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Cracking FAANG & Top Tech Companies — The Complete Roadmap

The complete roadmap from student to software engineer at FAANG and top tech companies.

3.9 (119 ratings) Created by Marcus Chen
Intermediate 109 lessons 59h 26m Updated Jun 2026 English
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What you'll learn

Solve coding-interview problems methodically, thinking out loud the way interviewers expect
Master the core data structures and algorithms tested at top tech companies
Design scalable systems like a URL shortener or news feed and defend your trade-offs
Build a resume, projects, and online presence that get you called, not filtered out
Tell structured behavioral stories using the STAR framework
Apply strategically, ask for referrals, and negotiate your offer with confidence

This course includes

59h 26m of on-demand content
109 lessons across 16 sections
Access on mobile and desktop
Certificate of completion
Lifetime access
Curriculum

Course content

16 sections · 109 lessons · 59h 26m

Welcome to the Course Preview 18 min
What Does "FAANG" Mean Today? Preview 22 min
Understanding the Hiring Journey Preview 28 min
Building Your Personal Success Plan 25 min

Different Engineering Roles 30 min
Levels and Career Paths 24 min
Choosing the Right Career Track 24 min
Skills Companies Actually Evaluate 24 min

Programming Fundamentals 35 min
Choosing a Primary Language 28 min
Problem Solving Mindset 30 min
Writing Clean Code 28 min
Debugging Techniques 28 min
Section Review & Practice Lab 30 min

Arrays and Strings 45 min
Hash Tables 38 min
Linked Lists 40 min
Stacks and Queues 35 min
Trees and Binary Trees 45 min
Binary Search Trees 40 min
Heaps and Priority Queues 38 min
Graphs 50 min
Recursion 40 min
Backtracking 42 min
Dynamic Programming 55 min
Greedy Algorithms 35 min
Sorting and Searching 45 min
Interview Pattern Recognition 40 min
DSA Revision Framework 30 min
Capstone: The DSA Gauntlet 90 min

Anatomy of a Coding Interview 30 min
How to Think Out Loud 25 min
Clarifying Requirements 25 min
Brute Force to Optimal Solution 35 min
Communicating with Interviewers 25 min
Common Mistakes 25 min
Live Interview Walkthroughs 45 min
Mock Interview Framework 30 min

What is System Design? 30 min
Scalability Basics 35 min
Load Balancers 30 min
Databases 45 min
Caching 38 min
Message Queues 32 min
CAP Theorem 32 min
Microservices 35 min
Design Trade-offs 30 min
Designing Real Systems 40 min

Design a URL Shortener 45 min
Design Instagram 50 min
Design WhatsApp 50 min
Design YouTube 50 min
Design Uber 50 min
Design a Notification Service 45 min
Design a Distributed Cache 48 min
Capstone: Design Your Own System 90 min

What Recruiters Look For 24 min
Resume Structure 24 min
Writing Impactful Bullet Points 30 min
Showcasing Projects 24 min
Highlighting Achievements 20 min
Common Resume Mistakes 22 min
Resume Review Workshop 35 min

Why Projects Matter 22 min
Beginner Project Ideas 28 min
Intermediate Project Ideas 30 min
Advanced Scalable Projects 35 min
Open Source Contributions 28 min
Project Portfolio Strategy 28 min
Capstone: Ship a Portfolio Project 75 min

Optimizing LinkedIn 30 min
Building a Strong GitHub Profile 28 min
Technical Blogging 25 min
Networking Strategies 25 min
Reaching Out to Recruiters 25 min

Why Behavioral Interviews Matter 24 min
The STAR Framework 30 min
Leadership Stories 25 min
Conflict Resolution Stories 25 min
Failure and Learning Stories 25 min
Mock Behavioral Interviews 35 min

Referrals Explained 28 min
Direct Applications 22 min
University Hiring 24 min
Off-Campus Hiring 22 min
Recruiter Outreach 22 min
Tracking Applications 22 min

Understanding Compensation 28 min
Salary Components 25 min
Stock Grants Explained 30 min
Negotiation Techniques 32 min
Evaluating Multiple Offers 28 min

Beginner Track 28 min
Intermediate Track 26 min
Working Professional Track 26 min
Weekly Study Plan 25 min
Mock Interview Schedule 22 min

Preparing for Your First Day 25 min
Thriving as an Engineer 26 min
Promotions and Career Growth 26 min
Avoiding Burnout 24 min
Long-Term Career Strategy 26 min

FAANG Interview Question Bank 40 min
Resume Templates 20 min
LinkedIn Templates 20 min
Recruiter Outreach Scripts 20 min
Behavioral Question Workbook 35 min
System Design Cheat Sheets 30 min
100-Day Coding Challenge 45 min

Requirements

  • Basic comfort with one programming language (loops, conditionals, functions)
  • No computer science degree or prior interview experience required
  • A few focused hours per week to work through the lessons and exercises

Description

What you'll learn

A complete, ordered path from student to software engineer at FAANG and top tech companies — not a pile of disconnected tips. Every lesson builds on the one before it, covering the entire journey from understanding the industry to walking out of the final round with an offer.

The three pillars

Top companies evaluate three different things, and a weakness in any one can sink an otherwise excellent candidate:

  1. Skills — data structures, algorithms, and system design, built from intuition to interview patterns.
  2. Story — a resume, projects, and behavioral answers that make people want to work with you.
  3. Strategy — referrals, applications, and negotiation: the game around the game.

What's inside

Sixteen sections spanning DSA mastery, coding-interview performance, system design fundamentals and real-world case studies, resume craft, project building, personal branding, behavioral interviews, application strategy, offer negotiation, a 90-day prep roadmap, and life after the offer — plus a bonus toolkit of templates, question banks, and cheat sheets.

Who this is for

College students, new graduates, self-taught developers, and working engineers who want a clear, complete map for breaking into top tech. The only prerequisite is basic comfort with one programming language.

Topics covered

system-design interview-prep career faang dsa
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Marcus Chen

System Design & Distributed Systems · 14 yrs · Ex-Amazon, Staff Engineer

3.9 course rating 3 courses

Marcus has spent 14 years building the kind of distributed systems that quietly run the internet — order pipelines, multi-region data stores, and the boring-but-critical plumbing in between. He led capacity and reliability work on systems serving hundreds of millions of users at Amazon, and now teaches the trade-offs behind the diagrams, not just the diagrams themselves.

3.9 course rating · 119 ratings

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Friedrich Nicolas
1 year ago

Clear and practical. Most of it was excellent; one or two lessons could use a refresh.

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Valentina Maggio II
1 year ago

Very helpful. It got me up to speed quickly, even if a few sections moved faster than I liked.

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Daniela Rosenbaum
3 months ago

Superb. The instructor is engaging and the projects reinforce exactly what you need to remember.

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Mathilde Ruecker
1 year ago

A reliable, well-made course. Lost half a star for a couple of audio/example hiccups, but still recommended.

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Frequently asked questions

Yes — once you enroll, the course is yours to revisit forever. New revisions and bonus lessons are added at no extra cost.

Finish every lesson and you'll unlock a shareable certificate you can post on LinkedIn or include with job applications.

If the course isn't a fit, request a refund within 7 days of purchase — no questions asked.

Code, slides, and worksheets are downloadable on each lesson page. Videos stream from our CDN so you can watch on any device.

Each course states its level in the hero. If you're comfortable with the prerequisites listed, you're ready to start.

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