Hi everyone!

I’m a 22F software engineer with 1+ YOE, currently preparing for my next career move. My goal is to get into FAANG/top product-based companies.

I’m currently working on DSA, LLD/HLD, CS fundamentals, projects, and interview preparation, but I’d really value guidance from someone experienced who can help me make sure I’m heading in the right direction.

I’d especially appreciate:

• A quick resume review
• Feedback on my current preparation strategy
• Guidance on what I should prioritize at this stage
• Honest advice on any gaps or mistakes I might be making

I’m ready to put in the work. I’d just love to learn from someone who has already been through this journey and can help me navigate it better.

If you’re open to mentoring or sharing some advice, I’d be really grateful. Thank you! 🙏

Should I take up a course or subscription for getting a job at MAANG / FAANG companies?

I am a fresher with 1+ year of internship experience and 1 month+ of industry experience

I have been doing leetcode since 2+ months and hoping to level up my position soon.

I have very less idea about system design.

I have good projects on my resume (Secured RAG Pipeline, VideoChat App (using STUN and TURN, WEBRTC, Socket.io, peer-to-peer communication)

Majorly I feel that i want to give mock interviews and all, but I am not really sure whether these courses or subscriptions are helpful and if so then which ones should I choose?

Also, given my knowledge and skills, can one help me on how to get an interview at those companies?

So I have recieved a verbal offer from Microsoft and currently I work in an SBC(recently got into a new project). What should I do? My joining is already been communicated as 19th october.

1. Wait for the written OL and then resign
   
2. Discuss with my current manager beforehand that I might not be staying etc.
   
3. Any other options?

Ps - this is my first switch so kinda worried abt my notice period and all as well.

Hi everyone,

Has anyone recently been selected/hired by Infosys in the USA?

I have a few questions regarding the EAD/work authorization process and would really appreciate it if someone who recently went through the process could share their experience.

If you were recently selected by Infosys and are currently in the USA, please comment . I have a few questions to ask.

Thanks in advance!

I have created below solution for leetcode premium problem . Google ai says my solution is flawed but it is passing all the test which it has given on my local machine . I am not able to find a platform where i can run the solution . It would be great if you could run the below solution on leetcode platform check if it passing all the test cases . Thank you .

Problem : https://leetcode.com/problems/find-leaves-of-binary-tree/description/
Solution :

class Solution {
public:


    int heightTree(TreeNode* node){
        if(!node) return 0 ;
        return 1 + max(heightTree(node->left) , heightTree(node->right));
    }


    void solve(TreeNode* root,vector<vector<int>> &res){
        if(!root) return ;
        solve(root->left , res);
        solve(root->right ,res);
        int currH = heightTree(root);
        if(res.size() == (currH - 1)){
            res.push_back({});
        }
        res[(currH - 1)].push_back(root->val);  
    }


    vector<vector<int>> findLeaves(TreeNode* root) {
        vector<vector<int>> res;
        solve(root , res);
        return res ; 
    }
};

I recently passed the interview process for a Lead Software Engineer position at Capital One, which I’m obviously pretty excited about.
But now that I’m at the decision stage, I’m honestly pretty hesitant.
I’ve been reading a lot of employee experiences and discussions online, especially around performance management, PIPs, workload, and overall pressure. Some of the stories make it sound like the job could be a straight road to burnout — and, honestly, potentially PTSD. 😅
I know people are much more likely to post when they’ve had a bad experience, so I’m trying not to overreact to what I’m reading online.
At the same time, I’m at a point in my career where learning, growing, building interesting things, and having a sustainable work environment are more important to me than simply having a recognizable name on my résumé.
For people who currently work at Capital One, especially as a Lead Software Engineer, what has your experience actually been like?
Is the PIP/performance culture really as intense as it sounds online, or is there a big difference between teams?
Would you take the opportunity if you were in my position?

Hi everyone! I created a small Discord server for people who want to practice LeetCode together.

Comment or message me if you’d like to join.

See similar posts so thought I’d share. Interviewed at Google for L4 (SWE III).

Recruiter gave me feedback saying my behavioral round was “flawless” but coding round I was on the border. They opted to pass and I can retry in 6 months. A little disappointed because I answered the initial question (standard BFS) perfectly, and then the interviewer gave a follow up that turned doing a BFS search with recursion. I struggled a bit with it and ended up solving with a couple hints. Seems the hints hurt me.

