This won’t give you the complete information about each and everything, but it gives you the basic knowledge regarding what are all the steps required for cracking FAANG companies.
This post makes you understand what are all the skills required and the amount of hard work to be done to get in to FAANG companies.
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Crack FAANG Guide
Step 1: Clarity and Networking
- Create an excel with the list of all companies you want to apply to and work for
- Add links of career pages of these companies in excel to keep track of openings
- Start sending out invites to people from these companies on LinkedIn
- Send at least 10 requests per day to people from one company including developers, recruiters and Hiring Managers
- This will help in getting referrals later
Step 2: 0 to 100 in DSA
- Focus on brushing up your DSA skills
- Start with Basic Data structures: Arrays, Stack, Queue, Linked List, Heap, Trees, Graphs
- Then focus on Algorithms: Recursion, Backtracking, Greedy, DP, Two Pointer
- Start timing yourself — aim to solve medium level problems in 20 mins
Resources: Blind 75, Neetcode.io, InterviewBit
Step 3: Focus on System Design – LLD
- Learn Design Patterns: Singleton, Factory, Observer
- Understand SOLID Principles
- Understand UML Diagrams: Use Case, Class, Sequence
- Practice breaking down a system: requirements, entities, use cases, boundaries
Resources: Soumyajit Bhattacharya’s LLD playlist, Shreyansh LLD, Head First Design Patterns
Step 4: Focus on System Design – HLD
- Learn basic terms: CAP Theorem, Load Balancing, Scaling, Logging, Hashing, Sharding
- Understand core system blocks: Kafka, SQL/NoSQL DBs, Pub/Sub Models
- Practice back-of-the-envelope calculations
- Design full systems end-to-end
Resources: System Design Interview by Alex Xu (Vol 1,2), Exponent YouTube Playlist
Step 5: Start Applying
- Apply directly through career websites
- Apply via referrals from your LinkedIn network
- Track everything in your company tracker Excel
- Be patient — response time can vary. Keep applying!
Step 6: Mock Interviews & Revision
- Give mock interviews to simulate real pressure
- Use platforms like Pramp, Interviewing.io
- Revise daily: 1 Leetcode + failed past questions
- Practice 1 LLD and 1 HLD design each day
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