Good projects and great people management.
No hikes in the last 2 years. Poor compensation compared to competitors. Work-life balance has been bad for the past year since Copilot was introduced.
Improve compensation
Co-operative interviewers. Be honest about what you know and what you don't. The interviewers will steer the interview towards what you know. I had 4 rounds, but mostly they have 3 only.
Questions on graphs and other topics were covered over four rounds. It was not that hard, but DSA practice is needed to clear it. The design round was mostly based on my experience, so if you have done design work, you can do it easily.
I applied through a recruiter. It was much easier than I expected. It started off with a technical HackerRank screening of two medium and one hard LeetCode problems. - 1st Round: System Design and LLD of something like a sports scoreboard (30 mins)
Co-operative interviewers. Be honest about what you know and what you don't. The interviewers will steer the interview towards what you know. I had 4 rounds, but mostly they have 3 only.
Questions on graphs and other topics were covered over four rounds. It was not that hard, but DSA practice is needed to clear it. The design round was mostly based on my experience, so if you have done design work, you can do it easily.
I applied through a recruiter. It was much easier than I expected. It started off with a technical HackerRank screening of two medium and one hard LeetCode problems. - 1st Round: System Design and LLD of something like a sports scoreboard (30 mins)