etc?

[hexed matrix]

What's a reasonable New Grad salary in GTA?

Non-FAANG

[azure junco]

there's a very big gap in different parts of the GTA but from friends who work ft the "reasonable" range is between 70k-90k

[woven trench]

i just did my amazon fungible oa

but at the start it wanted me to take a pic of my student id

but i had an issue with my external webcam

and it only gave me 20 secs to take a picture so i think it just didn't take a picture

what do i do

pepehands

[sonic basalt]

they’ll ask u to resend a pic of id if needed

dw too much about it

[frozen brook]

Yea, both. I got a message to resend after i completed oa

So dont worry if you fudge it

[frozen brook]

From the offers ive seen, it ranges from like 80k to 115k for base, then changes whether you company gives you rsu or bonus

[dreamy patio]

after what time of submitting zon OA ,one can say its a rejection....its been more than 23 days since any reply from amazon

[limpid raft]

day 60 of me waiting for zon oa

where my oa zon

[heady ravine]

Most of the people mentioned getting an interview after 2 weeks. There could have been a delay because of holidays though.

[dreamy patio]

yeahh max i heard is 2-3 weeks... lets see

[misty cloak]

I heard some ppl got rejection emails after oa

[wheat comet]

Yes i had this

I almost ran out of time but realized that one of constraints was that the max distance was 1000

And brute force failed on distances over 1000

so you partition the points into squares of 1000x1000

And only check distance of points in neighbouring squares

[thick crater]

Is there any specific server or channel for canada specific SWE postings?

[sand kestrel]

You think zon asks dynamic problem questions. Should I even bother practising those or put my efforts elsewhere?

[icy cave]

Don’t study leetcode for zon interview

Study python trivia

[sand kestrel]

wdym by that?

[icy cave]

Python trivia like how Python works

And also Java trivia

Leetcode is useless for zon interview

Also for behavioural part you need to show that you are detail oriented

So when you talk about ur stories emphasize that you spent a super long time doing background research, thinking of all the edge cases and setting up meetings with people before starting your tasks

[mint gorge]

learn how to write a for loop for zon interview, very important

[limber cloud]

nah only whiles or ur ngmi

[zenith star]

Brother is thinning the herd

[lunar sandal]

acc?

wtf

[devout nacelle]

anyone hear back from shopify?

[broken whale]

@regal lotus

[regal lotus]

fr

[broken whale]

conngrats on ML Infra hawk tuah role at shop

[alpine wadi]

https://tenor.com/view/speed-ishowspeed-streamer-content-creator-stressing-gif-6272246570529865701

[vernal sigil]

@unreal field

[fierce lotus]

is twilio oa auto?

just got a email

[limpid raft]

I didn’t get anything so not auto

[sand kestrel]

Anyone done the Cisco OA?

[wooden lichen]

has dp

and matrix

theyre auto

[sand kestrel]

Ohh alright thank you! wdym by auto tho?

[mellow anvil]

everyone gets it when u apply

[rustic spire]

asked before and now asking again

is anyone here interviewing at bitgo rn? or have interviewed in the past?

[limpid raft]

How tf do I get zon oa

[sand kestrel]

apply

[limpid raft]

2 months ago

[vernal sigil]

yea i interviewed with bitgo and it was wild. they asked me to design a van emde boas tree optimized for modern hardware caching, which is already insane. then there was a dp problem with superincreasing knapsacks and modular constraints. they also hit me with a graph theory question about finding the minimum feedback arc set in a weighted digraph. oh, and some cryptography stuff about implementing a lattice-based key exchange efficiently. easily the hardest interview i’ve ever done.

[rustic spire]

bruh

this msg should be banned

[vernal sigil]

@mystic gull got me zon offer

[limpid raft]

Troll? 😔

[vernal sigil]

He work in the hiring website team

[limpid raft]

I dmed desperate 😔

[sand kestrel]

What are your guys networking strategies? Can you get offers without doing all these steps if a recruiter likes you?

[sullen forge]

Has anyone heard back from shopify after the OA for summer internship?

[wicked geyser]

Anyone interviewed with Stripe for Full Stack Engineering?

[icy cave]

It was gg when you applied Dec 20th lil bro

[tacit zenith]

has anyone done microsoft the coalition vancouver swe intern interview?

[green cobalt]

I interviewed with them for internships in 2023 and 2024

[tough knot]

Do you just get everything?

[nimble ferry]

Anyone interviewed as Cisco?

[misty cloak]

anyone heard back from mackenzie investments

[golden fulcrum]

new grad or intern?

