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How to survive FAANG interviewers by an Amazon Sr. Eng + CTO
04/19/2024
How to survive FAANG interviewers by an Amazon Sr. Eng + CTO
Software engineering interview candidates, and those just trying to be better software engineers, you'll not want to miss this conversation on how to survive imperfect technical interviews with Victor Moreno (@TheCodingTeacher ) who is a Sr. Amazon Engineer and CTO who has launched 11 startups and interviewed hundreds of engineers. The host is Kevin Landucci, an expert coach who has helped hundreds of software engineers, junior through very senior, to get and pass difficult engineering interviews. They talk about the space between "good" and "great" engineers, which is important to you because it affects code cleanliness, as well as coding, system design, and behavioral interviews. There are a lot of other goodies too, with topics ranging from why attitude is underrated and why design patterns are overrated. Check it out now or set a reminder for yourself to watch when you have time! This is the third episode of Offer Town, a show by ApplyPass about practical, playful, & unconventional tactics for engineers to get offers, promotions, and paid what we're worth. Go to for ✅ The easiest way to get interviews ✅ More content, including a course for software engineers ✅ Coming soon (free tools, and a community for engineers) Original music by @1UniverseMusic CHAPTERS 0:00 Getting to know Victor 9:32 The space between "good" and "great" engineers in interviews and careers 9:38 What do the most productive coders (in interviews) have in common? 10:46 Coding professionalism: Worth it in interviews? 11:38 Amazon's LP Behavioral round 12:38 Underrated idea in tech 13:20 Using comparison to become a better engineer? 15:37 Sys Des interviewers have a bunch of opinions, and half of them are wrong 16:32 Anti-patterns for candidates in system design rounds 17:30 The most unknown tactic in system design interviews 18:54 FAANG interviewers stick to the opinions of where they've worked 20:43 The most unique approach to silly questions like "Design Spotify" 22:15 Labyrinth of trivia and games 27:25 Clean Architecture, Hexagonal Architecture, +Domain Driven Design: Their design patterns and how they suck ▶️ Subscribe for more content Want more interviews? Twitter / LinkedIn / Instagram /
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