Full-stack Software Engineer at Bank of America

Hassan Ahmed

Hey, \
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I would love to chime in here. I have interviewed for 2 contractor roles at apple and the interview varies depending on the team. Generally it was 2 rounds, 1 hour each and in each round you get 1 or 2 medium leetcode questions and some more specific questions related directly to the role. For a UI role I got some react questions map/filter/reduce operations on arrays. For a backend role I was asked Java/Spring Boot theoretical questions. \
As Alex and Rahul mentioned, the recruiter is the best resource and they will be able to share with you what types of questions you are likely to get.

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What is the key to thriving in a high pressure work environment like the one at Netflix?

How did you approach learning throughout your career. \
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What are the actions and steps you took at your job and outside your job in order to learn and grow as a software engineer?

Hello,

In the Taro website there is a Networking Tab.\
You can use that to connect with people that will be happy to review your resume.

Select "Resume Review" under what do you need help with.

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Hi Alex,

Very curious to know how you scaled story ads from a $1B business to $5B+?

And congratulations on your career so far. It is truly impressive!

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