All the Coding Interviews I Failed

NeetCodeIO · Advanced ·⚡ Algorithms & Data Structures ·2y ago

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The speaker shares their experiences of failing coding interviews at companies like Microsoft, Amazon, and Viva Systems, highlighting the importance of preparation and learning from mistakes in systems design interviews.

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I just failed my coding interview damn I'm sorry for what it's worth I've actually failed quite a few I guess not quite a few interviews because to be honest I wasn't even given a lot of interviews but I'll like tell you guys my failure interview stories so I did not do a ton of interviews the main ones I did were pretty much back in college cuz like I told you guys after I graduated I was unemployed could not get interviews for the life of me it was like 2020 nobody was really hiring back then it was like the pandemic the beginning of the Pand mic so the only interview I got was like the Google one and I did pass that one as you guys probably know but the only other interviews I did were in college and the ones I failed were Microsoft my Microsoft interview you would not believe it it was a phone interview I only got to the phone interview and I was super tryharding leak I was like there's no way I'm going to fail this interview supposed to be a 30 minute phone call they didn't even give me a lot of information about it the coding question was not even a coding question meaning like I didn't have to like code anything up it was just a phone interview the guy gave me a coding problem and I just had to like talk through it and the problem was pretty much this the tiny URL problem it was more or less that problem I think I had already done this leak H could problem before I was like okay I got this I pretty much told him the solution to the problem immediately I don't know if he thought I was cheating or what but the dude was super Rude by the way and the whole time he was just saying in the interest of time we have to like do this quickly or blah blah blah right he was like really rushing me it was a 30-minute call it ended in 15 minutes I thought I answered it perfectly given that I knew the problem not because I'm smart just cuz I had done it before and then I got rejected that was kind of dumb so you know one rejection there Microsoft that sucked cuz I would have taken that offer the other offer I got was Amazon and I probably would have taken Microsoft over Amazon but okay you live with that one there's another company you guys probably haven't heard of that I interviewed forign College it's called Viva systems they're not like a super well-known company but they're pretty like decent I'd consider them a tech company they're in Silicon Valley it's a relatively big company 27 billion or whatever so pretty big company they're like a healthcare CRM company this one I did very very well in the interview I actually liked their interview process it wasn't even like leak code style interviews or at least it wasn't like super hard it was like very reasonable questions then I pretty much got past the technical round I had a round with either a recruiter or like some like non-technical person right and this guy baited me very hard like he tricked me this was like a very valuable lesson though that I learned and to be fair I was pretty dumb he asked me we're excited to have you get this far in the process by the way he was talking like he wanted to give me a offer pretty much talking in that way like okay we're getting close to giving you offer blah blah blah and he's like I just want to know where you're at currently in the interview process what other companies are you interviewing with and stuff like that I didn't really know why he was asking me that and I was like okay I'm interviewing with a couple other companies I'm interviewing with Amazon and he's like okay what would your first choice be for company among the companies you're interviewing with who would you most prefer to join you can imagine how I answered this question how would you guys answer that question if someone asked you what do you think is the correct answer obviously what he wanted to hear was I'm really excited to join Viva but I told him probably Amazon just because I already live in Seattle I was very dumb and naive I was just being honest and that's when I learned people that you're talking to no matter how nice they come off as they're not your friend a few hours after that call I got an email saying sorry we're moving forward with somebody else and I wasn't even mad I was just like you know that guy outplayed me he 4D chessed me and I was just very very dumb you have to live with those I think cuz as long as you learn a lesson from it I think you can live with that yeah that was unfortunate I think the only other company I interviewed for at least in college was Google and I already made a video about how I failed that one

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The speaker shares their experiences of failing coding interviews and highlights the importance of preparation, learning from mistakes, and improving communication skills in systems design interviews. The speaker also provides tips on how to approach coding problems and technical interviews.

Key Takeaways
  1. Prepare for coding interviews by practicing coding problems
  2. Learn from mistakes and failures
  3. Improve communication skills for technical interviews
  4. Research companies and their interview processes
  5. Be cautious when answering questions about other job opportunities
💡 People you talk to in interviews, no matter how nice they seem, are not your friends and may be trying to trick you or gather information to use against you.

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