I got rejected by Google

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[@KeepOnCoding]

Question of the day: What kind of content would you like to see more of?

[@hurstilthymy4943]

More videos of you building projects!

[@Tony18Rox]

What does it look like to work in a team and what do the different levels in management do as they go up in rank?

[@markokitonjics667]

The views speak for them selfs... big fang company interview experiences!! :) Apply to Amazon, Apple, Facebok, Microsoft, etc.. and make a videos on the experience :)

[@chetanpatteparapu7600]

leet code series. Top Interview questions or Most Commonly Asked Leetcode questions

[@Rekefa]

problem solving, you are pretty good doing that kind of videos.

[@nova2577]

Professional "Ghosting" is annoying.

[@treyquattro]

big companies don't care: there are too many applicants and too little time

[@elinars5638]

It's more annoying when about 25% of your colleagues have poor communication skills or silently refuse to collaborate.

[@flashv4941]

@@treyquattro takes a few secs to have a robot send u you a "hey good job... Maybe next time" that's all ppl need to hear to get it over with and move on

[@luisady8990]

@@flashv4941 i agree, sometimes you spend the whole day refreshing your email -hoping- that you will get a response back. it should be a common courtesy to send a reply back.

[@crotchy7667]

@@flashv4941 So right. How hard is it for a Google recruiter to get help with mail-merge?

[@scabbage]

That interview experience sounds like dating a girl who had no real interest in you.

[@ikp4success]

and then she reaches out to you after 6-10 months saying "hey"..then she ghost you if you respond. :)

[@pocnit]

@@ikp4success That's classic.

[@atahualpaarias1840]

@@ikp4success to keep the wound open :/

[@tomisinergy4963]

Massive words

[@philippetrounev611]

@@ikp4success LMAO!

[@luisriba8082]

Really 5 interviews? You kidding me ? I'll be charging them at the third one.

[@KeepOnCoding]

😂😭

[@denwaxr]

My friend had like 10 interviews when he applied. It was for multiple teams though to see where he fit best. He ended up getting the offer.

[@wtfpwnage]

each one is only 45 minutes

[@user-ti6hq2tc9o]

I've decided that any place that can't decide whether or not they like me after over four hours of interviewing / three interviews, is not worth my time, and I HARD pass if they ask me to come back for any further interviews.

[@JayTac1]

@@user-ti6hq2tc9o And that's part of the reason why they do it. The process naturally weeds people out until you're left with those who are willing to fight.

[@kwakutakyi5032]

How I got rejected by google as an ex google interviewee

[@KeepOnCoding]

As an ex-google ex-Facebook non-millionaire interviewee

[@Daytona675rS]

@@KeepOnCoding this is great lmao

[@mobobi]

@@KeepOnCoding lol

[@abhifast555]

Haha😂😂

[@saiyashwanth1991]

@@KeepOnCoding Tech Lead. 🤣

[@bosteador]

I'm over FANG and coding interviews. They can be so demoralizing. You're a great engineer. Any company would be lucky to have you.

[@KeepOnCoding]

Thanks Alan :)

[@nikolai9803]

Yeah mate, their hiring process like a Russian roulette, no matter how great you are you could be rejected, but at the same time you could meet really jerks that worked in FANG or even still working.

[@user-ti6hq2tc9o]

I've applied at multiple of those companies, and I'm completely over it too. I've worked at one of them, and I felt like a worthless cog in a machine where none of the cogs were appreciated or even necessary, they swapped out great coders for mediocre coders all the time just because they sucked up to the bosses. Not the kind of environment I want to work in. Not at all.

[@Jasturtlegang]

Lol just be illegal black hat hacker

[@BillClinton228]

Yeah coding interviews don't prove you are a good or bad programmer, I've worked with some terrible engineers that got through these "interviews". The industry has become so toxic and full of elitist a$$holes that have put these completely arbitrary barriers to entry, and on top of that they add layers upon layers of complicated microservices, api's, frameworks and libraries on top of their applications and they expect candidates to be expert in all of them meanwhile they themselves don't know everything. Don't get caught up in all the politics and don't listen to elitists who try to tell you you are a bad programmer...

