Hello community ✋I am going to start interview preparation for SDE-3 roles. Need your suggestions on what should I prepare and how much should I prepare? How much should I focus on DSA, system design, machine coding etc?
I have experience interviewing for SDE-2 roles but attempting for SDE-3 role fiest time ao need valuable inputs from experienced people here.
Just to be clear, does SDE-3 refer to Senior Engineer? The terminology varies for different companies (see promotions.fyi for examples).
For senior roles in Big Tech, there will still be a substantial portion of the interview focused on DSA, but you'll also likely get asked about system design. So you should come prepared to talk about the interesting tradeoffs when designing a sample application, along with some good stories about your experience building sophisticated systems.
Here's the Taro guide on prepping for DSA interviews and system design. I'd also recommend going through the system design playlist where Alex walks through the details of an actual Taro feature.
Finally, check out some of the discounts available in Taro Perks which give you discounts to services like Neetcode and Formation.