Just heard back from my recruiter that Airbnb has filled headcount for L4 engineers within the Payments team and that other teams are filled up too. She said to wait until January when they reassess team needs across all of engineering. Has anyone experienced this before and was getting a team match easier early in the year? Also, I feel like team match would likely occur February or March since it might take time for teams to get approval for headcount increases. Not sure if I should wait it out or keep looking for other opportunities. YOE: 3 Location: SF
Just got an offer for l4
Same
What teams did you guys get offers for? Trying to see if there’s still room for teams outside of payments Also was this for SF office?
Ask them for L5 then!
Ask them to send you to another team that has headcount then
Airbnb recruiters aren't the best at looking out for the company instead of just their org. Push them to find eng headcount in other parts of the company.
Thanks for the heads up! Any advice on teams that are growing? I think it would help if I came back with some suggestions as well
Try looking through posts on the career page
I faced the same issue at a bunch of companies when I was interviewing a couple of months ago
I don't really see any new positions on their careers page
I had a cryptic/ambiguous call with my recruiter this month about how despite getting a SWE L4 recommendation from my on-site interviews, the team's headcount has been reprioritized and they don't want to move forward until they get more L4 headcount in January.
Pretty common during this season tbh
SF or Seattle?
Updated post, it’s for SF