[@rahulr3482]

Me searching google: How to apply for a job on Google. Google: No need to apply, we already have your details.

[@feyg0]

Not funny

[@rahulr3482]

@@feyg0 😕😑

[@feyg0]

@@rahulr3482 😁

[@innerpeace6399]

Copied

[@rahulr9539]

@@innerpeace6399 Seen on a meme in google.

[@geecee1990]

I've been a developer/architect now for 23 years. No way I would go through all that crap to work for a company. It's demoralizing. I had a Microsoft recruiter call me a few years ago while I was doing tons of BizTalk work as a consultant. He told me they had gotten my name from multiple clients and they really wanted me to consider meeting with them through their local office in the city where I live. I went for my first real interview, and It was actually pretty fun talking with the group for a couple of hours. Later that week they called me and told me they wanted me to attend some kind of "interview day", where I would have a total of five interviews, three of which were technical. I'm thinking "They want me to consider coming to work as a BizTalk specialist. A product I actually was teaching classes on, along with doing tons of development for. And they had already spoken to several of my clients. And I still had to go spend an entire day getting beat up in interviews?" I was like "Screw that!". I just told them I wasn't interested. I'm just not putting myself through that when there are SO MANY other great companies to work for.

[@JeremiahPeoples]

Google missed out on a real one

[@KeepOnCoding]

🙌🏼

[@manteksingh9954]

I have seen quite many people post stuff on coding and interviews on KZbin but for some reason your videos are so fun to watch because you seem to be such a genuine down to earth approachable guy. Thanks for the wonderful content! xD

[@KeepOnCoding]

Thanks brother!

[@wengeance8962]

keep your head up, you got this man. this was a nice thing to listen to and I needed to hear it. good shit!

[@sehtdragon]

I have a PhD in Computer Science, and I was rejected by Google. Go figure. They have a CS theory fetish which is frankly disturbing in its intensity.

[@doritoking9485]

I love how you're always so genuine, deserves a sub

[@asmsolaimansaikat1091]

Hey man, thank you for sharing this. You can keep teaching us about coding and through teaching I believe you'll have fun.

[@adekunlesuccess1751]

Life Happens....Just a year everything has changed...I like your resolutions about it. Keep up the good work mate

[@randomizednamme]

I had almost the same experience when I interviewed at Mountain View last year, down to the one interviewers being super engaged, one not helping at all even with clarifying the problem, being shifted recruiters (my first one was AWESOME and also in Austin, my second one was totally disengaged), and even being ghosted at the end

[@gagag96]

You had me at the Geiko intro haha, thanks for sharing your awesome story!

[@IliasYahia]

Man same exact thing has happened to me during Amazon interview, the last interview was with an engineering manager and it didn't go that well. So sorry for you but I totally feel the exact same way. Good luck for the future

[@spectrum910]

Clean video my dude. I learn new little things everytime in your new video. The Google or Amazon interview experience was my first time watching you I think. That slow zoom in after 7:23 though xD

[@stoicfloor]

No clickbait; good content; Everything on-point! Just sub! Keep up the great work!

[@crackit5254]

Thanks for sharing your experience...it's pretty important to know both the failure and success

[@wendycrawford6885]

Thanks for sharing your experience. I'm so disappointed that even in the best tech companies the recruiters are jerks. There is no reason for them to be unresponsive to the candidates no matter how busy they are. It is their primary job. I'm appalled that they get away with such behavior. I personally had a pleasant experience with Google and Microsoft. The absolute worst experience I've had were with Amazon and Apple. LinkedIn, Pinterest, and Zillow was not far behind. Some of them ghosted me after onsite and some even before any rounds. I think recruiters are the most hated folks in the industry. I don't see any company willing to fix this horrible culture.

[@pdropm3352]

I watched your interview experience video, and it helped me a lot. I prepared myself and worked harder. Now I'm working in Microsoft as SDE. Thanks!

[@CharlieZuko]

Read the room, bro.

[@blommsnruins01u9]

@@CharlieZuko Nothing wrong with sharing his experience..

