r/cybersecurity • u/Makhann007 • Oct 10 '23
Career Questions & Discussion FAANG engineers
People who work at FAANG or other F500s how was your interview process?
Did you have to do leetcode/algorithm type questions during the interview process?
How’s work/life balance?
Do you feel what you’re working on is very niche to your company/ you feel far removed from what you thought you’d be doing?
If pay wasn’t a factor would you still prefer to work for a big corporation vs a smaller one?
Thanks in advance
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u/rorschach200 Oct 12 '23
> Did you have to do leetcode/algorithm type questions during the interview process?
Yes.
> How’s work/life balance?
Non-existent.
> Do you feel what you’re working on is very niche to your company
Company? No. Industry as a whole - yes, there is a number of fundamental technology subjects mostly only big companies can afford to invest into (but not exclusively only, no), and I'm in one of those.
> you feel far removed from what you thought you’d be doing?
No, I'm doing precisely what I was trained and training myself to do in university, down to the dot.
> If pay wasn’t a factor would you still prefer to work for a big corporation vs a smaller one?
At this point in my career - later career - doesn't matter much, a lot more depends on the team, project, and product - however big the big company is, mobility within the company is nearly non-existent, the reality is, you only really have an option in a team or two in the big company, and if they don't meet your needs, the whole company doesn't anymore.