PinnedInInterviewNoodlebyFreeze Francis·Apr 13Every System Design Question I Was Asked in Real Interviews at 10+ Companies10 real system design questions from interviews I actually took — including the ones I bombed.A response icon8A response icon8
PinnedInStackademicbyFreeze Francis·Mar 10How I Finally Cracked the System Design InterviewA personal journey into mastering system design & architecture, overcoming impostor syndrome, thinking like an architect, and acing…A response icon9A response icon9
PinnedFreeze Francis·Nov 9, 2025Cracking the Tech Interview: My Personal Experiences at 10+ Companies (Google, Amazon & More)A complete index of my detailed software engineer interview experiencesA response icon4A response icon4
PinnedFreeze Francis·Jan 28, 2023From Zero to a FAANG JobI used to get a lot of questions about how I managed to land a job at Amazon (part of the FAANG acronym) as an SDE-I with a non-CS…A response icon9A response icon9
PinnedInLevel Up CodingbyFreeze Francis·Feb 18, 2023Transitioning to a Staff EngineerAfter spending 1.5 years as a senior engineer, I was promoted to staff software engineer in early 2022, and I would like to share what my…A response icon15A response icon15
InLevel Up CodingbyFreeze Francis·5d ago5 Production Bugs I Caused (and What They Taught Me)Most of these came from my early years, though a couple are more recent, and they range from a race condition I couldn’t explain as a…A response icon2A response icon2
Freeze Francis·Jun 20Why I Quit My Job as an SDE-I at AmazonWhat my time at a FAANG company taught me about mentorship, culture, and knowing when to walk away.A response icon5A response icon5
InStackademicbyFreeze Francis·Jun 14The Team Matching Round: The Interview Where You Should Be Doing the InterviewingWhat I learned about team matching across loops at Canva, Mercari and Google, including the mechanics that quietly decide whether you even…A response icon4A response icon4
Freeze Francis·Jun 7Every Behavioural Question I Was Asked in Real Interviews at 10+ CompaniesAfter more than 15 interview loops, these are the actual behavioural and culture-fit questions I was asked, company by company, taken…A response icon4A response icon4
InILLUMINATIONbyFreeze Francis·May 31The Math I Do Before Accepting an Overseas Job OfferA savings-first framework I built after moving from India to Thailand to AustraliaA response icon3A response icon3
