We kick off the show by interviewing Mohammed, who has just come back from 4 back-to-back internships at Facebook, Drop, Facebook again, and Microsoft!
Notes:
0:00 - Intro
2:05 - Applying for many positions, getting himself to the point where he was ready
12:08 - First internship at Facebook in Menlo Park
15:53 - Internship at Drop, startups vs. large companies, imposter syndrome, 'big company skills'
23:20 - Second internship at Facebook in London, cultural differences in UK vs US
29:09 - Internship at Microsoft, this time as a PM
37:00 - General takeaways, guiding questions from the year, looking forward to final year of school
Links:
- [Getting a Gig Github page][1]
- [Cracking the Coding Interview][3]
- [The Hard Thing About Hard Things][4]
- [Contact Mohammed][2]
Music by Shawn Lee
[1]: https://github.com/cassidoo/getting-a-gig
[2]: https://fb.me/msmanek
[3]: https://www.amazon.ca/Cracking-Coding-Interview-Programming-Questions/dp/0984782850/ref=dp_ob_image_bk
[4]: https://www.amazon.ca/Hard-Thing-About-Things-Building/dp/0062273205