No. Not really. I suck at all these FAANG interview questions. I think I barely passed my Google interview. And I still got promoted L5->L6 after only 2 years at Google.

I think that 99% of the interview questions are overkill and don't reflect the actual demands of the job, or the metrics by which you'll be measured. If you're a hard worker, a team player, and write decent code, you'll probably be fine once you get your foot in the door.

And yes, having Google on your resume opens doors.

+1 to this. Given what the original poster has said, they are probably going to get ground to bits even if they do get into a FAANG. It requires both raw technical ability and considerable social and political skills to survive because everybody there is jockeying to climb to the next level. A number of the FAANGs are also ruthless about culling people who aren't succeeding, at least until a certain promotion level is reached.