r/FAANGrecruiting

had an sde intern interview at zon and a different person showed up for interview than the one I was told about in the email. is it normal like do people often experience this?

Hi everyone!

Wanted to see if anyone is currently going through or just went through the Google financial analyst interview process. How it went and what were the timelines between all the interview rounds.

Curious to know what people have experienced so far.

Hey everyone,

I recently got a hiring manager round scheduled at Apple for a Software Engineer, Observability role on the Apple Services Engineering team. I’m excited but also want to make sure I’m as prepared as possible.

A little context , I was recently affected by the Oracle layoffs so this opportunity means a lot to me right now. I feel reasonably aligned with the role, but I’d love to hear from anyone who has interviewed for a similar role at Apple.

Specifically looking for:

∙	What does the hiring manager round look like -mostly conversational or technical?

∙	What technical topics came up?

∙	Any system design questions specific to observability?

∙	General tips for Apple interviews at this level?

Any help would mean a lot. Happy to share my own experience once I’m through the process !

Thanks in advance 🙏

I just scheduled an interview with Amazon but it says Summer SDE, which I think means internship (even though I applied for fulltime).

But, its 4 rounds of 1 hour interviews which, like, no shot they doing allat for an internship right?

Hey everyone,

I’m the creator of LeetCode Repeater, a tool designed to solve the "I forgot the solution" problem that happens during the long interview grind. It’s a dedicated companion app that uses spaced repetition to ensure you actually retain the patterns you learn.

Key Features:

• Instant Metadata: Enter a problem ID and it auto-populates all LeetCode info (No more copy-pasting into Notion).
• Smart Scheduling: Drag-and-drop problems into the future or see what’s due today in your dashboard.
• Company FAQ Lists: Pre-loaded lists for major companies (Amazon, etc.) that you can add to your queue with one click.
• Cloud Sync: Practice on your desktop, check your notes/queue on your phone.
• Personalized Strategy: Add notes for edge cases and specific algorithm patterns to every problem.

Pricing Survey: I’m currently polishing this for a full release. I’m planning on a low-cost monthly or yearly subscription model to keep the servers running and the data synced.

Would you use a tool like this?

1. Yes, I'd pay monthly
2. Yes, I'd pay yearly (if discounted)
3. I'd use it only if it was free
4. I solve this differently (comment how!)
5. Not interested

I’m also planning MCP server integration for terminal-heavy devs and AI-assisted note generation. What features would make this a "must-have" for your interview prep?

Laid off, YoE around 5 years, Sde 2 , java backend developer in a global financial organisation,

Stuck where to start , lacks motivation, too negative ,feels like I am nothing , wasted around 10 days just in room not able to concentrate focus nothing

I know what to read and all but unable to do

Need guidance

I’ve been noticing that for some companies, it’s surprisingly hard to find high-quality, detailed interview experiences (not just vague summaries).

I’m trying to put together a more structured collection of interview experiences (questions, rounds, expectations, etc.), and wanted to get a sense of what people actually need.

Which companies are you currently struggling with?

Feel free to vote!

I did my case study / phone screen round and I met with someone that wasn't the hiring manager. If I get moved to the loop, I guess I will meet them then but I'm worried the hiring manager will have made up their mind about someone else. Is this a negative for me?

Have an upcoming interview for data engineer 2 at Amazon.

I have been working as a data engineer for about a year now. What would be the process and what should I mostly concentrate for prep?

Can someone tell me their experience with amazon DE interviews?

Have an upcoming interview for data engineer 2 at Amazon.

I have been working as a data engineer for about a year now. What would be the process and what should I mostly concentrate for prep?

Can someone tell me their experience with amazon DE interviews?

Have an upcoming interview for data engineer 2 at Amazon.

I have been working as a data engineer for about a year now. What would be the process and what should I mostly concentrate for prep?

Can someone tell me their experience with amazon DE interviews?

