Ask HN: Startup failed after years of work – Can I even get a job now?
I was in a similar situation 3 years ago. Like other people said, I'd focus on growth-stage startups (Stripe, Checkr, Airbnb, Opendoor, etc). I found their interviews more practical and approachable than Facebook, Google, etc. Most of the places I interviewed had me writing and running real code on my own computer.<p>I spent about a month prepping with:<p>* Cracking the Coding Interview<p>* <a href="https://www.interviewcake.com" rel="nofollow">https://www.interviewcake.com</a>: curated set of ~50 questions with excellent step-by-step hints that don't immediately spoil the whole problem. Well worth the $250 — I didn't do any Leetcode-style problems aside from these.<p>* <a href="https://interviewing.io" rel="nofollow">https://interviewing.io</a>: Real, anonymous phone screens. This was amazing for me because I hadn't done a technical interview in 4 years and going through a real interview with a real person is totally different than practice problems.<p>Companies in SF will cover your costs to interview and usually will give you a relocation bonus as well, so don't discount moving down here :)