Interview guides

Company interview guides.

Employer-specific guides to what each interview process looks like and how to prepare, from coding and system design to quant and case rounds, with links to deeper ExtraBrain resources.

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Employer-specific guides to what each interview process looks like and how to prepare, from coding and system design to quant and case rounds, with links to deeper ExtraBrain resources.

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Adobe

Prepare for Adobe software engineering interviews with coding, technical depth, and hiring manager support on Mac.

Affirm

Prepare for Affirm software engineering interviews with practical coding, payments system design, and behavioral support on Mac using ExtraBrain.

Airbnb

Prepare for Airbnb software engineering interviews with practical coding, system design, and core values support on Mac.

Amazon

Prepare for Amazon software engineering interviews with coding, system design, and Leadership Principles support on Mac.

Anthropic

Prepare for Anthropic software engineering and research interviews with coding, alignment, and technical discussion support on Mac.

Apple

Prepare for Apple software engineering interviews with coding, system design, and technical depth support on Mac.

Atlassian

Prepare for Atlassian software engineering interviews with coding, system design, and the distinctive values interview support from ExtraBrain on Mac.

Bain & Company

Prepare for Bain & Company case interviews with structured problem-solving, case-math, and fit-interview support on Mac using ExtraBrain.

BCG

Prepare for BCG case interviews with structured problem-solving, case-math, and fit-interview support on Mac using ExtraBrain.

BlackRock

Prepare for BlackRock technology interviews with coding, system design, and finance-domain behavioral support on Mac using ExtraBrain.

Block

Prepare for Block (Square and Cash App) software engineering interviews with coding, payments system design, and behavioral support on Mac.

Bloomberg

Prepare for Bloomberg software engineering interviews with C++ and coding, data structure depth, and project deep-dive support on Mac.

Booking.com

Prepare for Booking.com software engineering interviews with coding, system design, and experimentation-focused behavioral support on Mac.

Brex

Prepare for Brex software engineering interviews with coding, fintech system design, and behavioral support on Mac using ExtraBrain.

Canva

Prepare for Canva software engineering interviews with the Craft Challenge, coding, system design, and values round support from ExtraBrain on Mac.

Capital One

Prepare for Capital One software engineering interviews with the coding assessment, Power Day, and case round support on Mac using ExtraBrain.

Cisco

Prepare for Cisco software engineering interviews with coding, networking fundamentals, system design, and behavioral support on Mac using ExtraBrain.

Citadel

Prepare for Citadel quant and engineering interviews with probability, coding, and market intuition support from ExtraBrain on Mac.

Cloudflare

Prepare for Cloudflare software engineering interviews with coding, networking-focused system design, and behavioral support on Mac.

Cohere

Prepare for Cohere machine learning and software engineering interviews with coding, ML depth, and system design support from ExtraBrain on Mac.

Coinbase

Prepare for Coinbase software engineering interviews with coding, exchange and wallet system design, and culture support on Mac.

Confluent

Prepare for Confluent software engineering interviews with coding, event-streaming system design, and behavioral support on Mac.

CrowdStrike

Prepare for CrowdStrike software engineering interviews with coding, security-focused system design, and behavioral support on Mac.

D. E. Shaw

Prepare for D. E. Shaw interviews with probability, brainteaser, and coding support on Mac using ExtraBrain, built for quant and engineering roles.

Databricks

Prepare for Databricks software engineering interviews with coding, system design, and data platform support on Mac.

Datadog

Prepare for Datadog software engineering interviews with practical coding, focused system design, and behavioral round support from ExtraBrain on Mac.

Dell

Prepare for Dell software engineering interviews with the coding assessment, technical rounds, and behavioral support on Mac using ExtraBrain.

Discord

Prepare for Discord software engineering interviews with coding, real-time system design, and behavioral support on Mac using ExtraBrain.

DoorDash

Prepare for DoorDash software engineering interviews with coding, logistics system design, and behavioral support on Mac using ExtraBrain.

Dropbox

Prepare for Dropbox software engineering interviews with coding, storage system design, and behavioral support on Mac using ExtraBrain.

eBay

Prepare for eBay software engineering interviews with coding, marketplace system design, and behavioral support on Mac using ExtraBrain.

Figma

Prepare for Figma software engineering interviews with coding, frontend depth, system design, and behavioral support on Mac using ExtraBrain.

Goldman Sachs

Prepare for Goldman Sachs engineering interviews with the HackerRank assessment, technical rounds, and superday support on Mac.

Google

Prepare for Google software engineering interviews with ExtraBrain. Live AI copilot for coding, system design, and Googleyness interviews on Mac.

Hudson River Trading

Prepare for Hudson River Trading engineering and research interviews with coding, probability, and low-latency systems support from ExtraBrain on Mac.

IBM

Prepare for IBM software engineering interviews with cognitive and coding assessments, technical rounds, and behavioral support on Mac using ExtraBrain.

Instacart

Prepare for Instacart software engineering interviews with coding, marketplace system design, and behavioral support on Mac using ExtraBrain.

Jane Street

Prepare for Jane Street trading and research interviews with probability, mental math, and market-making game support from ExtraBrain on Mac.

JPMorgan Chase

Prepare for JPMorgan Chase software engineering interviews with the coding assessment, technical rounds, and behavioral support on Mac.

LinkedIn

Prepare for LinkedIn software engineering interviews with coding, system design, and values-based behavioral support on Mac using ExtraBrain.

