I've worked at Meta, Visa, and Google. There are 6 steps I always take when preparing for a big interview.

• Senior product manager Yung-Yu Lin shares six strategies for preparing for FAANG interviews.
• Strategies include mock interviews, subscribing to company news, and contacting recruiters.
• He also suggests people make notes and ask insightful questions at the end.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Yung-Yu Lin, a senior product manager at Google in Sunnyvale, California. It has been edited for length and clarity. Business Insider has verified his employment history.

In my two-decade-long tech career, I have worked in Taiwan, where I am from, and spent the last eight years in the US.