u/Potatoupe wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
I'm not a Codesmith grad, but wanted to mention when I graduated and studied leetcode for a month I was able to pass a Facebook contractor position interview. The interviewer thought I was a mid level engineer based on my performance, but in reality the questions posed would be p
u/michaelnovati replied · ★ FEATURED
Contractor roles are entirely different from the SWE pipeline, I should have mentioned this in more detail. I have definitely seen some misunderstandings happening because of contractor vs full time, software developer vs SWE, etc... There is no way that's it's possible to get an E4 SWE offer without system design nor can anyone say you are at the E4 SWE bar without doing a system design interview. I've sat in on dozens of VP level final offer review meetings and it's just not possible.