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This is my 3rd time coaching with Max. He provided me very useful feedback and boost my confidence. thanks Max!

I was interviewed by a person who managed to reach big heights in his career. That's cool for him! But when I asked him how he did it and tried to get words of wisdom, he told me, I don't know, I was just born smart, I didn't really grind for my interviews, apart from a couple of weeks of casual leetcoding and a behavioural pramp session. Looks like the guy just naturally good at interviews and coding, but he doesn't know that for other people it's different. I tried to tell him my story, and I didn't really receive a personalised plan to improve things apart from being more smart about things and hearing his story. IDK, it felt like I've just wasted my money on 2 mock interviews with a faang employee. Which I can actually do for free by coming to an actual faang interview. In the end I got a feeling that max is a great solo worker that I'd hire, but as a mentor he's not great, because he couldn't find a personalized approach and really dig my situation. I really just got my butt hurt from his story how he's just naturally good and doesn't need to grind. Summary: I'm just a little bit pissed that I'm working my a** off solving leetcode daily, solving systems design, grinding my corporate ladder (8 YoE, Staff at Yandex), and some people get it more easy. Thx, I vented :)

The topic we discussed was not related to my application I have in pipeline, so could not tell much about it. Also Max was not really helpful in terms of how I would better structure the whole interview, e.g. how to draw and architecture, collect functional and non-functional requirements etc. After I did a similar mock interview with another person I can give Max only 2 Stars. Also repeating several times that even Junior Developers would have done better does not really help in term of actually making it better. Max told me mostly how I should NOT do it but didnt really help HOW I should do instead. Max didnt even know what an F1 score is but wants to teach me how to pass an AI/ML interview. I got helpful feedback to improve my communication style.

I did two sessions (one behavorial fit and one coding) with Max, pretty last-minute before an interview. His coaching was super helpful, highly recommend! Behavorial fit: His challenging questions helped me to reflect deeply on how I could present myself in the most effective way. This made me feel a lot more confident & authentic in the actual interview. Coding: The coding exercise we did together was fun and quite instructive; his feedback was super actionable.

I came to Max requesting help with a behavioral interview. This session was the best investment for this year for me. After 20 minutes of talking, Max figured out the root of my problem, which affects not only interviews but my career in general. So, I got much deeper feedback than I expected initially.