Lyft

Prepare for Lyft software engineering interviews with coding, real-time system design, and behavioral support on Mac using ExtraBrain.

Mastercard

Prepare for Mastercard software engineering interviews with coding, payments system design, and behavioral support on Mac using ExtraBrain.

McKinsey

Prepare for McKinsey interviews with the Solve assessment, case interviews, and Personal Experience Interview support on Mac.

Meta

Prepare for Meta (Facebook) software engineering interviews with ExtraBrain. Live AI copilot for coding, system design, and behavioral interviews on Mac.

Microsoft

Prepare for Microsoft software engineering interviews with coding, system design, and behavioral interview support on Mac.

MongoDB

Prepare for MongoDB software engineering interviews with coding, distributed-database system design, and behavioral support on Mac.

Morgan Stanley

Prepare for Morgan Stanley technology interviews with coding, system design, and finance-domain behavioral support on Mac using ExtraBrain.

Netflix

Prepare for Netflix software engineering interviews with coding, system design, and culture fit support on Mac.

Notion

Prepare for Notion software engineering interviews with practical coding, system design, and behavioral support on Mac using ExtraBrain.

Nvidia

Prepare for Nvidia software and deep learning engineering interviews with coding, GPU and CUDA depth, and system design support on Mac.

OpenAI

Prepare for OpenAI software engineering and research interviews with live coding, system design, and technical discussion support on Mac.

Optiver

Prepare for Optiver interviews with mental-math, probability, and technical support on Mac using ExtraBrain, built for trading and engineering roles.

Oracle

Prepare for Oracle software engineering interviews with coding, database and cloud depth, and system design support on Mac.

Palantir

Prepare for Palantir software engineering interviews with the decomposition round, coding, and product sense support on Mac.

Palo Alto Networks

Prepare for Palo Alto Networks software engineering interviews with coding, security and networking system design, and behavioral support on Mac.

PayPal

Prepare for PayPal software engineering interviews with coding, system design, and behavioral support on Mac using ExtraBrain.

Perplexity

Prepare for Perplexity software engineering interviews with practical coding, RAG system design, and LLM depth support from ExtraBrain on Mac.

Pinterest

Prepare for Pinterest software engineering interviews with coding, recommendation system design, and behavioral support on Mac using ExtraBrain.

Plaid

Prepare for Plaid software engineering interviews with practical coding, fintech system design, and behavioral support on Mac using ExtraBrain.

Reddit

Prepare for Reddit software engineering interviews with coding, system design, and behavioral support on Mac using ExtraBrain.

Robinhood

Prepare for Robinhood software engineering interviews with coding, concurrency, system design, and behavioral support on Mac using ExtraBrain.

Roblox

Prepare for Roblox software engineering interviews with coding, system design, and behavioral support on Mac using ExtraBrain.

Salesforce

Prepare for Salesforce software engineering interviews with coding, system design, and values-based behavioral support on Mac.

SAP

Prepare for SAP software engineering interviews with coding, enterprise system design, and behavioral support on Mac using ExtraBrain.

ServiceNow

Prepare for ServiceNow software engineering interviews with coding, platform system design, and behavioral support on Mac using ExtraBrain.

Shopify

Prepare for Shopify interviews including the Life Story interview, pair-programming challenge, and technical deep dive on Mac using ExtraBrain.

Snapchat

Prepare for Snapchat and Snap software engineering interviews with coding, system design, and behavioral support on Mac using ExtraBrain.

Snowflake

Prepare for Snowflake software engineering interviews with coding, data platform system design, and domain depth support on Mac.

Spotify

Prepare for Spotify software engineering interviews with coding, system design, and values-based collaboration support on Mac using ExtraBrain.

Stripe

Prepare for Stripe software engineering interviews with coding, system design, and integration design support on Mac.

Susquehanna

Prepare for Susquehanna (SIG) interviews with probability, expected-value, and game-based decision support on Mac using ExtraBrain.

Tesla

Prepare for Tesla software, firmware, and embedded engineering interviews with coding, domain depth, and hiring manager support on Mac.

TikTok

Prepare for TikTok and ByteDance software engineering interviews with fast algorithm coding and system design support on Mac.

Twilio

Prepare for Twilio software engineering interviews with API design, backend system design, and values-based behavioral support on Mac.

Twitch

Prepare for Twitch software engineering interviews with coding, live-video system design, and Leadership Principles support on Mac using ExtraBrain.

Two Sigma

Prepare for Two Sigma software engineering and quant research interviews with coding, statistics, and system design support from ExtraBrain on Mac.

Uber

Prepare for Uber software engineering interviews with coding, marketplace system design, and behavioral support on Mac.

Visa

Prepare for Visa software engineering interviews with coding, CS fundamentals, system design, and behavioral support on Mac using ExtraBrain.

VMware

Prepare for VMware software engineering interviews with coding, operating systems, C++, and system design support on Mac using ExtraBrain.

xAI

Prepare for xAI engineering and machine learning interviews with practical coding, concurrency, and system design support from ExtraBrain on Mac.

Interview guides

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What are company interview guides?

They are employer-specific overviews of what each interview process tends to include and how to prepare, from coding and system design to quant and case rounds.

How accurate are these guides?

They describe common, widely reported formats, but processes change. Always confirm the current format with your recruiter and follow each employer and platform rules.

How does ExtraBrain help with company interviews?

ExtraBrain is a local-first Mac AI interview assistant and meeting copilot that helps you prepare, rehearse, follow live context where allowed, and review each session.