[@CharlieZuko]

@@blommsnruins01u9 Imagine you are struggling to make ends meet and in comes Bill Gates saying “Yo, it’s crazy... I spend and spend money and I never run out!!!” Or you are struggling to lose weight and some guy flat out tells you “I can eat whatever I want without working out and I never gain an ounce!!!”. Technically there’s nothing wrong with either scenario, but is that really the best audience to tell it to? That’s what “reading the room” means.

[@affafa100]

@PdroPM How long did you prepare for (months/years I mean)?

[@maddy3656]

I love your videos, you're so friendly and down-to-earth. 🥰

[@usmantarar1865]

Three days ago, I interviewed by two people from the Amazon Cambridge office, it was a phone screen interview ...literally after the interview, I was dancing ... I did well, but the very next day the recruiter told me ... they are moving forward with other candidates ...............Wtf

[@Alex-lg3fy]

I have been there. It sucks, but don't take it personally. I know easier said then done. I interviewed for one of the FAANG companies recently. Had phone screen with one team. In my opinion nailed coding part. Was rejected, but was passed to the other team that was interested. Their I passed phone screen, passed virtual on site. You just never know what's going on behind the scenes.

[@jsd64]

Sorry to hear man! But looks like I found a great channel - subscribed!

[@smallcreativecorner5930]

All we can do is keep on coding :) Interviews, job offers are bonuses along the way. Knowledge, that's the goal. Thanks for sharing your experience with us Sam!

[@semlimi200]

Another awesome video thanks for sharing! Would you be able to go over some of the questions like what was the binary tree question you got asked and what were those 1st two objects questions they asked?

[@joshadams8761]

Strong lighting. Thanks for sharing.

[@awarenesswithandrew9476]

Thanks for sharing your passion, this was great. Liked and subscribed from a small KZbinr comedian. Excited to watch your journey and creations 😃

[@raddemojsovski548]

Thanks for this video! I had a similar experience when interviewing for en entry level position at Apple. I have even decided that I will not do any more algorithm interviews. I’m a iOS developer and those interviews do not measure my skills at all.

[@saravanasubramanian5893]

I totally dig your setup! But I can't *not* focus on the tube lights at the back lol

[@bitbyte8177]

Thank you so much. You really give a deep insight of the interview process. I just need a little clarification on the first question. Were you given an array like this (1,3), (5,8), (9,13),(10,18) And you have to find any random element which belongs to any of these ranges? Thanks!

[@denisradovanovic8778]

It's the same experience with any major companies. I had more or less same experience with Amazon related to people not replying or not giving any input why. Best of luck man.

[@hiteshrohira7968]

You gave me a perspective on Google which was really refreshing and amazing. Keep up the good work.

[@simondev758]

So let me say something controversial. You don't want to work there. The perks are great, but getting slashed over time. The pay is amazing, but nothing crazy for silicon valley. To be blunt, it's a place to be comfortable and coast for years. It's a big, slow, corporate machine, and the smallest changes take miles of red tape. You might think you're learning crazy cool things all the time, but it's the opposite. It's pretty boring.

[@rickybobby9885]

I'm still in school and have had a few internships. The bigger the company, the less I learn and the less I can be a part of the project. They might look great on a resume but I like smaller companies because I can actually do something instead of getting handed the crap work the older engineers don't want to do

[@my3m]

@@rickybobby9885 The trick is to start from startups, gain 3-5 years experience, then join the big companies.

[@justinhearst]

@@my3m this is actually what I plan to do as well. I feel it makes more sense that way instead of just applying to big companies right out of college

[@crotchy7667]

@@justinhearst Build up your emergency savings fund when you're working with a startup because lots of these companies go belly-up or try to get their employees to work for "shares", etc. The downside of a start-up is there may not be much opportunity to be mentored because everyone is busy trying to break new ground.

[@user-ti6hq2tc9o]

As a person who has worked at Google, you most likely don't want to work at Google. The reasons above, plus, the claustrophobic corporate social game of never having anything resembling a personality, or being anything other than exactly what you were algorithmically determined to be during your machine-learning-analyzed interview, means it's exhausting to work there simple because it feels like you're being slowly smothered every day, living a fake life. Again, the perks are great (at first) but they are surface-level bells and whistles that absolutely, positively cannot replace ACTUAL job satisfaction. If you don't plan to be a robot and just do your work and get a paycheck and leave, then Google is probably not for you.

