u/newnewyorker03 wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
It seems you’ve been removed from the weeds quite a while. The technical assessments and screenings determine where you’re leveled at. In some cases it tests for a specific thing by only optimizing for algorithm/data structures knowledge. Some people don’t care for that grind and
u/michaelnovati replied ·
Yeah the top tier apprenticeships are EXTREMELY competitive. I am absolutely biased, as is everyone, and I can share my experience having run hundreds of interviews at FB for everything from interns to directors, having a team that has done thousands of interviews, and been involved with hiring and career progression decisions for hundreds of engineers at FB. Yeah our network is all FAANG, Google, Airbnb, Figma, Meta, Stripe, etc... and we talk all the time about this stuff! But it's very biased and most bootcamp grads are not aiming for these kinds of roles and your advice might apply better for them. I do think my argument about the neverending experience race for entry level positions is valid regardless of bias.