[nimble ferry]

Intern through a referral

[golden fulcrum]

ottawa?

[nimble ferry]

yep

I hope they go easy on me

I've did great at DS and algos and picked up leetcode recently, did 30 problems this January, don't know what to expect

[mighty fjord]

any hacks for cheap flights from canada to san francisco lol?

[golden fulcrum]

sometimes flying to the smaller airports are way cheaper

it might even hop through a major airport

its kinda dumb

lol

[mighty fjord]

wdym by this

[golden fulcrum]

like hop through LAX is cheaper than end destination being LAX

[mighty fjord]

ohhh

[golden fulcrum]

start -> LAX -> BUF (cheap)
start -> LAX (expensive)

[mighty fjord]

how can i find tickets that have layovers at certain airports lol

is there a way

[golden fulcrum]

use momondo and just let it find nearby airports to your destination

[mighty fjord]

i meant the hops

is there a way to find those?

[golden fulcrum]

if u do this it'll treat your end airport as a potential hop

if you're going to SFO it might set that as a hop and SJC as destination

just do sfo and nearby

[mighty fjord]

ah i see

sounds good ty

[golden fulcrum]

Np

[mighty fjord]

is it risky other than the loyalty card stuff?

like from a legal/future implications on immigration perspective

okok

ty

yeah im looking into it rn

seems like a smart way to save money

[wooden lichen]

no

[broken whale]

Ye

https://tenor.com/view/monkey-monkey-dancing-monkey-vibing-monkey-jumping-monkey-vibe-check-gif-27025323

[azure junco]

I think if you do this a lot the airline could ban you from them though

So do it sparingly

[golden fulcrum]

yeah maybe

I haven't done so myself

but if it's a "one way" ticket then I wouldn't worry about it much

[brazen marlin]

Its not you will get banned if you abuse it but you can probably get away with it a couple times before they catch on

Don’t check a bag if you’re doing it

[vernal sigil]

what if they gate check your bag? then u gotta go all the way to the end

[eager glade]

in amazon frontend OA are ou allowed to change HTML, CSS? or is it just JS dom manipulations

[vivid fiber]

Dont do that

Ive tried finding cheap skipplagged flights

But its always only a few dollars less than the actual flight

[nimble ferry]

Life question, I've had a first year coop for gov doing full stack and I have a cracked project in webdev. The issue is that I don't particularly enjoy frontend, I've been applying to Software developer internship positions but I either get rejected in 2 days or no follow up at all. I have experience in a design club doing a rocket control system and made a physics particle simulation but it doesn't look like it helps.

So now, do I still persuit full stack because I have better chances or do I follow what I find more satisfaction in?

[vivid fiber]

Just apply to both?

If you get a fullstack dev role keep it

And reneg if you get smth you like more

[devout nacelle]

when?

[brazen marlin]

Yea ur screwed if that happens lol. To guarantee you won’t get your bag gate checked you gotta have status with the airline to board early but if you have status you will not risk it to skiplag. Its a catch22

[brazen marlin]

But I could see it being possible if you bought a business class ticket actually since u get priority boarding

[vernal sigil]

yea thats what i was thinking lol

and even with status its not guaranteed. i was boarding zone 2 and they still made me put my bag in the sizer once

[brazen marlin]

Is this with AC?

[vernal sigil]

ye

[brazen marlin]

Dang thats unlucky i havent been bag sized yet on AC 🤞im zone 2 as well

My bag is very borderline too sometimes it will not fit in the sizer when i tried it pre security depending on how much is in there

[marsh thorn]

guys

am I too late

if I applied to the AWS internship today?

They posted it on Dec 19th

bruh

right before the winter break

[limpid raft]

Still no oa from the other one?

[marsh thorn]

no...

given that others got OAs long ago

I just assume I'm rejected

[limpid raft]

Yeah it’s prob wraps

Same

[marsh thorn]

f the people who said amazon is easy

I can't even get an OA

[limpid raft]

Ong

[vivid fiber]

The process is relatively ez

Getting the oa is rng

[vivid fiber]

Apply today and see

[lunar sandal]

no

[icy cave]

Mad cause skill issue on your end is pretty funny

Yea your cooked

Just based on what you said

Give up

[hot rapids]

hang in there boss, I got one on christmas day

[lunar sandal]

im dead

im acc dead

[hot rapids]

yooo dats crazy

[lunar sandal]

bro thank you for a good laugh

holy fuck

[broken whale]

[lunar sandal]

bro just came in

and started violating

im cfrying

[broken whale]

no

waaaaaaay easier

my gf is my work laptop

[neon wedge]

https://tenor.com/view/richard-hendricks-silicon-valley-door-failure-gif-14261730

[azure nova]

Has anyone interviewed with CC&L / Connor, Clark and Lunn?