[@benedikt7846]

New here - enjoying the content, good stuff man keep it going!

[@yacoub3736]

It's OK!! you're great

[@krishanuchakraborty3500]

Thanks for sharing dude

[@builttrainer]

I know absolutely nothing about coding. Your videos came up as I was reviewing Amazon leadership and culture for a friend who just landed a job there last week. Now that I am here, I have to say you are a MARVEL of stability and optimism in the face of what seem to be a couple of daunting interview and hire challenges. Culture ALWAYS matters, and clearly, you understand that. Well done.

[@ishysticks]

Been binging your videos bro, are all the ending soundtracks your own?? They're all sick man What's the name of this one that mellows in around 10:04 to the end ?

[@josephwong2832]

Love your videos Sam Thanks for the honest breakdown

[@ayushikumar34]

Thanks for being so honest and specific.

[@codybythesea]

Google is hard, I tried to crack their interview since sophomore year college, now that I graduated my master's and is working at Apple, I still find their questions to be hard in hindsight

[@Fashionarily]

Such a real video. Thanks for posting

[@trinkesh8423]

good luck man!!

[@Pleasers]

dude I had the same experience with Amazon during COVID. Virtual onsite, one great round where the interviewer was really happy and communicative, one okay round where I didn't finish the code but the interviewer said he saw where I was going and thought it would work, one round where it was probably alright and I got the code to work but the interviewer barely said anything, and one round where the interviewer had someone vacuuming or something beside him the whole time so I could barely hear anything. Heard from the recruiter a week later and when I asked for a little feedback I got ghosted. I suppose recruiters are busy but it's surprising how FANG companies are ok with this kind of behavior, could literally be a two sentence email response at least.

[@Chi_di]

That was very shitty and unprofessional of them. Sorry you had to deal with that. Glad you're still doing your thing!

[@bradleylopez710]

Thank you for sharing your experience! Sub for life ✊🏽

[@ramenpappi]

For me coding interview for live coding should be done like an assignment. Bcs somehow coding with time rush or someone that looking at u, is just build a diffrent vibes to code. For me i'll be like panic or can't think clearly abt the best logical answer for the code.

[@sahtube1234]

Super helpful video. Thanks for sharing!

[@sikandarbakht2076]

Don't be sad brother, you are the best...

[@sagibrown3439]

You seem to be a wonderful person and a great engineer. It is totally their lost.

[@riceball100]

I got rejected by Google today too for a position I wasn't that excited for and only applied cuz I thought why not just to see if they were gonna respond. :-) rejection still stings even if you didn't really want it to begin with, but also not a sign of one's worth cuz still we are all capable

[@prateeksinha1176]

Dude I tried some Google hashcode problems and what you said about scaling solutions is spot on.

[@exzerone]

I have the same exact feeling and I can totally really relate to this... I just had an onsite at one of the FANG companies and I felt the same as you: didn't bomb the interview but also didn't crush it. Anyway, I feel much better after seeing this video and I guess life moves on (I mean the onsite was literally just a few days ago so I don't even know if I'm gonna hear back from my recruiter soon too loll...)

[@hechuan5075]

curious how did that onsite go haha

[@topG448]

I have an interview coming up with them and this makes me extra nervous. Thankings for sharing your experience once more!

[@KeepOnCoding]

Good luck!

[@adeyinkaolurin]

Hi Kemo, I also have an interview with Google coming up in a few days... Wish you best of luck.

[@user-vj9hb3gy6d]

How did you guys go with the interviews?

[@topG448]

@@user-vj9hb3gy6d My interview is next week. But I'll come back to update you once I am done with it.

[@topG448]

@@adeyinkaolurin Mine is next week. Good luck to you!

[@maroontiger]

I had one with a Fintech company... thought i did well on the final interview... i had like 6-7 interviews on the final round and they all were challenging... none were easy.. like external teams were on the loop and they asked me questions about their area of the business 🤯.. the only challenges were a python/ml exercise... i struggled through that.. but i could pseudocode it for the most part... then there was a financial viability exercise, that i thought i did pretty good at... and the recruiter told me that the python interview wasnt going to be weighted heavily bc it wasnt part of the job... well after the weekend, i got the call that i didnt get it and those two interviews were the negative feedback... im telling you, i came into the python interview with 6months of rust, no practice... bc i killed the SQL interview... so moral of the story is failing on a final round interview always hurts... but what i did to take on the challenge was enroll in a python bootcamp... and re-learn python bc i didnt use it much for the last 3 yrs I feel like part of the fun of the interview is to put people in uncomfortable situations... and see if they break apart

[@loganmahoney2284]

Thank you for sharing man.

