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> "The hiring bar there is so astronomically high that they're only hiring people at the very top of their field"

The average engineer at FAANG is less than stellar, let alone at the top of their respective fields. People who are actually at the top of their fields can often skip leetcode interviews and only get domain specific questions related to their field of expertise.

I've gotten same interview that GP described from mid tiered tech shops in salt lake city.

I think some places think "we're just as good as FAANG so we should have the same bar."

Your takeaway should be that the spread is huge and there is no guarantee of consistency based on company, team, or even individual interviewers.