[slender swan]

Seems like they havent started interviewing

[magic bane]

When did u do OA

Ty

[wispy sigil]

hows the oa? any qs/things to focus on?

for shopify

[merry glen]

Anyone get eBay offer yet

[pearl trout]

Anyone know how long zon get back to you if they reschedule interview

[rugged wraith]

What question did everyone get to on the shopify aptitude assessment? I only got to 28/40 before running out of time.

[nimble ferry]

ignore the god damn gif they put on, oa questions are random

[marsh thorn]

Guys

I'm on MacOS

and Code Signal

says my browser is incompatible

I've tried the latest version of firefox

chrome

and even safari

😭

and it still says incompatible browser

[hot rapids]

I did 40/40 but I was trying to do each question really fast

[icy cave]

Codesignal uses this to filter out ngmis

[marsh thorn]

what's that?

[marsh thorn]

what is ngmis?

[icy cave]

You

[vivid fiber]

No need to be rude

[hot rapids]

Jonapoop ur a menace everywhere 😭

[rugged wraith]

That’s really fast wondering how much they weight it in terms of getting an interview

[wind kite]

for the shopify oa, did anyone get some fucked up game-ified question?

instead of just like lc style stuff

[nimble ferry]

I had a graph traversal witha missing link

[wind kite]

i had to hack the mainframe unironically

[wind kite]

did u have just 1 question w the 30min limit or multiple?

[nimble ferry]

just 1

bombed it because the problem took to long to setup in the first place

[wind kite]

it took me half my time to understand how to access anything

[devout nacelle]

bruh i stil didn’t hear back with a perfect OA

it’s joever

[sand kestrel]

Anyone applied to RBC or Scotia?

💀

[orchid crag]

u just need to nepo ur way in

[orchid crag]

i've never encountered that r u using the newer system(s)

[sand kestrel]

idk anyone 🥲 you know anyone?

[orchid crag]

well my mom knew one so ig yea💀

[sand kestrel]

$10 for a job

[orchid crag]

or u wait for 1 yr then I try to nepo u in jk

[sand kestrel]

lolll

[orchid crag]

i'm pretty sure filling in a name on these apps at banks increase your chances

find someone on linkedin

[swift kernel]

js show up to the head office and bring ur resume. worked for me

also attend raves for nepo

[marsh thorn]

macos

😭

This is the one I really want

[wooden lichen]

what role this for?

[marsh thorn]

Software Dev

[orchid crag]

did u try restarting lol

i have no idea ngl

[marsh thorn]

I restarted my computer

[ivory pond]

Where’s mine

[sand kestrel]

When'd you apply

[marsh thorn]

Its for the co op

Not summer

Thats a different one

I applied late december

[sand kestrel]

Do you guys throw your projects into the work experience section of workdays apps?

Or do recruiters look at our actual resume?

[acoustic moss]

stripe

[runic crown]

it's over

[odd saddle]

anyone interview w qualcomm office in markham?

[cinder mango]

What’s that

[sand kestrel]

Anyone who got a Zon offer. How long after the OA did you get an interview?

[hushed umbra]

Didn’t get an offer, but roughly two weeks after oa. Depending on RC speed and number of applicants

[devout nacelle]

anyone know if you can push shopify offers to the next season or nah

[ivory pond]

Did u get interview

[sand kestrel]

💀💀💀

[devout nacelle]

ayo ☠️ just wondering

[coral cobalt]

They tell you that you have to apply again the next season and redo interview process

[devout nacelle]

damn

would they blacklistv

[eternal fossil]

no

[real island]

No

It says on the job app

[vital fossil]

Anyone interview at amd

[brisk gate]

full time?

i cant get a response of any sort despite being previous intern there

[wintry crown]

Anyone heard back from intact?

[deft rain]

Anybody interview with city of Toronto before?

What's this ikm assessment?

[alpine wadi]

Is DRW OA auto?

[ivory pond]

I got it too

def auto

[alpine wadi]

Damn gonna have to take it in C++ since no Java😭

[real island]

Idt

[mellow anvil]

wondering the same i just got jt

[heady ravine]

Has anyone given Workday’s software dev interview? Its going to be based on UML diagrams.
What sort of questions should I practice ?

