Am I Ready for FAANG? A Better Test Than Solving More LeetCode

You've solved 200 problems. Mediums you've already seen take fifteen minutes. The next one you haven't seen freezes you cold inside of five. And every time you ask yourself if you're ready for a FAANG loop, the honest answer is "I don't know." The "I don't know" isn't a feeling problem. It's that you've been asking a feelings question about a performance outcome. TL;DR Self assessed readiness is unreliable because confidence swings with every session. Solving a familiar problem and constructing