Question 1

How should I prepare for a FAANG interview?

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If you’re applying for an engineering role at any FAANG company, here are some steps you can take to prepare:

1. Understand the interview steps for your target company
FAANG software engineering interviews usually follow: resume screen, recruiter screen, online assessments, technical phone screen(s) with coding, and an onsite or virtual loop with multiple rounds covering coding, system design, and behavioral questions. There may be slight differences depending on the company and level you’re aiming for.

2. Build strong coding fundamentals
To ace your technical FAANG interviews, you should be fluent in data structures and algorithmic (DSA) techniques. To demonstrate your coding skills in your interviews, you need to practice answering questions using a structured framework. This will help you share your thought process clearly and demonstrate your communication skills. Here’s a framework that we recommend:

Ask clarification questions to remove ambiguity about the problem
Discuss potential approaches, pick one, and lay out the high-level steps
Start coding while talking through your process
Test with edge and corner cases
Discuss how you can optimize your solution

Feel free to modify this framework or find another that works best for your thought process.

3. Learn system design principles
If you’re applying for a senior or management role, your interviews will be heavy on system design. You need to learn how to break them into modules, selecting appropriate technologies (databases, caching, load balancing), and justifying trade-offs. Here’s an answer framework that we recommend:

Ask clarifying questions to understand the goals and requirements of the system
Design high-level, then drill down into more detailed aspects of the system
Summarize your solution and highlight important bottlenecks or improvement opportunities

Modify the framework as you see fit, or develop one that best suits your own style and problem-solving process.

4. Prepare for behavioral questions
Behavioral interviews are an integral part of any FAANG interview process. Interviewers use them to learn more about who you are, whether your values are aligned with the company’s, and if you have the leadership traits they're looking for.

To prepare, collect stories from past roles that showcase leadership, collaboration, conflict resolution, and impact. Understand each company’s values and align your examples accordingly. Find common behavioral questions asked at your target company. Practice using a structured format like STAR (Situation, Task, Action, Result) or SPSIL (Situation, Problem, Solution, Impact, Lessons) to make your answers clear and concise.

5. Improve your interviewing skills
Start by reading our FAANG interview prep guide and then work your way through prep guides relevant to your role. We recommend having interview coaching sessions with our FAANG ex-interviewers to simulate a real interview and get expert feedback.

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