Holding off from interviewing because you are afraid you aren't ready is just putting an extra hurdle in the way. The only way you will really know is applying, so just do it!<p>Moreover actually doing a real interview can uncover where you are weak more than introspection or mock tests can.<p>Most companies allow re-applying later anyway, and there are plenty of others too.
Interesting data, though basically all the data shown is about passing the phone screen. That technical skills don't help you much there, I'm not very surprised. Whether it gets you hired is what I'd be more interested in, even though this is already useful information. Interviewing really seems to be a skill of its own, the phone screen part if nothing else, rather than that you're selling your technical prowess.
> Why more experience with technical interviews helps you succeed in future technical interviews<p>Job hoppers have a huge advantage in this. If you stay in a job for 5 years and work hard you will have some good stories but likely not do well in interviews without a lot of practice first.<p>Its worth just having interviews every year at FAANG and others just to keep you up to speed.
Some of this I find immediately plausible. I would absolutely expect to find a positive correlation between "experience with doing technical interviews" and "likelihood of passing a technical interview." Plausible, easily verified with concrete, objective information.<p>The first half seems iffy to me, though. It sounds like you're performing a technical interview, then calling the result of that a measure of "skill," then using that to judge how well skill aligns with FAANG technical interviews. But what I think you're really measuring is the correlation between your own interview process and the FAANG interview process, which seems like a very different measurement.
I believe G offers a sort of interview workshop at some of their sites. Not sure what they are doing during the pandemic. A recruiter could tell you if they offer some sort of prep workshop.