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Google, Facebook, etc interview task difficulty
By vakoi, history, 3 years ago, In English

I saw this blog https://codeforces.com/blog/entry/18417 and its been 6 years so thought I would post this and get updated opinions especially since interviews have gotten a lot harder recently.

I understand each interview is different and depends on the interviewer. What are your opinions? Datapoints are welcome! e.g. 'I can solve DIV2 A,B,C and I failed FB' or 'I am 1600 and I passed Google'.

Why am I asking this? It helps me to stay motivated and interested — hopefully it is helpful for others :)

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why is this downvoted? Is there a norm / dislike for these types of questions on Codeforces that I'm not aware of?

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If you can pick random leetcode medium or hard problem and solve it in 40 minutes, from the first try, with no debugging, then there's a good chance that you'll get some positive feedback after google coding interview. Your code style matters a lot too.

Also, keep in mind that good algorithmic interview is not enough to get an offer. There are system design and behavioral interviews, with completely different set of topics.

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    What would you estimate the difficulty mapping between LC medium / hard to Codeforces?

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