I was affected by the layoffs at Google so starting to look for a new job. I keep seeing people saying the tech market is terrible right now. Based in Los Angeles. Open to in person or remote, not open to relocations With SWE at Google and Amazon on my resume, and a undergrad and masters in CS fro...Read more
I have the first round interview coming up soon. Its going to be a digital interview with HireVue. Please share any advice that will help me ace this round . And then the next round with hiring manager. First time interviewing with Raytheon or any defense contractor. US Citizen. YOE 20.
Applying for Schengen visa(Indian citizen on H1B) from France VFS for the first time. Will I be able to change my travel plans after the visa is granted. The travel plan(travel months specifically) might differ from the other itinerary submitted during the interview
Hi folks, My mother and sister want to visit me in August 2023 but the B2 visa interview wait times in India are crazy. Can an Indian citizen get their visa interview and stamping done at Singapore? My mother has never had a 🇺🇸 visa before, this’ll be her first time. If anyone has any informati...Read more
I'll be moving the US this month and wondering how to go about getting a credit card. This will be my first time in the US aside from my interview, so I will have zero credit history in the country. I'm a US citizen if that makes any difference. On a side note, does anybody know the pay cycle at Fa...Read more
I see a lot of referal needed posts out here. I’m currently applying for internships for big tech companies having a pretty good work experience for a student. Does being a canadian citizen and having no referal makes my chance of having a phone call interview close to 0 ? I’m trying to figure out...Read more
As mentioned in title seeking for referral in Construction and Program Management related jobs. In interview with Amazon for the second time. We couldn't agree on TC at the first time, probably will not agree again. YOE: 15+ EU, UAE and Central Asia experience in director level. Turkish Citizen. R...Read more
Ready for criticism but no need to absolutely rip it/me apart. First gen college grad, first gen to get into SDE, so all of this is honestly new for me. If you know of a place that I would be a good fit then please let me know. YOE: ~1.5 TC: ~$80k I'm a US Citizen, tired of TCS, and ready to move ...Read more
Sharing stats from my recent job search for anyone curious or currently in the same boat. Overall, lateral moves aren't too difficult to find but couldn't land a role with increased comp or level. Several roles were filled while I was in the process so being able to schedule loops quickly likely a ...Read more
I currently live in Canada and was applying for a role at Apple HQ. I did the first technical screen and then had an interview with the hiring manager where everything was positive and he said he would like to invite me for the virtual on-site. I’m happy about it and then a few days later the recrui...Read more
Context: I hold a bachelor's in CS from a university in India from a few years ago. Immigrated to U.S. shortly after, but I have never worked as a SWE. I have mostly worked in sales roles for the past few years but ended up realizing sales is not for me. So, I decided to switch back to Software Eng...Read more
I’ve got a couple first round HR interviews from my 30-40 applications to US companies lately. At the end of the interview, I’ve been told by the recruiters that they will pass my resume to the hiring manager, and I assume that’s a sign of No. I sensed that the recruiters became less interested whe...Read more
Looking for a SWE role midlevel (or junior if i can hit my TC goal) anywhere in the US (or remote). Interviewed with meta, amazon and google already. Failed the first 2, waiting to hear back from google but unsure about my chances. Interviewing currently with Uber. Last role was as a backend enginee...Read more
I had gone through interviews and in last talk with HR I was informed that feedback was positive. I am expecting offer/numbers in next few days. So wanted to get some info from current/past employees. How’s the engineering at InMobi ? Is it a first class citizen? - From discussion with engineers i...Read more
Hi everyone, I just interviewed and received an offer from Amazon. I also have a return offer from Nordstrom from the internship. Give opinions on offer to take + any advice on negotiations. Amazon Offer: Base: 120k RSU: 88k over 4 years (5, 15, 40, 40) Sign On: 27.5k TC: 152k, location is Seattle...Read more
So far I've applied to 49 companies in the US, EU, Singapore and UK 28 companies have rejected without any interview or ghosted The rest are recent applications (within 2 weeks) and the 3 that responded: Google picked out my resume only to get immediately dropped after a questionnaire because they ...Read more
Hi guys, I got my master degree from one of top chinese universities in 2017, and have been working as a machine learning engineer for several big companies in China, like Meituan, Tencent, Ant Group (aka Ant Financial). For some reasons, I'd like to relocate to the US or Canada first. I'm NOT a US...Read more
Hi, I'm a BASc electrical engineering student graduating in May '22. I'm grateful to have an Amazon new grad offer (blind tax in Canadian pesos: 112/111/32 first year/34 2nd year), but not sure if I want to go down the software career path vs. hardware. I'm currently looking for new grad referrals ...Read more
I keep hearing from FB employees that TPMs are not first class citizens. Is it really true in most cases across your FB orgs? TPM roles have been synergized and very much a critical role to run programs these days. Moreover you hire TPMs after rigorous interview process which means you have best of ...Read more
Hey all! I quit my job and currently traveling. Plan to start the interview process and looking to ideally get an in-person job based in NYC. I have the option to go to NYC to recruit from there but I'm trying to see if it's an option to spend at least some months recruiting while abroad / nomadic?...Read more