[aguilarm]

This is good advice and tracks pretty well to my recent experience. I applied almost exclusively to startups though. 7 YoE full stack web.

I did two take home assignments but zero white-boarding, just a few general language/framework questions. Some very casual system design questions also. This was for mid-level to senior full stack web dev roles.

I had a minimum salary but beyond that do not need more, so I didn't bother with FAANG or large enterprise stuff. Very happy where I landed.

I was actually really surprised at how smooth and relatively simple the whole search was compared to the almost horror story level experiences some people have. It is mentally exhausting but I was lucky to have polite and professional interviewers.

[ravenstine]

Did you deal with recruiters? A lot of (but not all of) my bad interview experiences were for jobs that contacted me through a 3rd party recruiter.