Mastering The FAANG Coding Interview: How The Grading System Works?

Do you know how FAANG companies select software engineers in the coding interviews?

How does the grading system work in FANG?

What are the grading standards in Google?

It's more than to just solve a coding problem. Communication and a bunch of other important factors take up 50% of your evaluation:

• Questions clarifications
• Upfront estimation and options
• Edge cases and exceptions
• Sub functions and main function
• Test cases
• Time and space complexity
• Optimization
• Bug-free coding
• Miscellaneous
• coding style
  • naming
  • comments
  • typing
  • logical and maintainable

Additionally, some companies have their own special rounds or focuses. For example:

• Amazon and Uber ask for lower level design.
• TikTok and Amazon may raise difficult questions in the online assessments.
• Certain small/mid-sized companies may focus on hands-on application development.
• Some companies are highly selective when it comes to making hiring decisions, such as Snowflake and TikTok.