Having failed multiple interviews with Google and other companies mentioned in this post, it really drives home the huge difference between Haseeb&#x27;s work ethic and mine.  If I had put forth 10% of the effort he has expended this year to preparing then I&#x27;d have aced the interviews.  But I didn&#x27;t.  Instead I spend most of my free time doing frivolous things that aren&#x27;t satisfying.<p>What percentage of HN posters have applied to Google?  And how many received offers?  I think it&#x27;s amazing that he outclasses so many of us after being in our industry for a year.  Good for him.