PinnedPublished inTech PulseOpenAI: $900k Total Compensation for Senior Engineers!OpenAI salaries are highly competitive and also offer a special kind of stock grant, known as PPUs.Nov 16, 20238Nov 16, 20238
Check if Word Can Be Placed In Crossword (Matrix Rotation Trick strikes again)!Here’s a fun one: https://leetcode.com/problems/check-if-word-can-be-placed-in-crossword/description/Jun 29, 2024Jun 29, 2024
A Beginner’s Guide to Binary ExponentiationInspired by https://leetcode.com/problems/powx-n/description/, solutions in Python.Nov 19, 2023Nov 19, 2023
Published inTech PulseUber Staff SWE Onsite Technical Coding Question ($660k average salary)Uber’s compensation is excellent at the staff level (Uber calls it “5b”), averaging around $660,000 (~$240,000 base, ~$400,000 stock and…Oct 14, 2023Oct 14, 2023
Published inTech PulseRating Leetcode Editorials: Leetcode #433 Minimum Genetic MutationI just solved this Leetcode Medium question, Minimum Genetic Mutation (for fun, on a Thursday night, as one does). Let’s see how good the…Sep 14, 2023Sep 14, 2023
Published inTech PulseCan you solve this Binary Tree ZigZag question from Amazon, Uber, and Apple?Here’s the question (link from Leetcode #1372):Jul 14, 2023Jul 14, 2023
Published inTech PulseNavigating the Debugging Interview: Insights from Stripe and RetoolStripe and Retool both have a debugging interview — Stripe asks it in the onsite, while Retool uses it as a first-round interview. I…Jul 13, 2023Jul 13, 2023
Published inTech PulseSolving the famous “water jug” problem from Die Hard 3 with code and mathThe water and jug problem from Die Hard 3 can be solved with a graph algorithm or a bit of math.May 28, 2023May 28, 2023
Published inTech PulseHow the Recruiter Helped me Secure an Extra $50k in Salary — A guide to the HR screen for software…Most people think the recruiter phone screen is the easiest part of the software engineer interview process (”It’s just talking to HR and…May 17, 2023May 17, 2023
Published inTech PulseSix reasons why you got rejected after acing the coding questionConfused why you got rejected in the software engineering interview phone screen despite finishing the question? Here are some reasons why.May 17, 2023May 17, 2023