Lol, i’ll rephrase. Are there any specific UML questions that they usually ask?

[broken whale]

intern?

[heady ravine]

Yes

[barren galleon]

anyone interview at fortinet before?

[misty cloak]

Drw oa was quite smth

[regal lotus]

good or bad

[misty cloak]

On the harder side

Strong emphasis on optimization

[marsh thorn]

Hey guys

for Codesignal

where they ask 4 questions in 70min...

is this a good score?

447?

what is it out of?

[real island]

600

[marsh thorn]

so like is my score good...?

it's for RBC

[ivory pond]

Yeah it’s fine

[marsh thorn]

like

how "fine"

[ivory pond]

For rbc they’ll interview ppl with over like 320

[marsh thorn]

good enough for interview?

whew

[grave quest]

obfseucatre ur email

[marsh thorn]

oh shit

[grave quest]

ur email is visible just a heads up

[marsh thorn]

I already get spammed enough

[grave quest]

ill spam u with referrals

also good evening canada and the other canadian @weak gazelle

[marsh thorn]

please do 🙏

[lean prawn]

christy cook not hooking u up either?

she not cooking fr

[brisk gate]

i dunno who that is

seems like a recruiter geared towards new grad?

[lean prawn]

oh yea

i also interned there

thats who would do all the new grad hiring of prev interns

suprised you havent heard of her, maybe shes gone lol

[brisk gate]

lemme check my school email

i did get an email 1 year before graduation about going full time

but that was a long time ago

1 year ago

[alpine wadi]

what typa questions

[brisk gate]

i did apply somewhat recently to amd though

within the past couple of months - half a year ago

4 different positions, include software and firmware

Should I contact this recruiter then?

[lean prawn]

yea you can contact her

[brisk gate]

maybe since my email i used to apply to intern was school vs my regular email

but shouldnt that be caught with the previous employee section on workday?

or maybe im unskilled

[lean prawn]

amds just trash

[brisk gate]

better than jobless

at least amd's products are good

the year i interned there, they removed all intern benefits so i couldnt get a discount on amd cpus

allegedly previous interns had it or something

[fringe hawk]

they told us this winter that the intern rebate program on amd products only started last summer

[brisk gate]

he hath been summoned

[brisk gate]

what

hmm

i interned in 2021

[fringe hawk]

were they capping 😭 told a story that when lisa su came to visit an intern walked up to the mic and told her he wants to brag ab working at amd but he cant buy the products so she should give them a discount

and apparently she said yes on the spot or sum and got it rolled out by the next term

it was either last summer or the one before idk

[brisk gate]

maybe they brought it back last summer

i interned still during lockdown

maybe they cut back intern rights during that time

wait

you ece2024 too?

aint no way

[fringe hawk]

28

[brisk gate]

oh

youre just in the server

nvm

mb

[azure spire]

i got a 25% discount on cpu a few months ago

[orchid crag]

its like after 300 something you'll have a chance to be interviewed but there's no guarantee there might be another screening

[elder slate]

anyone got an interview from Bounteous x Accolite

[devout nacelle]

is wealthsimple pay 50/hr?

[teal remnant]

Got a rejection

[elder slate]

How was the online assessment?

[real island]

I wouldn’t publicize a recruiters email lol

[real island]

Prob is

[fervent knoll]

which position was it for?

[brisk gate]

deleted ty

[marsh thorn]

It's the co op one, not the summer internship one

[thin mesa]

No, but close to 50

[dreamy patio]

are these frauds? @quartz echo @viscid hatch

[outer mortar]

is there a general time new grad roles open up? been applying since Oct, spring any better ?

[quartz ridge]

48

[fervent knoll]

yeah, like for T&O?

[marsh thorn]

T*O?

[brisk gate]

Has any canadian citizen not received any processes for american positions without referrals (fulltime)

I cant land an oa or recruiter call for any american based positions and not sure if im doing something particularly wrong or just super high competition

[eternal fossil]

yeah unless if youre providing some real value thru experience or if youre a waterloo grad you wont hear back

[brisk gate]

i am waterloo grad 💀

[eternal fossil]

have you gone thru your waterloo works?

[brisk gate]

uhhh

you can do that for fulltime?

[eternal fossil]

its for alumni too

[brisk gate]

god damn i straight up did not know

ive had very little luck on waterloo works for my internships tbh

[eternal fossil]

my guy applying to the US with one arm tied behind his back

[brisk gate]

so i straight up didnt know all these features

[eternal fossil]

its better than most unis

so

spice up your resume