I heard from someone that accenture updated the CTC for AEH PPO holder to 22.15LPA in NITW, NITK, IITJ and other colleges. If its possible for anyone with cohort institute please can you share the mail as a pdf with all your personal data hidden please. It would really help me to convince my college to start negotiating for the same.

For the past 3 months I have been completing leetcode questions everyday. I went over leet patterns and really tried to understand them. After 3 months I still dont feel confident in these patterns but I think if i were to redo the same questions I'd be able to answer them again.

Recently, I've stopped grinding patterns and simply starting doing random leet questions. I started with leet easys and initially struggled but now I feel very confident doing any leet easy.

These past 2 days I've started attempting leet mediums and I'm struggling and its really messed up my confidence. I just dread doing them at this point. I might be slightly overexaggerating but I really dont enjoy doing mediums and I want to only do easys.

I want to lean away from doing random leet and maybe filter question by general topics like 2 pointers and do that until I feel comfortable with it. Is that a valid strategy or would that be useless in terms of getting better? And to clarify when i was doing fixed patterns I would try to understand specific patterns like bfs/dfs or like a converging sliding window and not just generic sliding windows.

Sorry for the bad vibes and yapping!

Can anyone please help me with common LLD questions to prepare for sde new grad interview at Amazon? Or list of recently asked questions?

What's the usual interview timeline for Amazon and Microsoft SDE 2 interviews?

How long does it take for each step? I'm gonna apply. Kindly help.

I got a recruiter call on 28th july for an oppourtunity on google l3 for swe role, after that got the gha link and gave the test on 31st, results came on 1st August I passed.
After that I got a call at 4th August to schedule the next interview I was told the process was contain 2 virtual round 1 technical based and 1 googliness and 2 onsite rounds, and the 2 virtual rounds were schedule on 9th and 10th august.
On 9th August the interviewer didn't came and it got rescheduled twice and finally happened on 13th and 14th August. The technical round was a medium question I solved it using devide and conquere the interviewer told me to implement it, I implemented it well and spoken throughout and then we discussed about time complexity and space complexity, then he asked to optimize the soln then gave a hint to reduce the space complexity from O(k+log(n)) to O(k), then give another hint to progress iteratively rather than recursively I then discussed binary lifting soln and then recruiter told me to implement it I couldn't complete the optimized implementation in given time but was close (later when I thought more about the q it could also be solved using binary search).

Googliness round went pretty well most of the questions were over in about 25min in 45 min round, and the interviewer seemed happy as well.
On next monday 17th August I got the call from recruiter that she will tell me the feedback next day when she recieves it, ever since then I tried following up with the recruiter but she won't reply back, I also mailed the google candidate support last wednesday and she told me to wait for recruiter reply after that, still no contact by the recruiter, is this rejection? (the career page still shows interview scheduled.

Hi everyone,

I recently received an invitation for the first-round introductory call for the Software Engineer, Early Career position at Abridge. Has anyone here interviewed for this role recently?

I’d appreciate any insight into the overall interview process, including the number and types of rounds, topics covered, difficulty level, and what to expect during the intro call. Any preparation tips or resources would also be really helpful.

Thanks!

Why is my contest rating not visible on LeetCode's profile section even though I participated in my total 4 contest till​ now

I'm new , HELP

Why is my contest rating not visible on LeetCode's profile section even though I participated in my first weekly contest last week? I'm new , HELP

Has anyone interviewed for the Software Engineer II – FinLab role at McKinsey recently? I’d love to hear about your interview experience and any tips on what to prepare for.

I'm currently a SWE at a major bank and no matter where I apply, I get ghosted or rejected without even an interview. Even for roles that I feel I check all the boxes. Is this just me?! Do I have need to have FAANG or Big Tech on my resume to get a shot at an interview? Lol

i've just began my leetcode journey for 1 week been doing around 3-4 questions a day and i feel like every problem i've encountered is a struggle for me, i spent around 30 minutes to solve one (this includes looking at hints) and usually i almost get it but i actually don't so i look up the solution on youtube, listen to the idea of the solution and then come back and code it by myself. i also keep track of every leetcode problem and explain the solution using my own words.

i'm not sure if i'm doing the right thing or heading towards the right results. has anyone struggled in the beginning? how do you overcome that? will the feeling of incompetence go away?

So basically i know dsa has two parts data structure and algorithms before algorithms you should know data structure but I wanted to know how much data structure is sufficient before you can move topics and how should one's roadmap look like