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93% of people experience interview anxiety. (JDP) I promise, it's not random. It's specific. There's one question, maybe two, maybe a handle full, that you already know is coming. And every time you think about it, your stomach drops. That's where you start.

Interview Mindset Reset: Increase Your Confidence. There's a mindset shift that needs to happen to improve the way we interview and even approach the entire job hunt process. Doubts can be addressed and challenged head on to make your much stronger.

Updated September 2026. Bookmark this page. We update it as programs open and close. Most freshmen think internships start junior year. They don't. Microsoft, Google, NVIDIA, Citadel, Jane Street, LinkedIn and dozens of other companies run programs built for first and second-year students. Many of them open in September and October. Some close in 2 weeks. I spent years as an engineer at Amazon. Now I teach intro CS at Morgan State and support CodePath workshops there. And I s

I joined a Swift team at Amazon with 0 experience in Swift. My last role was Prime Video, on the team that owned playback. Before that I had never shipped a line of Swift. I wasn't even an Apple fan. I was team Android all the way. ChatGPT was new then. And we weren't allowed to use it. The AI wars were starting and the rules were strict. So I learned the hard way. Here is what was on the list: SwiftUI and UIKit — the 2 UI frameworks every Apple app is built on, and Apple's o

What Am I Actually Missing? Most candidates think they're missing experience. Or that out of the 3 million people who apply to Google every year, they're in the bottom tier. That's usually not it. FAANG interviews are standardized tests. FAANG Interviews are Standardized Tests. A FAANG interview is like a live SAT or ACT. Any topic in the prep book is fair game. When I was in high school, we had an exam called the SHSAT. Pass it, and you get into a specialized high school. Yo

How Abdullah Went From "My Visa Is Expiring" to a FAANG Offer "I thought I was going to have to leave the country permanently. My visa was about to expire." That's the first thing Abdullah (LinkedIn) told me. He was a new grad on an F-1 student visa. No offer. And the clock was running. Months later, after training with FYJUMP, he signed an offer as a Software Development Engineer at Amazon. Multiple offers, actually. His whole life changed. His family was proud. Helping him

Table of Contents Overview Google Interview Process Amazon Interview Process Meta Interview Process Apple Interview Process Microsoft Interview Process Netflix Interview Process Stripe Interview Process Airbnb Interview Process TikTok Interview Process Uber Interview Process DoorDash Interview Process Month of Prep You Have Other Options What does it take to get a Software Engineering role in Big Tech in 2026? 5 to 10 interviews for a single company. LeetCode medium and hard

I used to think my resume was the problem. Then I realized everyone I know and coach gets a lot of rejections. Strong engineers. Senior engineers. Everyone. Here is what changed how I think about it. 90% of employers use automated systems to rank or screen candidates (Source: Stanford). And when a human does look at your resume, the first scan takes 7.4 seconds (Source: Ladders). That's the game. Most candidates don't know they are playing it. You Can't Control Most Rejection