Hey all, I have an Amazon SDE intern in-person interview coming up in Palo Alto. Any advice you would give me? I have also worked in tech for like 4 years before starting my master's at Berkeley. I have been grinding LeetCode, and I have been better, but I want some concrete, hard advice that I can ride on. Any advice, even 1 word will eman a lot to me. Thanks in advance.

Hi, I have a interview coming up and I wanted to see if anyone has any tips/recommendations on how to best prepare for interviews. First time interviewing at Apple.

Hi folks,

I wanted to understand what could have the reasons been since the recruiters will go no information to me so trying to see if folks from this sub can help me on this.

I have been working at FAANG myself for the past 4 years and recently decided to switch for which I picked a role at META that closely aligned with my past experiences and what I want to do in the future.

The initial interview went fine, they were more interested in physical layer on which i don't work but the interviewer was comfortable with it and probed me more on my networking knowledge on which I was comfortable. However, I received information that my application has been rejected.

I take interviews myself and can't understand why I might have been rejected, given that I currently work in a similar role and the interview itself had been more than good(in my opinion)?

hey all,

i had my amazon sde intern interview this past thursday (2nd apr) and just wanted to see what timelines are like.

first interview went pretty solid, talked through the problem with the interviewer and got to a solution with a bit of help. felt pretty collaborative.

second one honestly went even better. i had seen a similar question before so i felt more comfortable, the behavioral convo flowed well, and i got most of the solution coded. ran out of time at the end though, but the recruiter said not to worry and just write pseudocode for the rest.

feeling kinda okay about it overall, but no clue what to expect next. how long does it usally take to hear back after final round?

I’ll be potentially joining hivemind catalyst team I reached the final round Code Pair interview with an engineer from the team

It will be on hacker rank . Can anyone comment on that stage (c++) I’d like to prepare for as early as possible. They gave me two weeks

“You will be given a C++ coding question to work through during this interview. We encourage you to ask questions throughout the session as the goal of the interview is to understand your approach to coding and problem solving.”

I had a recruiter screening ✅

Interview with hiring manager ✅ (behavioral and easy c++ snippet) question 1. Vector loop, question 2. Remove zero from [1,00,888,448,00,1,01] (just an example I don’t remember the exact)

Hey everyone, long post but I need to get this out and maybe hear from people who've been through something similar.

Quick timeline:

June 2025 — Started the Google interview process End of July 2025 — Finished all my onsites Early September 2025 — Finally got my results back (~1 month of waiting) September 2025 → now (April 2026) — Team matching. Still.

So that's 7 months in team matching, and almost a full year since I started the process. Over the past few months I've been consistently sending him relevant roles every weeks, things that match my background and interests pretty well. He would sometimes reply, sometimes not.

My questions:

• Is 7 months in team matching normal? I see mixed experiences on here
• Has anyone emailed google candidate support and actually got something useful back?
• Any general advice for someone feeling stuck in this limbo?

Honestly a bit demoralized at this point. Would love to hear from anyone who's been through a long team matching process

Hi community! I want some tips about preparing for Early Career SWE interviews at Google. I have been solving company tagged leetcode problems (I am being consistent but leetcode is not really my strongest suite and I am struggling with problems even after doing it for almost a year now) I have watched mock interviews on youtube and read about blogs people write about their experience. But given that the interview is soon I was hoping there are some better resources to prepare for Google interviews like maybe a compilation/list of all the questions and experiences people who interviewed had in this cycle.. or anything else that might help. Appreciate any help!

I applied on feb 9th for a production support role, recruiter reached out on March 16th, said there may be delays from hiring team. I followed up after 2 weeks, still the same response.

It’s killing me, how long does it typically take?

Hi guys, I got the software development OA invitation (SDE-I) recently. What should I prepare in advance for the coding part? Btw I'm not major in computer science related fields so I only have a limited coding ability. Thank u for ur help.