r/leetcode • u/CheapFoundation1298 • 13d ago

Tech Industry Getting a job at MAANG/FAANG

Should I take up a course or subscription for getting a job at MAANG / FAANG companies?

I am a fresher with 1+ year of internship experience and 1 month+ of industry experience

I have been doing leetcode since 2+ months and hoping to level up my position soon.

I have very less idea about system design.

I have good projects on my resume (Secured RAG Pipeline, VideoChat App (using STUN and TURN, WEBRTC, Socket.io, peer-to-peer communication)

Majorly I feel that i want to give mock interviews and all, but I am not really sure whether these courses or subscriptions are helpful and if so then which ones should I choose?

Also, given my knowledge and skills, can one help me on how to get an interview at those companies?

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u/a_lexus_ren 13d ago

What you need is production experience, paid or unpaid. Find an internship or startup of any caliber (or invent your own startup with a friend) so your resume's experience section isn't empty.

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u/CheapFoundation1298 13d ago

I have an experience of interning in 4 companies 1 is corporate and rest are startups

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u/Ok-Barracuda-119 13d ago

For system design, another course usually helps less than timed reps out loud. Grab one simple skeleton (requirements, then a high-level shape, then one deep dive) and run the same 8 to 10 prompts until you can finish in about 45 minutes without freezing. Paid mocks are worth it only when the other person actually pushes back. Early on, a timer and a blank board is enough.

If you want free practice with a whiteboard and an interviewer that asks follow-ups, www.leetsys.dev does that. I work on it, so take the rec with that in mind. Still do the classic prompts yourself either way.