How I Failed the Google Coding Interview (and lessons I learned)

0:00 - Intro
0:50 - The interview process
3:20 - My preparation
5:20 - The onsite in Seattle
6:02 - Coding Rounds
12:40 - Googlyness Round
13:40 - The Result

#neetcode #google #interview
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[versatile]

You may have failed at Google
but you succeed by providing free tutorials for everyone
I like ur way of teaching ❤
Ur great man 👑

[dataengineer]

Dude i like the fact that you’re not just showing your victories but also failures. Most youtubers love to broadcast their wins but not their losses, but not you. I find that amazing and inspiring bro. Keep doing you and keep up the good work brother.

[kamilrichert]

everything else aside, it was actually nice of them to send rejection letter instead of just never responding like a lot of companies do. Shows some respect for the other person

[avengedex]

I am literally on my 45 minute break from my final Google interview and saw this in my notification feed. I want to thank you for your videos, because of you, I've managed to drastically improve my skills over these last 3 months and have a fighting chance with these interviews!

[billp]

Those of us who have been around for awhile know that your first few interviews typically are throwaways. There is a learning curve to interviewing after you have not done it for a year or two and you get a feel for what they are looking for. Another thing I have found is, in general, the less rigorous the interview, the better the job.

[sherlyyan]

Thank you for sharing your story! I find it super helpful since I have a technical interview coming up... I'm not super strong at coding but I can certainly try to avoid the mistakes you made. Thanks a lot NeetCode

[DumShuckles]

When I did my online onsite, all my interviews were all coding problems (unfortunately) just like your situation and I didn't get the behavioral. Sometimes I wonder what would've been if I asked right away since I performed the worst on that last problem, but I'm going in for a second onsite one long year later in a couple months! This channel and the website are honestly gamechangers for me, so this time I'm hoping things will be different. Thanks for all the work you do!

[charlienguyen]

You had a lot more fun with the editing than usual and it was fun to watch.

Crazy how similar our experiences were. My first Google interview kept me up at night too but it made me such a better person. But you know... *after* the trauma.

[grizzlycs]

Going into interviews with unbounding confidence thanks to your videos :)

[usefulprogrammer]

Glad you scored the job! I watch a lot of your videos because of your ability to explain the intuition behind your solutions. I’ve been mostly fortunate in my career thus far, I had extensive internship experience at companies that are much larger today than they were when I worked there. This allowed me to walk my way into most companies at the top of their pay bands outside of big tech. This has been ideal for my goals because big tech has such intrusive intellectual property agreements. I have a startup I worked on with most of my spare time, and I relied on the funding from my 9-5 early on. Google, Meta, and the like would figure this out quickly, as they did with my peers, and apply legal pressure for you to shut down, quit, or be consumed by them. You’ll find this is why most big tech influencers left those companies. My advice is to stockpile runway money for a couple years and then quit. You are capable of working for yourself given you have decent creativity and vision. FAANG will just take advantage of that…

[ryansamarakoon]

It's so nice to see you using this as a way to teach us. Failures are definitely all learning opportunities, thank you!

[jennifert]

Love listening to all your stories! Really gives me hope after bombing some of my interviews :, )

[raptorsbeak]

Awesome stuff..hope everyone following this channel will reach their goals..following the blind 75 questions

[jonathany]

rooting for you, Neetcode! like a lot of people here said - luck plays a huge part in interviews. good luck in the future

[mohamedahmedhammad]

Honestly one of the most valuable channels on Youtube ... Thank you very much for the concise explanation for all the problems :)

[ronifintech]

your videos are better than any online resources I've seen (free or paid)! thank you!

[samng]

Hi NeetCode,
I just received my offer from Amazon!
I really want to thank you for all the amazing video and great explanation.
Your videos literally help me to ace the coding section!
Thanks!!!

[skylane]

Am trying to learn coding but, this video is way over my head. It’s good to listen to you guys on how this all works. Thanks for sharing you video.

[michael_loc]

I think you have a fantastic way to communicate your ideas clearly. I just watched a few clips of your coding tutorials and I am utterly in awe of your delivery. 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

[Louise]

As a transitioning scientist to computer science, failing the Google onsites was the biggest gift I've been given. I have learned all of the common containers, how they work, how they get sorted efficiently, how to build them, and use them in basic algorithms. All of this crammed learning improved my skills tremendously! And the interview was really fun. I hope to try it again and get it one day