Does FAANG ask LC hard on onsites?
I know from the course it says they give hards if you bomb the first question to "save" the candidate
But assuming you dont bomb the question is it common to get LC hards?
If I'm able to crack most mediums in under 30 minutes is that a decent place to be?
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a month agoTech Lead @ Robinhood, Meta, Course HeroYes.
From what I've seen, interviewers will either do 1 LeetCode Hard or 2 LeetCode Mediums. LeetCode Hard is a spectrum too. Some of the problems labeled "Hard" feel like tough mediums honestly.
For the onsite, just make sure to get LeetCode Premium and do all the of the top 50-100 questions for the company you're targeting. This will include a mix of all difficulties.
If I'm able to crack most mediums in under 30 minutes is that a decent place to be?
Decent, but try to get it faster, assuming your <30 minutes is just the solution and not all the other stuff I talk about in the course (edge cases, alternate approach, big O analysis). For just coming up with the raw solution for a LeetCode Medium at the onsite level, I think you want to keep it to 15 minutes and below.
- 0a month agoMid-level Software EngineerTaro Community
Got it. I've just gotten an on-site for a FAANG, but i already completed 80% of the top 100 questions in the last 30 days like 3 months ago when I was just generally prepping leetcode.
Is it worth it to redo those problems in prep for the on site or should I do other less frequent problems? Even though ive solved those problems it still feels somewhat new to me but since I've already done it i'm worried it wont be giving me proper practice and i'll just be regurgitating memorization
Most of the skipped problems are DP/weird math problems or just strange problems that dont seem common in an interview
- 0a month agoTech Lead @ Robinhood, Meta, Course Hero
If you haven't done the problems in a while, it's probably worth revisiting them.
From my experience (and hearing from others), the LeetCode Premium frequency chart is pretty accurate. If a problem is marked as fairly common, you should know it, even if it comes across as "weird".
- 0a month agoMid-Level Software Engineer at Walmart
Absolutely! It usually tends to be asked in later stages of interviews, unless it comes up to boost your lack of performance in an earlier medium question. I do not think it is common unless Leetcode recommends it as such.
To my earlier point, some interviewers tend to ask Hard questions just to offset *fails expectations* performance in a previous Medium question.
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