[@christiansalas5061]

That iPhone analogy is absolutely perfect.

[@sandip17]

Your both experience, each one different. Thanks for sharing your experience. as you said, we all need to move on. Priorities change - free food, campuses are all secondary after getting ample work-ex

[@samarth319]

Hey Sam hope you are doing great! Could you tell which companies or Companies from specific domains will be freezing hiring or slow it down for for Entry level SDE jobs for college freshers?

[@CalrosACJ55]

Yooo i just recently got the same box question with google and my interviewer was super nice as well.

[@owaisshahab720]

Thanks for sharing your experience

[@paulies5407]

I don't understand this obsession people have with working for a big tech company like Google. I'm getting into coding for the independence, not to slave away in an office making billions for share holders and venture capitalists. You seem to be doing well enough as is brother. I appreciate your work, as I'm sure thousands of others do.

[@sastavideoswala]

Awesome

[@thecodingjournal4726]

As a new grad, being ghosted is literally so common for me! Hate it though.

[@typicalbits]

Me too man, me too. Honestly I just wish they told me why they rejected me, this way I could work more on those parts.

[@arthurh2064]

The square question sounds interesting and I only knew about the question that is sth along the lines of "Given four points, determine whether it's a valid square or not". Do you maybe have a link or sth to a resource that tackles the exact (or more or less exact) problem you were given there? I wasn't able to find anything that came close >.>

[@ainbrisk545]

Well, it isn't too difficult. The time constraints are probably what keeps it challenging.

[@arthurh2064]

Ainbrisk Yeah I mean that doesn't tell me anything, I was asking whether anyones knows about either a similar problem or resource that tackles this exact problem

[@joelhounak]

That day:*oh i just live for that unique moment. Quick tell KZbin*

[@k_drive]

could you share the study plan you didn't end up doing lol I'm just always curious to see what devs feel are important from the theory side

[@hahhahiaduw]

I agree on the part that that do specialized work at Google because they use all their own technologies. You can grow to a certain point, but after that if you want to grow you have to look else where.

[@rah7207]

I interviewed with Google and got the same Rectangle question. I seriously cant believe they had the same question from about a year ago

[@macfhlannchadharonan4668]

Good video, Would love if you actually went through the questions. How you solved it the process you went through, personally that's way more interesting for me.

[@treyquattro]

could you do videos on the problems and solutions. The number one especially intrigues me (first one). I don't understand it and would like to know more. I'm not plannng on applying to Google (already failed). Thanks and good luck!

[@RahulSharma1]

I got one question same as you (first tech question) and had quite a similar experience as you interestingly!

[@thevogueshoppingnetwork6068]

I also had a bad interview experience at Google, just curious did they ask you to sign an NDA agreement prior to the interview?

[@utube2008utube]

Thanks for sharing this. Very interesting!

[@mariedrapalova7365]

I feel like with interviews it's similar to online dating... ghosting all the time

[@Ced3kGama]

What about this: they're the same kind of people doing both... ?

[@parthvasoya3562]

lol

[@yashSharma-pe1dp]

you are very genuine and true!!

[@muhammadmourad2586]

Bro u inspire me every day to become a software engineer I wish you the best of luck

[@arultherule]

Love your video! Thanks!

[@musa94]

you sound like a brave and honest guy.

[@DHRUVNARAYANSINGH]

Thanks for sharing and motivating others to pursue their dreams !!

[@petermaquiran4529]

I faced all these questions as a situation when I was building a tool to build an electronic circuit in JavaScript. I can't believe it!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@eyeshezzy]

Rejection is the best form of flattery

[@KaustavGhosh28]

Hey, I am just curious why they asked a question about number distribution in your phone interview. Was the interview for the ML/DL role?

