What Is MAANG?
MAANG is the updated version of FAANG after Facebook rebranded to Meta in 2021: Meta, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, Google. Some variants include MAANGM (adds Microsoft) or MAANGOM (adds OpenAI).
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MAANG emerged in 2021 when Facebook renamed its parent company to Meta Platforms Inc. The acronym evolution from FAANG to MAANG reflects the broader trend of including more companies under the 'top-tier tech employer' umbrella. By 2024-2026, recruiters and interview-prep resources increasingly used MAANG+ or MAANGM to acknowledge that Microsoft (now arguably one of the most valuable tech companies by market cap) belongs in the same compensation and prestige tier. OpenAI's inclusion in MAANGOM reflects the post-2022 AI boom: OpenAI's compensation packages for staff and senior engineers regularly exceed $500K-$1M total comp at the top end, putting it firmly in the tier. The interview loops at MAANG companies remain structurally similar to the FAANG era: 4-6 rounds, coding-heavy phone screens, system design for senior+, and behavioral rounds. Candidates targeting MAANG should prepare on the assumption that each company has its own quirks (Meta loves graph problems, Amazon obsesses over Leadership Principles, Google leans on system design and data structures, Apple varies by team) rather than treating them as fungible.
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