[@lape]

are all developer interviews like this in the US? Or is it just FANG and other bigger companies? I've been a dev for some years now in Belgium but looking into maybe applying for some companies in the US. I have no interest in working for those big companies.

[@iremkaya9103]

I have an offer from a FAANG company, but everything makes me doubt if i should go through with it. It's been a lot of months since my offer (relocation issues), and I started to think I may not be happy if i go. i dont know what to do though, since it's such a sought after thing.

[@Nscape-dl2js]

that sounds hard .. i mean i've been working as a web dev for a couple of years but these coding interviews have nothing to do with my regular day job, i would probably fail on the first interview lol.

[@andreashadjiantonis2596]

Is the last problem with the rectangles the one that Clem gave to errichto in his mock interview video?

[@MooreDH]

So I’ve failed a lot of interviews, it has a lot of luck to do with it. I’m in my final year college and started interviewing from my 1st year. I’ve gotten to final stage Amazon and failed, failed Uber, Facebook, google, Bank of America, Goldman Sachs. I tried Goldman Sachs again and got an offer this year. I’m trying Facebook, Google, Twitter again this year, and also got interviews for Bloomberg soon. At some point you expect to fail and are no longer as emotional when you fail. I believe I’d still get Facebook because that’s where I wanna work. These things are way harder for me because I school in Nigeria so most companies reject right away. My advice, do more brushing up and apply again and try applying to a lot of companies so it doesn’t sting when one rejects

[@Afk3dOnRs]

I’m not a programmer but I work as a network engineer and this company I’m currently interviewing for, I have now had 5 interviews over a 5 week span and on the 5th week they emailed me on Monday and told me they would be in touch with me this week to talk to me about the job offer it is now Thursday lol. I just feel like I’ve wasted so much of my time and days off. I think after the 3rd interview I’m just gonna have to say that’s a big no from now on.

[@anandns05]

Recently I was interviewed for cloud technical solution engineer, i cleared 2 technical round and then recruiter went silent for 3 weeks and later they told me that due to pandemic management decided to close the position at Google Bangalore and moved them to Sydney Australia. Then after a month recruiter reached out to me for Strategic cloud engineer position but i couldn't clear the final round.

[@soodankit1993]

I went through Google interview twice .. for first interview I atleast got the feedback ... Second interview happened 27 days ago ... No reply till now 😔

[@jcbmax1]

Any reply from them yet? :(((((((

[@pedroantoniohidalgoguzman8592]

Did you finally got some reply?

[@chrisr.6638]

Did you get the reply bro

[@soodankit1993]

Got the reply after 2 months ... Stating they can't proceed further

[@chrisr.6638]

@@soodankit1993 next time brother

[@abhisheksaraf2616]

I have very similar story I nailed 4 out 5 and even one interview that I did ok I argued with interviewer. I then even got team matching and got interview with one of project manager. It was scheduled for 30 minutes but I was even able to hold conversation for 45 mins with manager. He even asked me how soon u can join and after 2 weeks I got rejection. So moral of the story even if u do good u might get rejected

[@anthonjhnon1]

Omg my meeting is 5-8 weeks from now. They giving me time to brush up on my Java skills.

[@beingme2345]

How did it go?

[@anthonjhnon1]

@@beingme2345 I told them I wasn't ready and that I would reapply when I felt it was the right time for me. I'm an EE with a good job now so I'm in no rush. They did email me about 2 weeks ago though asking if I was ready. Still I told them not at this moment.

[@myronwoods40]

I got rejected by google. Bro.... I rejected for a PC Technician at Seven Eleven

[@KevinNaughtonJr]

dope vid buddy sorry to hear it didn't work out!

[@KeepOnCoding]

Thanks man! I should’ve watched more of your tutorials 😭

[@valentimgomes8312]

There are L0, L1 and L2, but they apply to other jobs I'd say, less tech savvy or vendor/partners related ;)

[@sakshikukreja1196]

Hey hi5 man.! I was also contacted by a recruiter and funny thing is "I never applied". I was being very tensed for how interview is gonna be. It is scheduled in end of July. After listening your experience, I think am gonna have a relatable experience ;p

[@KeepOnCoding]

Good luck!